PUBLIC LAW 113–272—DEC. 18, 2014 

UKRAINE FREEDOM SUPPORT ACT OF 2014 


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Public Law 113–272 

113th Congress 

An Act 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, to provide additional 

assistance to Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ukraine 

Freedom Support Act of 2014’’. 

(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 

is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy regarding Ukraine. 

Sec. 4. Sanctions relating to the defense and energy sectors of the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 5. Sanctions on Russian and other foreign financial institutions. 

Sec. 6. Increased military assistance for the Government of Ukraine. 

Sec. 7. Expanded nonmilitary assistance for Ukraine. 

Sec. 8. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union. 

Sec. 9. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations. 

Sec. 10. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its obligations 

under the INF Treaty. 

Sec. 11. Rule of construction. 

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

In this Act: 

(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAYABLE-THROUGH

ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, ‘‘correspondent account’’, and 

‘‘payable-through account’’ have the meanings given those terms 

in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term 

‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 

Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives. 

(3) DEFENSE ARTICLE; DEFENSE SERVICE; TRAINING.—The 

terms ‘‘defense article’’, ‘‘defense service’’, and ‘‘training’’ have 

the meanings given those terms in section 47 of the Arms 

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 

(4) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘financial institution’’ means a financial institution specified in subparagraph 

(A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of 

section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

22 USC 8921. 

22 USC 8921 

note. 

Ukraine Freedom 

Support Act of 

2014. 

Dec. 18, 2014 

[H.R. 5859] 


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(5) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘foreign 

financial institution’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

561.308 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling). 

(6) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign person’’ means 

any individual or entity that is not a United States citizen, 

a permanent resident alien, or an entity organized under the 

laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United 

States. 

(7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with respect to 

conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person 

has actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, 

the circumstance, or the result. 

(8) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian person’’ means— 

(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the 

Russian Federation; or 

(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian 

Federation. 

(9) SPECIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECT.—The term ‘‘special Russian crude oil project’’ means a project intended to 

extract crude oil from— 

(A) the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation in waters more than 500 feet deep; 

(B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or 

(C) shale formations located in the Russian Federation. 

SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING UKRAINE. 

It is the policy of the United States to further assist the 

Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty and territorial 

integrity to deter the Government of the Russian Federation from 

further destabilizing and invading Ukraine and other independent 

countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central 

Asia. That policy shall be carried into effect, among other things, 

through a comprehensive effort, in coordination with allies and 

partners of the United States where appropriate, that includes 

economic sanctions, diplomacy, assistance for the people of Ukraine, 

and the provision of military capabilities to the Government of 

Ukraine that will enhance the ability of that Government to defend 

itself and to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity in 

the face of unlawful actions by the Government of the Russian 

Federation. 

SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE AND ENERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE SECTOR.— 

(1) ROSOBORONEXPORT.—Except as provided in subsection 

(d), not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, the President shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions 

described in subsection (c) with respect to Rosoboronexport. 

(2) RUSSIAN PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR BROKERS OF

DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Except as provided in subsection (d), on 

and after the date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 3 or more of 

the sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to a 

foreign person the President determines— 

(A) is an entity— 

Determination. 

Deadlines. 

President. 

22 USC 8923. 

22 USC 8922. 


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(i) owned or controlled by the Government of the 

Russian Federation or owned or controlled by nationals 

of the Russian Federation; and 

(ii) that— 

(I) knowingly manufactures or sells defense 

articles transferred into Syria or into the territory 

of a specified country without the consent of the 

internationally recognized government of that 

country; 

(II) transfers defense articles into Syria or into 

the territory of a specified country without the 

consent of the internationally recognized government of that country; or 

(III) brokers or otherwise assists in the 

transfer of defense articles into Syria or into the 

territory of a specified country without the consent 

of the internationally recognized government of 

that country; or 

(B) knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment 

of this Act, assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material, 

or technological support for, or goods or services to or 

in support of, an entity described in subparagraph (A) 

with respect to an activity described in clause (ii) of that 

subparagraph. 

(3) SPECIFIED COUNTRY DEFINED.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘specified country’’ means— 

(i) Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; and 

(ii) any other country designated by the President 

as a country of significant concern for purposes of 

this subsection, such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, 

Estonia, and the Central Asia republics. 

(B) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The President shall notify 

the appropriate congressional committees in writing not 

later than 15 days before— 

(i) designating a country as a country of significant 

concern under subparagraph (A)(ii); or 

(ii) terminating a designation under that subparagraph, including the termination of any such designation pursuant to subsection (h). 

