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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8237 

To require a report relating to the provision of certain information in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting conflict, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 2, 2024 

Ms. SHERRILL (for herself, Mr. HIMES, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. QUIGLEY, 

and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on 

Armed Services, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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 

A BILL 

To require a report relating to the provision of certain information in connection with the Russian invasion of 

Ukraine and the resulting conflict, 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 ‘‘Defense Information 

5 Sharing Review and Regional Tailoring Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The purposeful, targeted, and properly au4 thorized dissemination of covered information con5 tributed to negating the plans and intentions of the 

6 Russian Federation in its unjust conflict with 

7 Ukraine, saved Ukrainian lives, and led to a unified 

8 transatlantic alliance. 

9 (2) The purposeful, targeted, and properly au10 thorized dissemination of covered information by the 

11 Secretary of Defense facilitated the provision of de12 fense articles and economic support to Ukraine and 

13 other foreign partners of the United States in Eu14 rope, steeling such countries against the Russian in15 vasion of Ukraine occurring on February 24, 2022. 

16 (3) The sharing of defense information to for17 eign partners of the United States is a high-impact 

18 tool to provide decision advantage to the United 

19 States and its foreign partners in times of rising 

20 tensions, while aligning such partners to better le21 verage the support of, and to share economic, mili22 tary, and diplomatic burdens with, such partners. 

23 (4) The sharing of information on emerging 

24 threats, technology disruption and innovation, and 

25 adversarial plans empowers foreign partners of the 

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1 pands the coalition of such partners, particularly in 

2 peacetime or prior to any type of conflict. 

3 (5) Risk-conscious, timely information sharing 

4 practices are in place with foreign partners of the 

5 United States before a crisis erupts. Such practices 

6 should ensure the proper control and protection of 

7 the shared information and allow for the familiariza8 tion and integration of the shared information into 

9 the defense enterprise of the partner country. 

10 (6) The sharing of defense and security infor11 mation deepens collaboration and provides a basis 

12 for new joint initiatives and the increasing com13 petency of the security forces of partners of the 

14 United States. 

15 (7) Future conflicts will inevitably have eco16 nomic, technological, and social factors that merit 

17 the sharing of new forms of tailored information to 

18 secure the support of foreign partners of the United 

19 States and support the objectives of the United 

20 States and such partners. 

21 (8) Strategic competition encompasses all fac22 tors of United States national security, and foreign 

23 partners of the United States require tailored infor24 mation needs delivered in a timely, mission-focused 

25 manner from peacetime to conflict. 


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1 SEC. 3. REPORT RELATING TO PROVISION OF CERTAIN IN2 FORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH RUSSIAN 

3 INVASION OF UKRAINE AND RESULTING CON4 FLICT. 

5 (a) REPORT.— 

6 (1) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 120 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec8 retary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary 

9 of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 

10 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com11 mittees a report on the use and effectiveness of cov12 ered information lawfully provided by the United 

13 States Government to the Government of Ukraine 

14 and the governments of other partner countries in 

15 Europe in connection with the Russian invasion of 

16 Ukraine and the resulting conflict. 

17 (2) MATTERS.—The report under paragraph 

18 (1) shall address, in particular, the use and effec19 tiveness of classified, unclassified, and downgraded 

20 covered information in written, verbal, and visual 

21 forms, respectively, provided by the United States 

22 Government to the foreign governments referred to 

23 in such paragraph and shall include, at a minimum, 

24 the following: 

25 (A) An assessment of the effect and value 

26 of the covered information so provided since 


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1 September 2021 in achieving the national secu2 rity, national defense, and foreign policy objec3 tives of the United States with respect to the 

4 Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting 

5 conflict. 

