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Calendar No. 606 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4955 

To amend certain authorities relating to human rights violations and abuses 

in Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 

Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend certain authorities relating to human rights 

violations and abuses in Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ukraine Human 

5 Rights Policy Act of 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF MANDATORY IM2 POSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

3 TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS RESPON4 SIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

5 Section 11 of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integ6 rity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act 

7 of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8910) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

9 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 

14 after receiving a request from the chairman and 

15 ranking member of one of the appropriate congres16 sional committees with respect to whether a person 

17 meets the criteria of a person described in sub18 section (a), the President shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) determine if the person meets such 

20 criteria; and 

21 ‘‘(B) submit a classified or unclassified re22 port to such chairman and ranking member 

23 with respect to such determination that includes 

24 a statement of whether or not the President im25 posed or intends to impose sanctions under sub26 section (b) with respect to such person. 


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1 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap3 propriate congressional committees’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

5 the House of Representatives; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

7 of the Senate.’’. 

8 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

9 Section 252 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

10 Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9542) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(1) the Government of the Russian Federation 

14 bears responsibility for the continuing violence in 

15 Ukraine and imposition onto Ukrainian sov16 ereignty;’’; 

17 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 

18 (10) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 

19 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(2) the Government of the Russian Federa22 tion’s invasion of Ukraine reflects years of disregard 

23 for territorial integrity across the European con24 tinent; 


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1 ‘‘(3) paramilitary organizations are utilized by 

2 the Government of the Russian Federation to exe3 cute foreign policy goals, including through influence 

4 campaigns, economic coercion, and violence; 

5 ‘‘(4) ongoing violence from the Government of 

6 the Russian Federation across Europe creates impli7 cations for allies and partners of the United States 

8 outside of the European continent, and a deterrence 

9 strategy therefore requires coordination and coopera10 tion with like-minded partners across the globe;’’; 

11 and 

12 (4) by amending subparagraph (A) of para13 graph (12) (as redesignated) to read as follows: 

14 ‘‘(A) to identify vulnerabilities to aggres15 sion, information operations, in particular cyber 

16 warfare and military information support oper17 ations, corruption, and hybrid warfare by the 

18 Government of the Russian Federation and its 

19 proxy forces;’’. 

20 SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

21 It is the policy of the United States to consider for22 eign persons who are involved in the forced relocation or 

23 detention of persons in Russian filtration camps as having 

24 committed gross violations of internationally recognized 

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1 spect to such persons under the Global Magnitsky Human 

2 Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 5. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN UKRAINE 

4 AND AGAINST UKRAINIAN RESIDENTS FORC5 IBLY RELOCATED TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERA6 TION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall in8 clude in the report required by sections 116(d) and 502B 

9 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2151n(d) and 2304) information on human rights abuses 

11 in Ukraine and against individuals who reside in Ukraine 

12 who are forcibly relocated. 

13 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The information 

14 required under subsection (a) shall include— 

15 (1) an assessment of Russian forces and Rus16 sian Federation-affiliated non-state groups involved 

17 in human rights abuses against civilians in Ukraine; 

18 (2) an assessment of the number of individuals 

19 detained in filtration camps operated by the Russian 

20 Federation or its proxies; 

21 (3) a description of the conditions in such 

22 camps for detainees, including, to the extent prac23 ticable, an assessment of— 

24 (A) methods of abuse; 


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1 (B) efforts to force individuals to renounce 

2 their faith; and 

3 (C) other serious human rights abuses; 

4 (4) to the extent practicable, an assessment of 

5 staffing levels at such camps, including such camps 

6 at which military, governmental, or other units are 

7 in charge; 

8 (5) a description, as appropriate, of United 

9 States diplomatic efforts with allies and other coun10 tries and relevant international organizations— 

11 (A) to address the gross violations of 

12 human rights against Ukrainians; and 

13 (B) to prosecute individuals responsible for 

14 committing human rights violations; and 

15 (6) the identification of the offices within the 

16 Department of State that are responsible for leading 

17 and coordinating the diplomatic efforts referred to in 

18 paragraph (5). 