(b) SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE ENERGY SECTOR.— 

(1) DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL

PROJECTS.—Except as provided in subsection (d), on and after 

the date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of 

this Act, the President may impose 3 or more of the sanctions 

described in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign person 

if the President determines that the foreign person knowingly 

makes a significant investment in a special Russian crude 

oil project. 

(2) AUTHORIZATION FOR EXTENSION OF LICENSING LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.—The President, through the 

Bureau of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce or the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 

of the Treasury, as appropriate, may impose additional licensing 

requirements for or other restrictions on the export or reexport 

of items for use in the energy sector of the Russian Federation, 

including equipment used for tertiary oil recovery. 

Deadlines. 

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(3) CONTINGENT SANCTION RELATING TO GAZPROM.—If the 

President determines that Gazprom is withholding significant 

natural gas supplies from member countries of the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization, or further withholds significant 

natural gas supplies from countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, 

or Moldova, the President shall, not later than 45 days after 

making that determination, impose the sanction described in 

subsection (c)(7) and at least one additional sanction described 

in subsection (c) with respect to Gazprom. 

(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions the President may 

impose with respect to a foreign person under subsection (a) or 

(b) are the following: 

(1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE.—The President may 

direct the Export-Import Bank of the United States not to 

approve the issuance of any guarantee, insurance, extension 

of credit, or participation in the extension of credit in connection 

with the export of any goods or services to the foreign person. 

(2) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The President may prohibit 

the head of any executive agency (as defined in section 133 

of title 41, United States Code) from entering into any contract 

for the procurement of any goods or services from the foreign 

person. 

(3) ARMS EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The President may prohibit 

the exportation or provision by sale, lease or loan, grant, or 

other means, directly or indirectly, of any defense article or 

defense service to the foreign person and the issuance of any 

license or other approval to the foreign person under section 

38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778). 

(4) DUAL-USE EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The President may 

prohibit the issuance of any license and suspend any license 

for the transfer to the foreign person of any item the export 

of which is controlled under the Export Administration Act 

of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant 

to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

1701 et seq.)) or the Export Administration Regulations under 

subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

(5) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 

any person from— 

(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, transferring, 

withdrawing, transporting, or exporting any property that 

is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and 

with respect to which the foreign person has any interest; 

(B) dealing in or exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect to such property; or 

(C) conducting any transaction involving such property. 

(6) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President may, pursuant 

to such regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit 

any transfers of credit or payments between financial institutions or by, through, or to any financial institution, to the 

extent that such transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of the 

foreign person. 

(7) PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY OR DEBT OF

SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President may, pursuant to such 

regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any United 

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States person from transacting in, providing financing for, or 

otherwise dealing in— 

(A) debt— 

(i) of longer than 30 days’ maturity of a foreign 

person with respect to which sanctions are imposed 

under subsection (a) or of longer than 90 days’ maturity 

of a foreign person with respect to which sanctions 

are imposed under subsection (b); and 

(ii) issued on or after the date on which such 

sanctions are imposed with respect to the foreign person; or 

(B) equity of the foreign person issued on or after 

that date. 

(8) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES AND REVOCATION

OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of a foreign 

person who is an individual, the President may direct the 

Secretary of State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of 

Homeland Security to exclude from the United States, the 

foreign person, subject to regulatory exceptions to permit the 

United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 

Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success 

June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 

between the United Nations and the United States, or other 

applicable international obligations. 

(9) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.—In the 

case of a foreign person that is an entity, the President may 

impose on the principal executive officer or officers of the foreign 

person, or on individuals performing similar functions and with 

similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of the sanctions described in this subsection applicable to individuals. 

(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

(1) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—The authority to block and prohibit 

all transactions in all property and interests in property 

under subsection (c)(5) shall not include the authority to 

impose sanctions on the importation of goods. 

(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘good’’ 

has the meaning given that term in section 16 of the 

Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) 

(as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 

(2) ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS.—The President shall not be 

required to apply or maintain the sanctions under subsection 

(a) or (b)— 

(A) in the case of procurement of defense articles or 

defense services under existing contracts, subcontracts, or 

other business agreements, including ancillary or incidental 

contracts for goods, or for services or funding (including 

necessary financial services) associated with such goods, 

as necessary to give effect to such contracts, subcontracts, 

or other business agreements, and the exercise of options 

for production quantities to satisfy requirements essential 

to the national security of the United States— 

(i) if the President determines in writing that— 

(I) the foreign person to which the sanctions 

would otherwise be applied is a sole source supplier of the defense articles or services; 

Determination. 

