The House passed legislation targeting Russia’s energy trade and sent it to President Trump’s desk, NPR reports. The bill is named for Lindsey Graham, the late Republican senator from South Carolina.
According to NPR’s account, the measure would give the president authority to impose tariffs on countries that are major importers of Russian oil and natural gas. China and India are cited as examples of countries that could be affected by the authority.
The legislation therefore focuses not only on Russia but also on countries that continue to buy Russian energy exports. Its provisions would allow the president to use tariffs as a tool against those importers, subject to the authority provided in the bill.
The House vote advances the measure to the president, who is the next decision-maker identified in the supplied report. The excerpt does not provide the vote total, the bill’s formal legislative number, or details about when the president may act.
NPR describes the legislation as being named for Graham, but the supplied material does not explain the circumstances behind the naming or provide further details about his career or the bill’s sponsors. It also does not specify the size of any potential tariffs, the countries beyond China and India that could be covered, or how the measure would affect Russia’s energy exports.
The legislation’s stated mechanism, as described by NPR, is presidential authority to impose tariffs on top importers of Russian oil and natural gas. The bill’s passage marks the completion of the House’s action on the measure and places its next step with the president.