H.R. 2913 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Ukraine Support Act
Cosponsors: 43 (42 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-15
Introduced: 2025-04-14
Latest action (2026-07-20): Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 462.
What H.R. 2913 does, in plain terms
Ukraine Support Act This bill addresses the war between Russia and Ukraine by (1) providing assistance to Ukraine and certain European countries, and (2) establishing penalties for Russia and certain foreign persons (individuals and entities). Assistance provided under the bill includes establishing a reconstruction trust fund for Ukraine, requiring the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to prioritize support for Ukraine, reviving the President’s authority to lend or lease defense articles to Ukraine or Eastern European countries affected by the war through FY2028, extending through 2027 the Department of Defense’s authority to provide security assistance and intelligence support to Ukrainian forces, and requiring the Department of State to take certain actions to build the capacity of the militaries and border forces of Baltic countries. Additionally, the President must periodically determine if the Russian government or any proxy is waging a war of aggression against Ukraine, refusing to sincerely negotiate a peace agreement with Ukraine, or acting in violation of a negotiated peace agreement with Ukraine. If the President makes such a determination, the President must impose certain penalties including property- and visa-blocking sanctions on certain Russian officials; property-blocking sanctions on Russian companies in the oil and mining sectors, Rosatom (Russia's state-owned nuclear enterprise) and its subsidiaries, and certain Russian financial institutions; and increasing the rate of duty on all goods and services imported from Russia into the United States to at least 500% relative to the value of such goods and services.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
Constitution Index
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Constitutionally sound
Graded 2026-10-08
SI-generated grade · five published checks · not individually reviewed by a person · methodology
HR 2913 operates within core federal foreign-affairs, defense, and foreign-commerce powers, imposes no domestic rights restriction or taking, and federal action is the only competent level. SI review finds it constitutional.
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✓ Passes · Enumerated powers
Congress has explicit authority: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 to lay duties and provide for common defence; Clause 3 to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations; Clauses 11-14 to declare war, raise and support armies, provide a navy, and make rules for land and naval forces; Clause 18 Necessary and Proper Clause to effectuate those powers through the reconstruction trust fund, Development Finance … -
✓ Passes · Bill of Rights
No First through Eighth Amendment right of United States persons is abridged. Assistance to Ukraine and security cooperation do not restrict speech, religion, press, assembly under First Amendment, nor arms under Second Amendment, nor privacy against search under Fourth Amendment. Property-blocking sanctions target Russian officials, state enterprises, and foreign entities for foreign aggression, … -
✓ Passes · Individual sovereignty
The bill does not restrict domestic person, speech, labor, belief, or ownership of arms or property. Limits on trade in Russian-origin goods and transactions with sanctioned Russian entities are a narrow, externally directed restriction justified by the compelling constitutional functions of national defense and foreign commerce regulation, not a general domestic mandate. United States persons rem… -
✓ Passes · Decentralization
Foreign affairs, war powers, foreign commerce, and national defense cannot be handled at a lower level. (1) Individuals cannot conduct lend-lease, SI-supported intelligence sharing, or sanctions. (2) Counties cannot manage relations with Ukraine or Russia. (3) States are expressly barred from treaties, alliances, and war-making except invasion under Article I, Section 10, Clauses 1 and 3. Federal … -
✓ Passes · Due process and takings
No domestic taking without just compensation under Fifth Amendment Takings Clause. Blocking property of designated foreign officials and Russian state-linked firms is a foreign-affairs sanctions measure, with presidential determination and statutory criteria providing notice and limiting arbitrariness, satisfying procedural and substantive due process for foreign targets. Increased duties on Russi…
Sources: Congress.gov: HR 2913 summary
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