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(II) the defense articles or services are essential; 

(III) alternative sources are not readily or 

reasonably available; and 

(IV) the national interests of the United States 

would be adversely affected by the application or 

maintenance of such sanctions; or 

(ii) if the President determines in writing that— 

(I) such articles or services are essential to 

the national security under defense coproduction 

agreements; and 

(II) the national interests of the United States 

would be adversely affected by the application or 

maintenance of such sanctions; 

(B) in the case of procurement, to eligible products, 

as defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements Act 

of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of any foreign country or 

instrumentality designated under section 301(b)(1) of that 

Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)(1)); 

(C) to products, technology, or services provided under 

contracts, subcontracts, or other business agreements 

(including ancillary or incidental contracts for goods, or 

for services or funding (including necessary financial services) associated with such goods, as necessary to give effect 

to such contracts, subcontracts, or other business agreements) entered into before the date on which the President 

publishes in the Federal Register the name of the foreign 

person with respect to which the sanctions are to be 

imposed; 

(D) to— 

(i) spare parts that are essential to United States 

products or production; 

(ii) component parts, but not finished products, 

essential to United States products or production; or 

(iii) routine servicing and maintenance of United 

States products, to the extent that alternative sources 

are not readily or reasonably available; 

(E) to information and technology essential to United 

States products or production; or 

(F) to food, medicine, medical devices, or agricultural 

commodities (as those terms are defined in section 101 

of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 

Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511)). 

(e) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the application 

of sanctions under subsection (a) or (b) with respect to a foreign 

person if the President— 

(A) determines that the waiver is in the national security interest of the United States; and 

(B) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the determination and the reasons for 

the determination. 

(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by paragraph 

(1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

a classified annex. 

(f) TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

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(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive the application 

of sanctions under subsection (a) or (b) with respect to a specific 

transaction if the President— 

(A) determines that the transaction is in the national 

security interest of the United States; and 

(B) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed report on the determination and the specific 

reasons for the determination that a waiver with respect 

to the transaction is necessary and appropriate. 

(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by paragraph 

(1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 

a classified annex. 

(g) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 

authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 

1704) to carry out the purposes of this section. 

(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in subsections 

(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person 

that violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or 

causes a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or 

an order or regulation prescribed under either such subsection, 

to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 

commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

(h) TERMINATION.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), this 

section, and sanctions imposed under this section, shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification that the Government of the Russian Federation has ceased ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, supporting, or financing, significant 

acts intended to undermine the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, including through 

an agreement between the appropriate parties. 

(2) APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA.—The termination date under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect 

to the provisions of subsection (a) relating to the transfer of 

defense articles into Syria or sanctions imposed pursuant to 

such provisions. 

SEC. 5. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL 

INSTITUTIONS. 

(a) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE- AND ENERGY-RELATED

TRANSACTIONS.—The President may impose the sanction described 

in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign financial institution 

that the President determines knowingly engages, on or after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, in significant transactions 

involving activities described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B) of section 4(a)(2) or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 4(b) for persons 

with respect to which sanctions are imposed under section 4. 

(b) FACILITATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON BEHALF OF

SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.—The President may impose 

the sanction described in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign 

financial institution if the President determines that the foreign 

financial institution has, on or after the date that is 180 days 

Determination. 

Deadline. 

President. 

22 USC 8924. 

Certification. 

Applicability. 

Reports. 

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after the date of the enactment of this Act, knowingly facilitated 

a significant financial transaction on behalf of any Russian person 

included on the list of specially designated nationals and blocked 

persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of 

the Department of the Treasury, pursuant to— 

(1) this Act; 

(2) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13,493), 13661 

(79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), or 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169); or 

(3) any other Executive order addressing the crisis in 

Ukraine. 

(c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.—The sanction described in this subsection is, with respect to a foreign financial institution, a prohibition on the opening, and a prohibition or the imposition of strict 

conditions on the maintaining, in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by the foreign 

financial institution. 

(d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President may waive 

the application of sanctions under this section with respect to 

a foreign financial institution if the President— 

(1) determines that the waiver is in the national security 

interest of the United States; and 

(2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

a report on the determination and the reasons for the determination. 

(e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may exercise all 

authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 

1704) to carry out the purposes of this section. 

(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in subsections 

(b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person 

that violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or 

causes a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or 

an order or regulation prescribed under either such subsection, 

to the same extent that such penalties apply to a person that 

commits an unlawful act described in section 206(a) of the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

(f) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions imposed under 

this section, shall terminate on the date on which the President 

submits to the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in section 4(h). 

