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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 

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. 

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