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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5094 

To contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, to assist 

Ukraine’s democratic transition, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2016 

Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. COSTA, Mr. WEBER of 

Texas, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 

KEATING, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. RIBBLE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, 

and Ways and Means, 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 contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression in 

Ukraine, to assist Ukraine’s democratic transition, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act’’ or ‘‘STAND 

6 for Ukraine Act’’. 


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

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Statements of policy. 

TITLE I—CRIMEA ANNEXATION NON-RECOGNITION 

Sec. 101. United States policy against recognition of territorial changes effected 

by force alone. 

Sec. 102. Prohibitions against United States recognition of the Russian Federation’s annexation of Crimea. 

Sec. 103. Codification of sanctions under certain Executive orders relating to 

Ukraine. 

TITLE II—SANCTIONS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Prohibiting certain transactions with foreign sanctions evaders with 

respect to the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 202. Reports on certain foreign financial institutions. 

Sec. 203. Requirements relating to transfers of defense articles and defense 

services to the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 204. Amendments to Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 

2012. 

TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 301. Consortium to support increased private investment in Ukraine. 

Sec. 302. Strategy to respond to Russian Federation-supported information and 

propaganda efforts directed toward Russian-speaking communities in countries bordering the Russian Federation. 

3 SEC. 2. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 

5 States to further assist the Government of Ukraine in re6 storing its sovereignty and territorial integrity to contain, 

7 reverse, and deter Russian aggression in Ukraine. That 

8 policy shall be carried into effect, among other things, 

9 through a comprehensive effort, in coordination with allies 

10 and partners of the United States where appropriate, that 

11 includes sanctions, diplomacy, and assistance for the peo12 ple of Ukraine intended to enhance their ability to consoli13 date a rule of law-based democracy with a free market 


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1 economy and to exercise their right under international 

2 law to self-defense. 

3 (b) ADDITIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is fur4 ther the policy of the United States— 

5 (1) to use its voice, vote, and influence in inter6 national fora to encourage others to provide assist7 ance that is similar to assistance described in sub8 section (a) to Ukraine; and 

9 (2) to ensure that any relevant sanctions relief 

10 for the Russian Federation is contingent on timely, 

11 complete, and verifiable implementation of the Minsk 

12 Agreements, especially the restoration of Ukraine’s 

13 control of the entirety of its eastern border with the 

14 Russian Federation in the conflict zone. 

15 TITLE I—CRIMEA ANNEXATION 

16 NON-RECOGNITION 

17 SEC. 101. UNITED STATES POLICY AGAINST RECOGNITION 

18 OF TERRITORIAL CHANGES EFFECTED BY 

19 FORCE ALONE. 

20 Between the years of 1940 and 1991, the United 

21 States did not recognize the forcible incorporation and an22 nexation of the three Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, 

23 and Estonia into the Soviet Union under a policy known 

24 as the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES REC2 OGNITION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S 

3 ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with United States 

5 policy enumerated in section 101, no Federal department 

6 or agency should take any action or extend any assistance 

7 that recognizes or implies any recognition of the de jure 

8 or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Cri9 mea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 

10 (b) DOCUMENTS PORTRAYING CRIMEA AS PART OF

11 RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—In accordance with United 

12 States policy enumerated in section 101, the Government 

13 Publishing Office should not print any map, document, 

14 record, or other paper of the United States portraying or 

15 otherwise indicating Crimea as part of the territory of the 

16 Russian Federation. 

17 SEC. 103. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS UNDER CERTAIN 

18 EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO UKRAINE. 

19 (a) CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS.— 

20 (1) EXECUTIVE ORDERS 13660, 13661, AND

21 13662.—United States sanctions provided for in the 

22 Executive orders described in subsection (b), im23 posed on or before April 6, 2014, and as in effect 

24 on the day before the date of the enactment of this 

25 Act, shall remain in effect until the date on which 

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1 sional committees a certification described in sub2 section (c). 

3 (2) EXECUTIVE ORDER 13685.—United States 

4 sanctions provided for in Executive Order 13685 

5 (December 19, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating 

6 to blocking property of certain persons and prohib7 iting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea 

8 region of Ukraine), as in effect on the day before the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in 

10 effect until the date on which the President submits 

11 to the appropriate congressional committees a cer12 tification described in subsection (c). 

13 (b) EXECUTIVE ORDERS DESCRIBED.—The Execu14 tive orders described in this subsection are the following: 

15 (1) Executive Order 13660 (March 6, 2014; 79 

16 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking property of 

17 certain persons contributing to the situation in 

18 Ukraine). 

19 (2) Executive Order 13661 (March 16, 2014; 

20 79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking property of 

21 additional persons contributing to the situation in 

22 Ukraine). 

23 (3) Executive Order 13662 (March 20, 2014; 

24 79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property of 


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1 additional persons contributing to the situation in 

2 Ukraine). 

3 (c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 

4 subsection is a certification of the President that— 

5 (1) Ukraine’s sovereignty over Crimea has been 

6 restored; or 

7 (2) the status of Crimea has been resolved, 

8 through an internationally supervised process, to the 

9 satisfaction of a democratically elected Government 

10 of Ukraine. 

