# 117-hr-6947: FREEDOM Act

117-hr-6947, FREEDOM Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-6947
- Congress: 117
- Title: FREEDOM Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- Introduced: 2022-03-07
- Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 15
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Freedom from Russian Energy Enterprise and Domestic Oil Maximization Act or the FREEDOM Act This bill directs the President to prohibit imports of crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquified natural gas from Russia. It also (1) authorizes the construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline to import oil from Canada into the United States, and (2) nullifies the Executive Order titled Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and signed January 27, 2021.

## Cosponsors (15)

- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6] (R-TX), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2022-03-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13] (R-TX), 2022-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-6947 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6947)

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