America First Equipment and Information Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2179 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2179

   To prohibit certain assistance to Russia and related actions with 
                           respect to Russia.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2025

  Mr. Cohen (for himself and Mr. Goldman of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit certain assistance to Russia and related actions with 
                           respect to Russia.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America First Equipment and 
Information Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Russian Federation has engaged in aggressive 
        actions that threaten United States national security and 
        global stability.
            (2) The United States must ensure that no military 
        equipment, technology, or classified information or 
        intelligence falls into the hands of adversaries who could use 
        it against United States interests or allies.
            (3) Restricting the sale, loan, or trade of United States 
        military equipment and information or intelligence to Russia 
        serves the national security interests of the United States.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA AND RELATED ACTIONS 
              WITH RESPECT TO RUSSIA.

    Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
following are prohibited:
            (1) The provision of Foreign Military Financing to Russia.
            (2) The provision of Foreign Military Sales to Russia.
            (3) The provision of Direct Commercial Sales to Russia.
            (4) The exercise of any drawdown authority by the President 
        with respect to assistance to Russia.
            (5) The removal of Russia from any provisions of the 
        International Traffic in Arms Regulation.
            (6) The removal of any export controls on Russia by the 
        Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce.
            (7) Any information or intelligence sharing with Russia.

SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) In General.--The President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees on an annual basis a report detailing 
compliance with this Act, including with respect to United States 
military support to Russia.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
        of Representatives; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
        Armed Services, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
        Senate.
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