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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3992

To prohibit foreign assistance to Russia unless certain requirements relating

to Russian intelligence activities, relations between Russia and certain

neighboring countries, and the reform of the Russian economy are met.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 9, 1994

Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on Foreign Affairs and Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To prohibit foreign assistance to Russia unless certain requirements relating to Russian intelligence activities, relations between Russia and certain neighboring countries,

and the reform of the Russian economy are met.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO

2 RUSSIA UNLESS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS

3 RELATING TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AC4 TIVITIES, RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND

5 CERTAIN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, AND RE6 FORM OF RUSSIAN ECONOMY ARE MET.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Foreign assistance may not be

8 provided to Russia for any fiscal year beginning after fis9 cal year 1995 unless the President certifies to Congress

10 for such fiscal year that—

11 (1) the United States Government has received

12 satisfactory assurances from the Government of

13 Russia that Russia’s intelligence activities in the

14 United States are confined to what is considered

15 routine, non-adversarial information gathering ac16 tivities;

17 (2) the Government of Russia has concluded

18 written agreements with the Governments of Latvia,

19 Estonia, and Moldova on the unconditional with20 drawal of Russian troops from those 3 nations and

21 is making continual progress toward fulfilling the

22 agreements;

23 (3) Russian troops in the Kaliningrad region of

24 Russia are respecting the sovereign territory of Lith25 uania and other neighboring countries and that such
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1 troops are not offensively postured against any other

2 countries;

3 (4) the activities of the Government of Russia

4 in the independent states of the former Soviet Union

5 do not represent an attempt by Russia to diminish

6 the sovereignty and independence of such states;

7 (5) the Government of Russia is not pursuing

8 policies in the former Yugoslavia that are contrary

9 to the interests of the United States and its allies;

10 and

11 (6) the Government of Russia is committed to

12 reforming the Russian economy along free-market

13 lines, and is taking concrete steps in this direction.

14 (b) CERTIFICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995.—In

15 addition to the requirements contained in subsection (a),

16 with respect to fiscal year 1995, foreign assistance may

17 not be provided to Russia unless the President certifies

18 to the Congress for such fiscal year that the Government

19 of Russia has provided the United States Government with

20 a full and accurate accounting of the espionage activities

21 related to the case of Aldrich Hazen Ames of the Central

22 Intelligence Agency.

23 (c) REPORT.—For any fiscal year after the date of

24 the enactment of this Act, the President shall provide to
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1 the Congress a report containing the following informa2 tion:

3 (1) The amount of foreign assistance provided

4 to Russia for the preceding fiscal year, including the

5 purpose for which such assistance was provided and

6 an assessment of its effectiveness.

7 (2) A detailed accounting of the amount of for8 eign assistance appropriated which has not been ex9 pended and the status of such assistance.

10 (3) An estimate of the total amount of capital

11 exported from Russia during the previous fiscal

12 year.

13 (d) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of

14 the Congress that the United States Government should

15 oppose all lending to Russia by the international financial

16 institutions to which the United States is a member unless

17 the Government of Russia is in compliance with the re18 quirements contained in subsection (a) or subsection (b),

19 as the case may be.

20 (e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—For purposes

21 of this section, the term ‘‘foreign assistance’’ means assist22 ance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the

23 Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies

24 and Open Markets Support Act of 1992, except that such

25 term does not include—
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1 (1) humanitarian assistance;

2 (2) educational and cultural exchanges between

3 the United States and Russia;

4 (3) assistance provided by the National Endow5 ment for Democracy; and

6 (4) assistance for the purpose of destroying nu7 clear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weap8 ons, and related assistance.

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