11 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec12 tion shall be construed to restrict the authority of the 

13 President to impose additional United States sanctions 

14 with specific respect to the Russian Federation’s occupa15 tion of Crimea pursuant to the Executive orders described 

16 in subsections (a)(2) and (b). 

17 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

18 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’’ means— 

20 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

21 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com22 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep23 resentatives; and 


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1 (2) Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

2 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

3 of the Senate. 

4 TITLE II—SANCTIONS 

5 PROVISIONS 

6 SEC. 201. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 

7 FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS WITH RE8 SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

9 The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ10 racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 

11 (Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 

12 by adding at the end the following new section: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 10. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 

14 FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS WITH RE15 SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

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

17 impose with respect to a foreign person the sanctions de18 scribed in subsection (b) if the President determines that 

19 the foreign person knowingly— 

20 ‘‘(1) has materially violated, attempted to vio21 late, conspired to violate, or caused a violation of 

22 any license, order, regulation, or prohibition con23 tained in, or issued pursuant to any covered Execu24 tive order; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) has facilitated significant deceptive or 

2 structured transactions for or on behalf of any per3 son subject to United States sanctions concerning 

4 the Russian Federation. 

5 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

7 this subsection are the exercise of all powers granted 

8 to the President by the International Emergency 

9 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 

10 the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans11 actions in all property and interests in property of 

12 a person determined by the President to be subject 

13 to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 

14 property are in the United States, come within the 

15 United States, or are or come within the possession 

16 or control of a United States person. 

17 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The authority to im19 pose sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not 

20 include the authority to impose sanctions relat21 ing to the importation of goods. 

22 ‘‘(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In paragraph (A), 

23 the term ‘good’ has the meaning given that 

24 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 

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1 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

2 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

3 1701 et seq.)). 

4 ‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—A person that is subject to 

5 sanctions described in paragraph (1) shall be subject 

6 to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 

7 of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco8 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex9 tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de10 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 

11 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica12 tion of sanctions under subsection (b) on a case-by-case 

13 for a period of not more than 120 days, and may renew 

14 that waiver for additional periods of not more than 120 

15 days with respect to a person if the President determines 

16 that such a waiver is in the national interests of the 

17 United States and on or before the date on which the waiv18 er takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional 

19 committees a notice of and justification for the waiver. 

20 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

21 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

22 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer23 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

24 for purposes of carrying out this section. 


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1 ‘‘(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 

2 issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec3 essary to carry out this section. 

4 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT6 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com7 mittees’ means— 

8 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

9 the Committee on Financial Services, and the 

10 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

11 Representatives; and 

12 ‘‘(B) Committee on Foreign Relations and 

13 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

14 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

15 ‘‘(2) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 

16 ‘covered Executive order’ means any of the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(A) Executive Order 13660 (March 6, 

19 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking 

20 property of certain persons contributing to the 

21 situation in Ukraine). 

22 ‘‘(B) Executive Order 13661 (March 16, 

23 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 

24 property of additional persons contributing to 

25 the situation in Ukraine). 


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1 ‘‘(C) Executive Order 13662 (March 20, 

2 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking 

3 property of additional persons contributing to 

4 the situation in Ukraine). 

5 ‘‘(D) Executive Order 13685 (December 

6 19, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating to 

7 blocking property of certain persons and prohib8 iting certain transactions with respect to the 

9 Crimea region of Ukraine). 

10 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per11 son’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 

13 States person; 

14 ‘‘(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 

15 nongovernmental entity which is not a United 

16 States person; 

17 ‘‘(C) any official, representative, agent, or 

18 instrumentality of, or an individual working on 

19 behalf of a foreign government; or 

20 ‘‘(D) a foreign government. 