SEC. 6. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT 

OF UKRAINE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to provide 

defense articles, defense services, and training to the Government 

of Ukraine for the purpose of countering offensive weapons and 

reestablishing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, 

including anti-tank and anti-armor weapons, crew weapons and 

ammunition, counter-artillery radars to identify and target artillery 

batteries, fire control, range finder, and optical and guidance and 

control equipment, tactical troop-operated surveillance drones, and 

secure command and communications equipment, pursuant to the 

provisions of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

seq.), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), 

and other relevant provisions of law. 

President. 

22 USC 8925. 

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(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report 

detailing the anticipated defense articles, defense services, and 

training to be provided pursuant to this section and a timeline 

for the provision of such defense articles, defense services, and 

training, to— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

on Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of 

the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the 

House of Representatives. 

(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, 

$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2016, and $125,000,000 for fiscal 

year 2017 to carry out activities under this section. 

(2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts authorized to be 

appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available 

for obligation and expenditure through the end of fiscal year 

2018. 

(d) AUTHORITY FOR THE USE OF FUNDS.—The funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for provision of defense articles, 

defense services, and training may be used to procure such articles, 

services, and training from the United States Government or other 

appropriate sources. 

(e) PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS.—It is the sense of Congress that 

the Government of Ukraine should take all appropriate steps to 

protect civilians. 

SEC. 7. EXPANDED NONMILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE. 

(a) ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN

UKRAINE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit 

a plan, including actions by the United States Government, 

other governments, and international organizations, to meet 

the need for protection of and assistance for internally displaced 

persons in Ukraine, to— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy 

and Natural Resources of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 

on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. 

(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by paragraph (1) should 

include, as appropriate, activities in support of— 

(A) helping to establish a functional and adequately 

resourced central registration system in Ukraine that can 

ensure coordination of efforts to provide assistance to 

internally displaced persons in different regions; 

(B) encouraging adoption of legislation in Ukraine that 

protects internally displaced persons from discrimination 

based on their status and provides simplified procedures 

for obtaining the new residency registration or other official 

documentation that is a prerequisite to receiving appropriate social payments under the laws of Ukraine, such 

Deadline. 

Plans. 

22 USC 8926. 

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as pensions and disability, child, and unemployment benefits; and 

(C) helping to ensure that information is available 

to internally displaced persons about— 

(i) government agencies and independent groups 

that can provide assistance to such persons in various 

regions; and 

(ii) evacuation assistance available to persons 

seeking to flee armed conflict areas. 

(3) ASSISTANCE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 

The President shall instruct the United States permanent representative or executive director, as the case may be, to the 

relevant United Nations voluntary agencies, including the 

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian 

Affairs, and other appropriate international organizations, to 

use the voice and vote of the United States to support appropriate assistance for internally displaced persons in Ukraine. 

(b) ASSISTANCE TO THE DEFENSE SECTOR OF UKRAINE.—The 

Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense should assist entities in the defense sector of Ukraine to reorient exports away 

from customers in the Russian Federation and to find appropriate 

alternative markets for those entities in the defense sector of 

Ukraine that have already significantly reduced exports to and 

cooperation with entities in the defense sector of the Russian Federation. 

(c) ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRISIS IN UKRAINE.— 

(1) EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.— 

(A) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of State and the 

Secretary of Energy, in collaboration with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 

Development and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall work with officials of 

the Government of Ukraine to develop a short-term emergency energy assistance plan designed to help Ukraine 

address the potentially severe short-term heating fuel and 

electricity shortages facing Ukraine in 2014 and 2015. 

(B) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by subparagraph 

(A) should include strategies to address heating fuel and 

electricity shortages in Ukraine, including, as appropriate— 

(i) the acquisition of short-term, emergency fuel 

supplies; 

(ii) the repair or replacement of infrastructure that 

could impede the transmission of electricity or 

transportation of fuel; 

(iii) the prioritization of the transportation of fuel 

supplies to the areas where such supplies are needed 

most; 

(iv) streamlining emergency communications 

throughout national, regional, and local governments 

to manage the potential energy crisis resulting from 

heating fuel and electricity shortages; 

(v) forming a crisis management team within the 

Government of Ukraine to specifically address the 

potential crisis, including ensuring coordination of the 

team’s efforts with the efforts of outside governmental 

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and nongovernmental entities providing assistance to 

address the potential crisis; and 

(vi) developing a public outreach strategy to facilitate preparation by the population and communication 

with the population in the event of a crisis. 