19 (c) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

20 shall collect the information required under subsection (a) 

21 in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 

22 departments and agencies and civil society organizations. 


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1 SEC. 6. CLASSIFIED ASSESSMENT OF ABILITY OF UNITED 

2 STATES TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE RELAT3 ING TO WAR CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

4 ABUSES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 

6 Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with 

7 such elements of the intelligence community (as defined 

8 in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

9 U.S.C. 3003)) as the Director deems appropriate, shall 

10 submit to the committees specified in subsection (b) a 

11 classified report that assesses the ability of the United 

12 States Government to collect and analyze intelligence re13 garding— 

14 (1) the scope and scale of war crimes com15 mitted against individuals who reside in Ukraine by 

16 the Russian Armed Forces or Russian Federation17 affiliated non-state groups; 

18 (2) the scope and scale of the detention and 

19 forced labor of Ukrainian nationals in Ukraine and 

20 the Russian Federation; 

21 (3) the gross abuses of human rights per22 petrated inside the filtration camps and other deten23 tion centers operated by the Russian Federation or 

24 Russian Federation-affiliated non-state groups; and 

25 (4) other actions of the Government of the Rus26 sian Federation that constitute gross violations of 


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1 human rights related to the invasion of Ukraine by 

2 the Russian Federation. 

3 (b) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees spec4 ified in this subsection are— 

5 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

6 the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; 

7 and 

8 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

9 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

10 House of Representatives. 

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ukraine Human Rights 

13 Policy Act of 2022’’. 

14 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF MANDATORY IM15 POSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 

16 TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS RESPON17 SIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. 

18 Section 11 of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integ19 rity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act 

20 of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 8910) is amended— 

21 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 

22 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol24 lowing: 

25 ‘‘(d) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 

2 receiving a request from the chairman and ranking 

3 member of one of the appropriate congressional com4 mittees with respect to whether a person meets the cri5 teria of a person described in subsection (a), the 

6 President shall— 

7 ‘‘(A) determine if the person meets such cri8 teria; and 

9 ‘‘(B) submit a classified or unclassified re10 port to such chairman and ranking member with 

11 respect to such determination that includes a 

12 statement of whether or not the President im13 posed or intends to impose sanctions under sub14 section (b) with respect to such person. 

15 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

16 DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 

17 congressional committees’ means— 

18 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

19 the House of Representatives; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

21 the Senate.’’. 

22 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

23 Section 252 of the Countering America’s Adversaries 

24 Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9542) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(1) the Government of the Russian Federation 

4 bears responsibility for the continuing violence in 

5 Ukraine and imposition onto Ukrainian sov6 ereignty;’’; 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) 

8 as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 

9 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(2) the Government of the Russian Federation’s 

12 invasion of Ukraine reflects years of disregard for ter13 ritorial integrity across the European continent; 

14 ‘‘(3) paramilitary organizations are utilized by 

15 the Government of the Russian Federation to execute 

16 foreign policy goals, including through influence cam17 paigns, economic coercion, and violence, particularly 

18 sexual violence against women; 

19 ‘‘(4) ongoing violence from the Government of the 

20 Russian Federation across Europe creates implica21 tions for allies and partners of the United States out22 side of the European continent, and a deterrence 

23 strategy therefore requires coordination and coopera24 tion with like-minded partners across the globe;’’; and 


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1 (4) by amending subparagraph (A) of paragraph 

2 (12) (as redesignated) to read as follows: 

3 ‘‘(A) to identify vulnerabilities to aggres4 sion, information operations, in particular cyber 

5 warfare and military information support oper6 ations, corruption, and hybrid warfare by the 

7 Government of the Russian Federation and its 

8 proxy forces;’’. 

9 SEC. 4. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BY THE RUS10 SIAN FEDERATION IN UKRAINE AND AGAINST 

11 UKRAINIAN RESIDENTS FORCIBLY RELO12 CATED. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State should in14 clude in the report required by sections 116(d) and 502B 

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) 

16 and 2304) information on human rights abuses committed 

17 by Russian forces or persons acting on behalf of the Russian 

18 Federation in Ukraine or against individuals who reside 

19 in Ukraine who are forcibly relocated. 

