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SHADOW Fleet Sanctions Act of 2026
This bill freezes US-based assets and bans US travel for foreign ship owners, captains, insurers, and ports that help Russia evade international oil price caps using an uninspected or deceptive "shadow fleet." It also penalizes foreign suppliers providing key industrial goods or technology to Russia's military and enables sanctions on ports and refineries that process Russian oil. Additionally, the measure cuts the congressional waiting period to speed up US weapons exports to Ukraine and provides funding to counter Russian cyberattacks and influence operations in Eastern Europe.
People affected—The text targets an indeterminate number of foreign persons, vessel owners, maritime crew leadership, corporate executives, and sanctions evaders; no domestic population figure is specified.
Fiscal magnitude$260.0Mprovisional · pending reviewSec. 202(d) authorizes $15,000,000 each for FY2026 and FY2027 to both the Office of Sanctions Coordination ($30M total) and OFAC ($30M total); Sec. 204(a)(1) authorizes $200,000,000 for FY2026 and FY2027 for the Countering Russian Influence Fund, totaling $260,000,000.
Reach64provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
Aid & alliances+50Trade & tariffs−50
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- State Department Office of Sanctions Coordination and Treasury Office of Foreign Assets ControlAuthorized to receive $15 million each for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to upgrade technical systems, acquire database subscriptions, and hire staff to develop and enforce sanctions designations.
- Government of Ukraine and Central and Eastern European alliesEligible for $200 million authorized for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 through the Countering Russian Influence Fund to combat cyber, sabotage, and information threats, and benefits from a shortened 15-day congressional review window for arms export licenses.
Who it burdens
- Foreign owners, operators, and masters of Russian shadow fleet vesselsFaces mandatory asset-blocking and visa bans for knowingly transporting Russian petroleum products or arms in circumvention of sanctions, lacking adequate insurance, or engaging in unsafe maritime conduct.
- Foreign maritime service providers, port operators, and oil refineriesFaces property-blocking and visa sanctions for conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers with sanctioned vessels, providing significant goods or services, allowing port access, or refining petroleum products moved by the shadow fleet.
- Port owners and operators in China and IndiaMay be subjected to U.S. property-blocking and visa sanctions for accepting crude oil sold above the price cap or oil carried by sanctioned vessels.
- Corporate leaders and principal shareholders of Russian Arctic LNG and energy projectsFaces mandatory property-blocking and U.S. entry bans for holding leadership, board positions, or majority ownership in the Yamal LNG project, Arctic LNG projects, or subsequent Arctic and Far East energy ventures.
- Foreign suppliers to the Russian defense industrial baseSubject to mandatory property-blocking and visa bans for knowingly supplying semiconductors, CNC machinery, software, propellant chemicals, or other critical goods and services to the Russian defense industrial base.
Who backs it
- U.S. Department of the Treasury (General Fund)Appropriations are authorized out of general Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated to finance $200 million for the Countering Russian Influence Fund and $30 million for sanctions administration.