(C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State, the Secretary 

of Energy, and the Administrator of the United States 

Agency for International Development are authorized to 

provide assistance in support of, and to invest in shortterm solutions for, enabling Ukraine to secure the energy 

safety of the people of Ukraine during 2014 and 2015, 

including through— 

(i) procurement and transport of emergency fuel 

supplies, including reverse pipeline flows from Europe; 

(ii) provision of technical assistance for crisis planning, crisis response, and public outreach; 

(iii) repair of infrastructure to enable the transport 

of fuel supplies; 

(iv) repair of power generating or power transmission equipment or facilities; 

(v) procurement and installation of compressors 

or other appropriate equipment to enhance short-term 

natural gas production; 

(vi) procurement of mobile electricity generation 

units; 

(vii) conversion of natural gas heating facilities 

to run on other fuels, including alternative energy 

sources; and 

(viii) provision of emergency weatherization and 

winterization materials and supplies. 

(2) REDUCTION OF UKRAINE’S RELIANCE ON ENERGY

IMPORTS.— 

(A) PLANS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of State, in 

collaboration with the Secretary of Energy and the 

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall work with officials of the 

Government of Ukraine to develop medium- and long-term 

plans to increase energy production and efficiency to 

increase energy security by helping Ukraine reduce its 

dependence on natural gas imported from the Russian Federation. 

(B) ELEMENTS.—The medium- and long-term plans 

required by subparagraph (A) should include strategies, 

as appropriate, to— 

(i) improve corporate governance and unbundling 

of state-owned oil and gas sector firms; 

(ii) increase production from natural gas fields and 

from other sources, including renewable energy; 

(iii) license new oil and gas blocks transparently 

and competitively; 

(iv) modernize oil and gas upstream infrastructure; 

and 

(v) improve energy efficiency. 

(C) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary of State, the 

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, and the Secretary of Energy should, 

during fiscal years 2015 through 2018, work with other 

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donors, including multilateral agencies and nongovernmental organizations, to prioritize, to the extent practicable 

and as appropriate, the provision of assistance from such 

donors to help Ukraine to improve energy efficiency, 

increase energy supplies produced in Ukraine, and reduce 

reliance on energy imports from the Russian Federation, 

including natural gas. 

(D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 in the aggregate 

for fiscal years 2016 through 2018 to carry out activities 

under this paragraph. 

(3) SUPPORT FROM THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION.—The Overseas Private Investment Corporation 

shall— 

(A) prioritize, to the extent practicable, support for 

investments to help increase energy efficiency, develop 

domestic oil and natural gas reserves, improve and repair 

electricity infrastructure, and develop renewable and other 

sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

(B) implement procedures for expedited review and, 

as appropriate, approval, of applications by eligible investors (as defined in section 238 of the Foreign Assistance 

Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2198)) for loans, loan guarantees, 

and insurance for such investments. 

(4) SUPPORT BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP AND THE EUROPEAN

BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.—The President 

shall, to the extent practicable and as appropriate, direct the 

United States Executive Directors of the World Bank Group 

and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to 

encourage the World Bank Group and the European Bank 

for Reconstruction and Development and other international 

financial institutions— 

(A) to invest in, and increase their efforts to promote 

investment in, projects to improve energy efficiency, 

improve and repair electricity infrastructure, develop 

domestic oil and natural gas reserves, and develop renewable and other sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

(B) to stimulate private investment in such projects. 

(d) ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY IN UKRAINE.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall, directly or through nongovernmental or international organizations, such as the Organization for Security 

and Co-operation in Europe, the National Endowment for 

Democracy, and related organizations— 

(A) strengthen the organizational and operational 

capacity of democratic civil society in Ukraine; 

(B) support the efforts of independent media outlets 

to broadcast, distribute, and share information in all 

regions of Ukraine; 

(C) counter corruption and improve transparency and 

accountability of institutions that are part of the Government of Ukraine; and 

(D) provide support for democratic organizing and election monitoring in Ukraine. 

President. 

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(2) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days after 

the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

submit a strategy to carry out the activities described in paragraph (1) to— 

(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

(3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $20,000,000 

for fiscal year 2016 to carry out this subsection. 

(4) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any assistance provided pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in as 

transparent of a manner as possible, consistent with the nature 

and goals of this subsection. The President shall provide a 

briefing on the activities funded by this subsection at the 

request of the committees specified in paragraph (2). 

