House Foreign Affairs Committee Democratic ranking member Gregory W. Meeks introduced a bipartisan Prohibit Corrupt Russian Oil Transactions Act aimed at blocking a reported Trump-Putin deal to buy and import Russian diesel. The bill would prohibit the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation from investing in Russia’s energy sector, revoke existing OFAC general licenses and bar future issuance of such licenses, and require the administration to impose sanctions on Russia’s energy sect

House Foreign Affairs Committee Democratic ranking member Gregory W. Meeks introduced a bipartisan Prohibit Corrupt Russian Oil Transactions Act aimed at blocking a reported Trump-Putin deal to buy and import Russian diesel. The bill would prohibit the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation from investing in Russia’s energy sector, revoke existing OFAC general licenses and bar future issuance of such licenses, and require the administration to impose sanctions on Russia’s energy sector.