6 (B) An assessment of— 

7 (i) whether such provision by the 

8 United States Government of covered in9 formation to, or use of such provided cov10 ered information by, such foreign govern11 ments has resulted in tangible national se12 curity, national defense, or foreign policy 

13 benefits to the United States or the foreign 

14 partners of the United States, including 

15 any improved international relations, new 

16 bilateral or multilateral programs, or other 

17 actions demonstrating acceptance of 

18 United States foreign policy objectives, 

19 such as through participation in security 

20 assistance and cooperation efforts, coordi21 nation of new policies, or issuing compat22 ible statements regarding foreign relations; 

23 (ii) the effect and value of the lawful 

24 provision of covered information by the 

25 United States Government with respect to 


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1 the success of the Government of Ukraine 

2 (including the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

3 and the intelligence services of Ukraine) in 

4 making decisions regarding the response 

5 to, responding to, and defending against 

6 the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the 

7 resulting conflict; and 

8 (iii) the ability of, and methods used 

9 by, the Government of Ukraine and other 

10 countries supporting Ukraine to safeguard 

11 covered information and any new insights 

12 derived from the passage of information 

13 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine 

14 and the resulting conflict. 

15 (C) An assessment of— 

16 (i) best practices regarding the dis17 semination of covered information by the 

18 United States Government to the foreign 

19 governments referred to in paragraph (1) 

20 over the course of the Russian invasion of 

21 Ukraine and resulting conflict and how 

22 such best practices may be applied to fu23 ture crises outside of Europe; and 

24 (ii) any plans or recommendations by 

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1 ture provision of covered information to 

2 the Government of Ukraine in connection 

3 with such invasion and resulting conflict. 

4 (D) An assessment of the internal proc5 esses and procedures of the Department of De6 fense, Department of State, and elements of the 

7 intelligence community, respectively, governing 

8 the dissemination of covered information to the 

9 Government of Ukraine and partner countries 

10 in Europe, including a description of— 

11 (i) the specific types of materials dis12 seminated; and 

13 (ii) how, if at all, such processes, pro14 cedures, and types of information dissemi15 nated changed over the course of the Rus16 sian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting 

17 conflict to meet the national security, na18 tional defense, and foreign policy objectives 

19 of the United States. 

20 (E) An assessment of the applicability of 

21 such processes, procedures, and types of cov22 ered information to be used by combatant com23 mands other than the United States European 

24 Command, and any recommendations by the 

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1 ment of a repeatable, secure, and appropriately 

2 expeditious process for similar dissemination ef3 forts during peacetime, in the lead-up to a con4 flict, and in the immediate stages of a future 

5 conflict in Europe or in the areas of responsi6 bility of such other combatant commands. 

7 (F) An assessment of— 

8 (i) how open-source covered informa9 tion provided to the Government of 

10 Ukraine has supported the objectives of 

11 such Government vis-a`-vis the Russian in12 vasion of Ukraine and the resulting con13 flict; 

14 (ii) how the Secretary of Defense re15 views and selects open-source covered in16 formation for use and prepares such infor17 mation to be provided to the Government 

18 of Ukraine; and 

19 (iii) how the review, selection, and use 

20 of open-source information for provision to 

21 foreign partners of the United States 

22 might differ in a future crisis. 

23 (G) A description of any new authorities or 

24 resources, or improvements to existing authori25 ties or resources, that may further address any 


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1 of the matters under subparagraphs (A) 

2 through (F). 

3 (3) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

4 may be submitted in classified form, but if so sub5 mitted, shall include an unclassified annex. 

6 (b) BRIEFING.— 

7 (1) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

8 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

9 Secretary of Defense shall provide to the appropriate 

10 congressional committees a briefing on the matters 

11 covered by the report under paragraph (1). 

12 (2) CLOSED NATURE.—Any briefing under this 

13 subsection may be a closed briefing, consistent with 

14 the protection of intelligence sources and methods. 

15 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com17 mittees’’ means— 

18 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

19 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma20 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

21 House of Representatives; and 

22 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

23 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 

24 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 


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1 (2) The term ‘‘covered information’’ means any 

2 information, regardless of whether such information 

3 is classified or unclassified, that relates to the Rus4 sian invasion of Ukraine, the resulting conflict, or 

5 other associated matters (including such information 

6 originating from the Department of Defense and in7 telligence information) and is provided by the United 

8 States Government for the purpose of supporting 

9 any national security, national defense, or foreign 

10 policy objective of the United States vis-a`-vis such 

11 invasion, resulting conflict, or associated matters. 

12 (3) The term ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the 

13 meaning given that term in section 3 of the National 

14 Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

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