Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§9502 Sense of Congress
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 102— - COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN EUROPE AND EURASIA › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - SANCTIONS AND OTHER MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION › § 9502
Summary
Congress wants the President to work with Europe and other partners to keep sanctions that push back against Russian aggression. The President should close loopholes like long prepayments for deliveries and increase enforcement of the sanctions that were in place on August 2, 2017, for eastern Ukraine, cyber intrusions, and human-rights violators.
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Title 22, §9502
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It is the sense of Congress that the President—
(1)should continue to uphold and seek unity with European and other key partners on sanctions implemented against the Russian Federation, which have been effective and instrumental in countering Russian aggression in Ukraine;
(2)should engage to the fullest extent possible with partner governments with regard to closing loopholes, including the allowance of extended prepayment for the delivery of goods and commodities and other loopholes, in multilateral and unilateral restrictive measures against the Russian Federation, with the aim of maximizing alignment of those measures; and
(3)should increase efforts to vigorously enforce compliance with sanctions in place as of August 2, 2017, with respect to the Russian Federation in response to the crisis in eastern Ukraine, cyber intrusions and attacks, and human rights violators in the Russian Federation.
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22 U.S.C. § 9502
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73