21 ‘‘(4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

22 ‘United States person’ means— 

23 ‘‘(A) a United States citizen or an alien 

24 lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 

25 the United States; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws of 

2 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

3 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

4 such an entity, or any person in the United 

5 States.’’. 

6 SEC. 202. REPORTS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL IN7 STITUTIONS. 

8 The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ9 racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 

10 (Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 

11 by inserting after section 10 (as added by section 201 of 

12 this Act) the following new section: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 11. REPORTS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL IN14 STITUTIONS. 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this section, and every 180 days 

17 thereafter for a period not to exceed 2 years, the Secretary 

18 of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly 

19 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re20 port on— 

21 ‘‘(1) foreign financial institutions that are in di22 rect control of Government of Ukraine state-owned 

23 or controlled assets in a manner determined by the 

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1 to be in violation of the sovereignty, independence, 

2 or territorial integrity of Ukraine; 

3 ‘‘(2) foreign financial institutions determined by 

4 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

5 Treasury to be complicit in illicit financial activity, 

6 including money laundering, terrorism and prolifera7 tion financing, transnational organized crime, or 

8 misappropriation of state assets, that are— 

9 ‘‘(A) organized under the laws of the Rus10 sian Federation and have a capitalization of not 

11 less than $20,000,000,000; or 

12 ‘‘(B) owned or controlled by a foreign per13 son whose property or interests in property 

14 have been blocked pursuant to any covered Ex15 ecutive order; and 

16 ‘‘(3) foreign financial institutions that are di17 rectly or indirectly assisting or otherwise aiding the 

18 violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial 

19 integrity of Ukraine. 

20 ‘‘(b) FORM.—The report required to be submitted 

21 under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified 

22 form but may include a classified annex. 

23 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’ means— 

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

5 the Committee on Financial Services, the Com6 mittee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 

7 on the Judiciary of the House of Representa8 tives; and 

9 ‘‘(B) Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

10 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

11 Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 

12 the Senate. 

13 ‘‘(2) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 

14 ‘covered Executive order’ has the meaning given the 

15 term in section 10(f) of this Act.’’. 

16 SEC. 203. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANSFERS OF 

17 DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES 

18 TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

19 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

20 United States to oppose the transfer of defense articles 

21 and defense services from any country that is a member 

22 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to, or 

23 on behalf of, the Russian Federation, during any period 

24 in which the Russian Federation forcibly occupies the ter25 ritory of Ukraine or of a NATO member country. 


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1 (b) ADOPTION OF NATO POLICY.—The President 

2 shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 

3 States in NATO to seek the adoption of a policy by NATO 

4 that is consistent with the policy of the United States 

5 specified in subsection (a). 

6 (c) MONITORING AND IDENTIFICATION OF TRANS7 FERS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct 

9 the heads of the appropriate departments and agen10 cies of the United States to monitor all transfers of 

11 defense articles and defense services from NATO 

12 member countries to the Russian Federation and 

13 identify those transfers that are contrary to the pol14 icy of the United States specified in subsection (a). 

15 (2) REPORT.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall 

17 submit a written report to the chairmen and 

18 ranking members of the appropriate committees 

19 of Congress within 5 days of the receipt of in20 formation indicating that a transfer described 

21 in paragraph (1) has occurred. 

22 (B) FORM.—The report required under 

23 subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas24 sified form but may include a classified annex. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—If a NATO member country 

2 transfers, or allows a transfer by a person subject to 

3 its national jurisdiction of, a defense article or de4 fense service on or after the date of the enactment 

5 of this Act that is intended for a military end-use or 

6 end-user and which makes a significant contribution 

7 to the military capabilities of the Russian Federation 

8 in contravention of the policy of the United States 

9 specified in subsection (a) and is identified pursuant 

10 to subsection (c), an application for a license or 

11 other authorization required under the Arms Export 

12 Control Act for the transfer of any defense article or 

13 defense service to, or on behalf of, that NATO mem14 ber country shall be subject to a presumption of de15 nial. 

16 (2) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—A presumption of de17 nial shall apply to an application for a license or 

18 other authorization under paragraph (1) only during 

19 a period in which the President determines that the 

20 Russian Federation has forcibly occupied the terri21 tory of Ukraine or of a NATO member country. 

22 (3) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Presi23 dent may waive the restriction on the transfer of any 

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1 a NATO member country in paragraph (1) if the 

2 President— 

3 (A) determines that the waiver is in the 

4 national security interest of the United States; 

5 and 

6 (B) submits to the appropriate committees 

7 of Congress a report on the determination and 

8 the reasons for the determination. 

9 (4) AMENDMENT TO ITAR.—Not later than 30 

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

11 Secretary of State shall amend the International 

12 Trafficking in Arms Regulations for purposes of im13 plementing this subsection. 

14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

15 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON16 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con17 gress’’ 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) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERV2 ICES.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’ and ‘‘defense 

3 service’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec4 tion 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

5 2794 note). 

6 SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO SERGEI MAGNITSKY RULE OF 

7 LAW ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012. 

8 (a) LIST OF PERSONS.—Section 404 of the Sergei 

9 Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (22 

10 U.S.C. 5811 note) is amended— 

11 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘GROSS

12 VIOLATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS ABUSES’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) in subsection (a)(2)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

16 (A), by striking ‘‘gross violations’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘serious abuses’’; and 

18 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 

19 after ‘‘Russia’’ the following: ‘‘or in any terri20 tory forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled by 

21 the Government of the Russian Federation’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act and apply with respect to updates of the list 

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1 Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 on or 

2 after such date of enactment. 

