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America First Equipment and Information Act

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

Introduced Mar 18, 2025

Latest action (Mar 18, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee
Policy area
International Affairs
Issues
Foreign Policy

Summary
  • Prohibits the provision of Foreign Military Financing, Foreign Military Sales, and Direct Commercial Sales to Russia.
  • Prohibits the President from using drawdown authority to provide assistance to Russia.
  • Prohibits the removal of Russia from provisions of the International Traffic in Arms Regulation or the removal of export controls on Russia by the Department of Commerce.
  • Prohibits information or intelligence sharing with Russia.
  • Requires the President to submit annual reports to Congress detailing compliance with the Act, including regarding United States military support to Russia.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Steve Cohen’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • Employer not reported $17,504
  • LEWIS THOMASON $6,600
  • WEST CLINIC $6,000
  • MEDICAL ANESTHESIA GROUP $5,250
  • WEST CANCER CENTER $4,500

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Steve Cohen → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Mar 18, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
  2. Mar 18, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 1677 — Stop Russian Market Manipulation Act · Introduced Feb 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 6194 — Protecting Americans from Russian Litigation Act of 2025 · Introduced Mar 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 417 — End U.N. Censorship Act · Introduced Jan 15, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 1196 — Protect U.S. National Security Act · Introduced Feb 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 243 — Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition Act · Introduced Jan 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%
  • HR 254 — American Science First Act · Introduced Jan 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 62%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Mar 18, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

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

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. <all>

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