Hoyer Amendment Names India for 100% Russia Tariffs — SkimNews
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- Congressman Steny Hoyer submitted an amendment to name ten countries — China, India, Turkiye, Azerbaijan, Hungary, the Slovak Republic, the UAE, Singapore, Kazakhstan, and the Kyrgyz Republic — as eligible for 100% duties under the Russia sanctions bill.
- The Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act passed the Senate 86-11 on August 7 and would authorize President Trump to impose 100% tariffs on Russia's top oil trading partners while sanctioning Moscow's shadow fleet of vessels.
- Congressman Gregory Meeks, who opposes expanding Trump's tariff powers, filed an amendment to scrap Section 113 — the section granting broad secondary tariff authority — and that amendment has three co-sponsors.
- Meeks separately proposed amendments to allow 90-day renewable national-security waivers on sanctions and to authorize $15 billion in direct loans to Ukraine for defense articles and services.
- The House Rules Committee released the amendments on Monday, September 14, 2026, leaving the chamber only four working days before breaking for early recess ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.
Why it matters: India — one of Russia's largest oil importers — could face 100% U.S. tariffs on those energy purchases if Hoyer's amendment survives, but Meeks's competing amendment to strip that tariff authority shows the bill's economic-penalty mechanism is far from settled. With only four working days before the House recesses for midterms, lawmakers must resolve whether secondary tariffs stay in the legislation at all.
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