3 TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 

4 SEC. 301. CONSORTIUM TO SUPPORT INCREASED PRIVATE 

5 INVESTMENT IN UKRAINE. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Private investment in Ukraine is essential 

8 for Ukraine’s long-term economic recovery, employ9 ment, and fiscal stability. 

10 (2) Private investment in Ukraine requires the 

11 availability of insurance to protect investors against 

12 loss due to armed conflict, political violence, expro13 priation, and other risks that constitute an obstacle 

14 to private investment. 

15 (3) It is in the United States national security 

16 interest to seek to establish an international consor17 tium, with other national governments, multilateral 

18 organizations, and investors and insurers, to in19 crease the availability of insurance to support in20 creased private investment in Ukraine. 

21 (4) An international consortium would be an ef22 fective mechanism to spread the risk against loss 

23 among a broad group of governmental and private 

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1 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, after 

2 consultation with the Government of Ukraine, shall seek 

3 to establish an international consortium to support in4 creased private investment in Ukraine and to provide for 

5 participation by the Government of the United States in 

6 such consortium. 

7 (c) MEMBERSHIP.—The consortium established pur8 suant to subsection (b) should be composed of the fol9 lowing members: 

10 (1) The Government of the United States, to 

11 include the Overseas Private Investment Corpora12 tion. 

13 (2) The national governments of other inter14 ested countries. 

15 (3) Appropriate multilateral organizations. 

16 (4) Private insurance companies and other ap17 propriate private sector entities. 

18 (d) DUTIES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The consortium established 

20 pursuant to subsection (b) should issue insurance, 

21 upon such terms and conditions as the consortium 

22 may determine, to protect investors against the risk 

23 of loss of private investments in Ukraine. 

24 (2) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—The consortium 

25 should— 


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1 (A) ensure that members of the consortium 

2 share in issuing insurance and are liable for 

3 payments of claims by investors in proportion 

4 to each member’s agreed-upon share; 

5 (B) at a minimum, ensure that members of 

6 the consortium provide insurance against the 

7 risk of loss due to armed conflict, political vio8 lence, and expropriation in Ukraine; 

9 (C) provide reinsurance to entities that 

10 have issued or underwritten insurance to inves11 tors in Ukraine against the risk of loss; and 

12 (D) establish a procedure for processing, 

13 negotiating, and settling claims for losses in14 curred and should utilize, to the maximum ex15 tent possible, the resources of the members of 

16 the consortium to carry out such functions. 

17 (e) ROLE OF OPIC.—Upon the request of the Sec18 retary of State, the Overseas Private Investment Corpora19 tion should— 

20 (1) assist the Secretary of State in securing 

21 membership of private insurance companies and 

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1 (2) participate in underwriting insurance con2 sistent with the statutory provisions applicable to 

3 the Corporation; and 

4 (3) provide staff with relevant expertise to as5 sist in establishing and administering the consor6 tium, on a reimbursable basis. 

7 SEC. 302. STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO RUSSIAN FEDERA8 TION-SUPPORTED INFORMATION AND PROP9 AGANDA EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD RUS10 SIAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES IN COUN11 TRIES BORDERING THE RUSSIAN FEDERA12 TION. 

13 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall es15 tablish Crimean Tatar services subordinate to the Ukrain16 ian language services and shall broadcast and direct Cri17 mean Tatar language content into Crimea. 

18 (b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

20 shall develop and implement a strategy to respond to Rus21 sian Federation-supported disinformation and propaganda 

22 efforts directed toward persons in countries bordering the 

23 Russian Federation. 

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1 (1) Development of a response to propaganda 

2 and disinformation campaigns as an element of the 

3 ongoing crisis in Ukraine, specifically— 

4 (A) assistance in building the capacity of 

5 the Ukrainian military to document conflict 

6 zones and disseminate information in real time; 

7 (B) assistance in enhancing broadcast ca8 pacity with terrestrial television transmitters in 

9 Eastern Ukraine; and 

10 (C) media training for officials of the Gov11 ernment of Ukraine. 

12 (2) Establishment of a partnership with partner 

13 governments and private-sector entities to provide 

14 Russian-language entertainment and news content to 

15 broadcasters in Russian-speaking communities bor16 dering the Russian Federation. 

17 (3) Assessment of the extent of Russian Fed18 eration influence in political parties, financial insti19 tutions, media organizations, and other entities seek20 ing to exert political influence and sway public opin21 ion in favor of Russian Federation policy across Eu22 rope. 

23 (d) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 

24 the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 


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1 strategy required under subsection (b) and its implemen2 tation. 

3 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

4 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

7 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep8 resentatives; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

10 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

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