[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 116 (Thursday, July 16, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S4142]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6702. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Insert after section 111 the following:

     SEC. 111A. PROHIBITION ON IMPORTATION OF MINERALS FROM THE 
                   RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       (a) In General.--Beginning on the date that is 90 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, no mineral 
     specified in subsection (b) may be imported into the United 
     States if the mineral is--
       (1) produced in the Russian Federation or by a Russian 
     entity; or
       (2) determined to have been exchanged with, swapped for, or 
     otherwise obtained in lieu of a mineral described in 
     paragraph (1) in a manner designed to evade or circumvent the 
     application of this section.
       (b) Minerals Specified.--The minerals specified in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Platinum, unwrought or in semimanufactured forms, 
     classified under heading 7110 of the Harmonized Tariff 
     Schedule of the United States (in this subsection referred to 
     as the ``HTS''), including--
       (A) palladium;
       (B) braggite;
       (C) rhodium; and
       (D) ruthenium.
       (2) Nickel classified under heading 2604 of the HTS.
       (3) Copper, ores and concentrates, classified under heading 
     2603 of the HTS, including zinc.
       (c) Termination.--The prohibition under subsection (a) 
     shall terminate on the date that is one year after the 
     President certifies to Congress that the Government of the 
     Russian Federation has ended all hostilities against Ukraine.
       (d) Russian Entity Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Russian entity'' means an entity organized under the laws 
     of the Russian Federation or otherwise subject to the 
     jurisdiction of the Government of the Russian Federation.

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