20 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The information re21 quired under subsection (a) shall include— 

22 (1) an assessment of Russian forces and Russian 

23 Federation-affiliated non-state groups involved in 

24 human rights abuses against civilians in Ukraine; 


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1 (2) an assessment of the number of individuals, 

2 including the number of children, detained in filtra3 tion camps operated by the Russian Federation or its 

4 proxies; 

5 (3) a description of the conditions in such camps 

6 for detainees, including, to the extent practicable, an 

7 assessment of— 

8 (A) methods of abuse; 

9 (B) efforts to force individuals to renounce 

10 their faith; 

11 (C) efforts to facilitate the forced adoption 

12 of Ukrainian children in violation of Ukrainian 

13 law; and 

14 (D) other serious human rights abuses; 

15 (4) to the extent practicable, an assessment of 

16 staffing levels at such camps, including such camps at 

17 which military, governmental, or other units are in 

18 charge; 

19 (5) a description, as appropriate, of United 

20 States diplomatic efforts with allies and other coun21 tries and relevant international organizations— 

22 (A) to address the gross violations of human 

23 rights against Ukrainians; 

24 (B) to prosecute individuals responsible for 

25 committing human rights violations; and 


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1 (C) to hold accountable through economic 

2 sanctions, including sanctions under the Global 

3 Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act 

4 (22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.), individuals responsible 

5 for gross violations of internationally recognized 

6 human rights against Ukrainians; 

7 (6) the identification of the offices within the De8 partment of State that are responsible for leading and 

9 coordinating the diplomatic efforts referred to in 

10 paragraph (5); 

11 (7) an assessment of the use by Russian forces 

12 and Russian Federation-affiliated non-state groups of 

13 rape as a weapon of war, including the specific 

14 human rights abuses inflicted on women and girls in 

15 Ukraine; and 

16 (8) efforts undertaken by the United States to 

17 monitor the scope and scale of the impact and tar18 geting of women and girls in particular, especially 

19 with sexual violence, within the filtration camps and 

20 other detention facilities operated by the Russian Fed21 eration or its proxies. 

22 (c) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

23 shall collect the information required under subsection (a) 

24 in consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal de25 partments and agencies and civil society organizations. 


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1 SEC. 5. CLASSIFIED ASSESSMENT OF ABILITY OF UNITED 

2 STATES TO COLLECT INTELLIGENCE RELAT3 ING TO WAR CRIMES AND HUMAN RIGHTS 

4 ABUSES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the Di6 rector of National Intelligence, in consultation with such 

7 elements of the intelligence community (as defined in sec8 tion 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 

9 3003)) as the Director deems appropriate, shall submit to 

10 the committees specified in subsection (b) a classified report 

11 that assesses the ability of the United States Government 

12 to collect and analyze intelligence regarding— 

13 (1) the scope and scale of war crimes and geno14 cide committed against individuals who reside in 

15 Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces or Russian 

16 Federation-affiliated non-state groups; 

17 (2) the scope and scale of the detention and 

18 forced labor of Ukrainian nationals in Ukraine and 

19 the Russian Federation; 

20 (3) the scope and scale of forced adoptions of 

21 Ukrainian children; 

22 (4) the gross abuses of human rights perpetrated 

23 inside the filtration camps and other detention cen24 ters operated by the Russian Federation or Russian 

25 Federation-affiliated non-state groups; and 


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1 (5) other actions of the Government of the Rus2 sian Federation that constitute gross violations of 

3 human rights related to the invasion of Ukraine by 

4 the Russian Federation. 

5 (b) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees speci6 fied in this subsection are— 

7 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

8 Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

10 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

11 House of Representatives. 


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Calendar No. 606 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4955 

A BILL 

To amend certain authorities relating to human 

other purposes. rights violations and abuses in Ukraine, and for 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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