SEC. 8. EXPANDED BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER 

SOVIET UNION. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board 

of Governors shall submit to Congress a plan, including a cost 

estimate, for immediately and substantially increasing, and 

maintaining through fiscal year 2017, the quantity of Russianlanguage broadcasting into the countries of the former Soviet Union 

funded by the United States in order to counter Russian Federation 

propaganda. 

(b) PRIORITIZATION OF BROADCASTING INTO UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall prioritize 

broadcasting into Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova by the Voice of 

America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 

(c) ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES.—In developing the plan required 

by subsection (a), the Chairman shall consider— 

(1) near-term increases in Russian-language broadcasting 

for countries of the former Soviet Union (other than the countries specified in subsection (b)), including Latvia, Lithuania, 

and Estonia; and 

(2) increases in broadcasting in other critical languages, 

including Ukrainian and Romanian languages. 

(d) BROADCASTING DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘broadcasting’’ means the distribution of media content via radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and Internet-based platforms, 

among other platforms. 

(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Broadcasting Board of Governors $10,000,000 for each 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2018 to carry out activities under 

this section. 

(2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts authorized to 

be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall supplement 

and not supplant other amounts made available for activities 

described in this section. 

SEC. 9. SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY 

ORGANIZATIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, directly or 

through nongovernmental or international organizations, such as 

22 USC 8928. 

Deadline. 

Plan. 

Cost estimate. 

Time period. 

22 USC 8927. 

President. 

Briefing. 

Deadline. 

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the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the 

National Endowment for Democracy, and related organizations— 

(1) improve democratic governance, transparency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in the Russian 

Federation; 

(2) strengthen democratic institutions and political and 

civil society organizations in the Russian Federation; 

(3) expand uncensored Internet access in the Russian Federation; and 

(4) expand free and unfettered access to independent media 

of all kinds in the Russian Federation, including through 

increasing United States Government-supported broadcasting 

activities, and assist with the protection of journalists and 

civil society activists who have been targeted for free speech 

activities. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 

to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $20,000,000 for each 

of fiscal years 2016 through 2018 to carry out the activities set 

forth in subsection (a). 

(c) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days after the 

date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a 

strategy to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a) to— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee 

on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 

(d) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any assistance provided 

pursuant to this section shall be conducted in as transparent of 

a manner as possible, consistent with the nature and goals of 

this section. The President shall provide a briefing on the activities 

funded by this section at the request of the committees specified 

in subsection (c). 

SEC. 10. REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 

OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INF TREATY. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

(1) The Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations 

under the Treaty between the United States of America and 

the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination 

of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, 

signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into 

force June 1, 1988 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘IntermediateRange Nuclear Forces Treaty’’ or ‘‘INF Treaty’’). 

(2) This behavior poses a threat to the United States, 

its deployed forces, and its allies. 

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 

(1) the President should hold the Russian Federation 

accountable for being in violation of its obligations under the 

INF Treaty; and 

(2) the President should demand the Russian Federation 

completely and verifiably eliminate the military systems that 

constitute the violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty. 

(c) REPORT.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, 

the President shall submit to the committees specified in subsection (d) a report that includes the following elements: 

President. 

22 USC 8929. 

President. 

Briefing. 

Deadline. 

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5859: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 160 (2014): 

Dec. 11, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 13, considered and passed Senate. 

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(A) A description of the status of the President’s efforts, 

in cooperation with United States allies, to hold the Russian Federation accountable for being in violation of its 

obligations under the INF Treaty and obtain the complete 

and verifiable elimination of its military systems that constitute the violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty. 

(B) The President’s assessment as to whether it 

remains in the national security interests of the United 

States to remain a party to the INF Treaty, and other 

related treaties and agreements, while the Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty. 

(C) Notification of any deployment by the Russian Federation of a ground launched ballistic or cruise missile 

system with a range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. 

(D) A plan developed by the Secretary of State, in 

consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and 

the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), to verify 

that the Russian Federation has fully and completely 

dismantled any ground launched cruise missiles or ballistic 

missiles with a range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers, 

including details on facilities that inspectors need access 

to, people inspectors need to talk with, how often inspectors 

need the accesses for, and how much the verification regime 

would cost. 

(2) FORM.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall 

be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 

annex. 

(d) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees specified in this 

subsection are— 

(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 

on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 

of the Senate; and 

(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 

Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. 

SEC. 11. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall 

be construed as an authorization for the use of military force. 

Approved December 18, 2014. 

22 USC 8930. 

Plans. 

Consultation. 

Assessment. 


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