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Ukraine Support Act
This bill helps Ukraine defend itself against Russia by increasing U.S. military loans to Ukraine, making it easier for shipping vessels to get war insurance to carry goods to and from Ukrainian ports, and creating a 100% tax on any money made from blocked Russian and Belarusian assets. It also forces the President to place heavy economic penalties on Russian leaders, financial systems, energy companies, and others if Russia continues its invasion or breaks a peace deal. Finally, the bill gives money to public broadcasting in the region and sets up a new plan to build more secure nuclear power networks in Europe to decrease reliance on Russian energy.
People affected—The total number of individuals affected is not determinable from the text. While the bill targets senior Russian officials, individuals involved in Crimean bridge construction, and persons participating in child abductions, it does not provide a specific count of these populations.
Fiscal magnitude$8.7Bprovisional · pending reviewThe bill authorizes specific appropriations and loan limits: $250,000,000 for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for FY 2026; $30,000,000 annually for nuclear energy engagement in Europe for FY 2025-2029 ($150,000,000 total); up to $8,000,000,000 in direct military loans through FY 2026; and capacity-building grants for the three Baltic countries for FY 2026-2028 consisting of $30,000,000 in FMF grants and $4,000,000 in demining/anti-terrorism programs per country per year ($102,000,000 per year, or $306,000,000 total). Summing these explicit authorizations yields $8,706,000,000.
Reach85provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Overall tax level+22Energy sources−28Ethics & oversight+38Military budget+45Use of force+60Aid & alliances+82Trade & tariffs−50
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Owners of NATO-owned, Ukrainian-owned, and other designated commercial cargo vesselsEligible for U.S. government war risk insurance and reinsurance for five years when importing or exporting cargo to or from Ukraine [2].
- Government of UkraineReceives expanded development support prioritization from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) [1], and is eligible for direct military loans [11] and defense article lend-leases [10].
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)Authorized to receive $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 to expand Russian-language investigative journalism, counter disinformation, and potentially open new bureaus [5].
- Baltic countriesAuthorized to receive $30,000,000 in foreign military financing grants and $4,000,000 for demining and anti-terrorism programs annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2028 [12].
- NATO alliesEligible for direct military loans under the Arms Export Control Act through fiscal year 2026 [11] and defense article lend-leases through fiscal year 2028 [10].
Who it burdens
- Foreign exporters of U.S.-technology direct products to RussiaSubject to export restrictions on foreign-made items that are direct products of U.S. software or technology destined for Russia [28].
- Senior Russian government, military, and intelligence officialsSubject to mandatory property-blocking and visa-revocation sanctions if the President determines Russia is actively waging a war of aggression, refusing to negotiate, or violating a peace agreement [16, 19].
- Major Russian financial institutions and their subsidiariesSubject to mandatory property-blocking sanctions upon a positive war-of-aggression determination [16, 17].
- Russian energy and mineral extraction companiesSubject to mandatory property-blocking sanctions upon a positive war-of-aggression determination [16, 18].
- Foreign persons building or repairing the Crimean bridge or tunnelSubject to property-blocking and visa-revocation sanctions if they participate in constructing, maintaining, or repairing a tunnel or bridge connecting the Russian mainland with occupied Crimea [20].
- Foreign persons endangering the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power StationSubject to property-blocking and visa-revocation sanctions if they endanger the safety or operational control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station [21].
- Rosatom and its subsidiariesSubject to property-blocking and visa-revocation sanctions upon a positive war-of-aggression determination [22].
- Foreign vessel operators violating the Russian oil price capSubject to property-blocking and visa-revocation sanctions if they knowingly transport Russian oil above the G7 price cap [23].
- Global financial messaging servicesSubject to property-blocking sanctions if they do not cut off financial messaging services to blacklisted Russian financial institutions [24].
- U.S. persons investing in Russian sovereign debtProhibited from transacting in new sovereign debt issued by the Russian government starting 30 days after a positive war-of-aggression determination [25].
- Foreign persons and financial institutions supporting North Korean arms transfers to RussiaSubject to property-blocking and visa-revocation sanctions for facilitating arms transfers, material support, or logistics from North Korea to Russia [26].
- Foreign persons participating in the abduction of Ukrainian childrenSubject to property-blocking and visa-revocation sanctions for directing or participating in the kidnapping and forced deportation of Ukrainian children [27].
- U.S. importers of Russian goods and servicesSubject to a minimum 500 percent ad valorem tariff on all goods and services imported into the United States from Russia within 15 days of a positive war-of-aggression determination [30].
- U.S. importers of Russian mineral fuels and oilsSubject to an expanded import ban that includes all mineral fuels, mineral oils, and products of their distillation [31].
Who backs it
- Governments of Russia and BelarusSubject to a 100 percent withholding tax on all interest and dividends payable on their blocked assets in the United States [32].
- U.S. Department of State (repurposed Foreign Military Financing balances)Finances up to $8,000,000,000 in direct military loans for Ukraine and NATO allies [11].