Congress·In Progress·H.R. 4291

Sanctions Lists Harmonization Act

Sanctions: Coordinating Government Blacklists

Dec 3, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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Next up: A house committeeNo action in 7 months

This bill is in the House committee stage and has not seen any action since December 2025. It is currently stalled because there has been no progress for seven months. The House committees must take further action before the bill can move forward.

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Unlikely to pass

While the bill has bipartisan support and addresses national security, most stand-alone bills face a difficult path to becoming law unless they are added to a larger spending package.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 5613 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 5613 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill requires different parts of the government to talk to each other when they punish a foreign person or company. Right now, one agency might block a company while another agency still allows it to do business in the United States.
When an agency like the Treasury Department adds someone to a sanctions list, they must tell other agencies within 30 days. Those other agencies then have 90 days to decide if they should also add that same person or company to their own lists.
The goal is to make sure that if a company is considered a threat by one part of the government, they are treated as a threat by everyone. This helps close loopholes that might let bad actors keep working with American businesses.
Agencies would have to send a report to Congress every year to show they are following these rules. This report will list how many times this coordination led to more people or companies being added to blacklists.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Dec 3, 2025House

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 0.

The committee approved this bill and is sending it to the full chamber for a vote. This is a significant step — most bills never get this far.

Dec 3, 2025House

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Jul 2, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Jul 2, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes, news coverage, or related bills recorded for this bill yet.