IIB 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4278 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 27, 2014 

Received 

APRIL 2, 2014 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

AN ACT 

To support the independence, sovereignty, and territorial 

integrity of 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Ukraine Support Act’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. United States policy. 

TITLE I—ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS 

Sec. 101. Support for democratic governance and civil society in Ukraine. 

Sec. 102. Economic reform in Ukraine. 

Sec. 103. United States international programming to Ukraine and neighboring 

regions. 

Sec. 104. Overseas Private Investment Corporation. 

Sec. 105. Enhanced assistance for law enforcement and the judicial system in 

Ukraine. 

Sec. 106. Enhanced security cooperation among Central and Eastern European 

NATO member states. 

Sec. 107. United States-Ukraine security assistance. 

Sec. 108. Recovery of assets linked to corruption in Ukraine. 

Sec. 109. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

Sec. 110. Offset. 

TITLE II—SANCTIONS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Continuation in effect of sanctions with respect to the blocking of certain persons contributing to the situation in Ukraine. 

Sec. 202. Imposition of additional sanctions on persons responsible for violence 

or who undermine the independence, sovereignty, or territorial 

or economic integrity of Ukraine. 

Sec. 203. Imposition of additional sanctions on persons complicit in or responsible for significant corruption in the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 204. Report on certain foreign financial institutions. 

Sec. 205. Sense of Congress on human rights in the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 206. Certification described and submission to Congress. 

Sec. 207. Sense of Congress on suspension of all activities and meetings of the 

NATO-Russia Council. 

Sec. 208. Definitions. 

TITLE III—REPORTING PROVISIONS 

Sec. 301. Annual report on security developments in the Russian Federation 

and their effects on Ukrainian sovereignty. 

Sec. 302. Presidential determination and report on compliance by Russian Federation of its obligations under INF Treaty. 

Sec. 303. Report on geopolitical impact of energy exports. 

Sec. 304. Amendment to the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation 

Act. 


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1 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES POLICY. 

2 It is the policy of the United States— 

3 (1) to support the right of the people of 

4 Ukraine to freely determine their future, including 

5 their country’s relationship with other nations and 

6 international organizations, without interference, in7 timidation, or coercion by other countries; 

8 (2) to support the people of Ukraine in their 

9 desire to address endemic corruption, consolidate de10 mocracy, and achieve sustained prosperity; 

11 (3) to support the efforts of the Government of 

12 Ukraine to bring to justice those responsible for the 

13 acts of violence against peaceful protestors and other 

14 unprovoked acts of violence related to the anti-gov15 ernment protests that began on November 21, 2013; 

16 (4) to support the efforts of the Government of 

17 Ukraine to identify, investigate, recover, and return 

18 to the Ukrainian state assets unaccounted for under 

19 the leadership and departure from Ukraine of 

20 former President Yanukovych, his family, and other 

21 current and former members of the Ukrainian gov22 ernment, along with others legitimately charged by 

23 government authorities with similar offenses; 

24 (5) to assist the Government of Ukraine in 

25 preparations for the presidential election scheduled 

26 for May 25, 2014, and to participate in efforts to 


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1 ensure that this election is conducted in accordance 

2 with international standards; 

3 (6) to promote democratic values, transparent 

4 and accountable government institutions, and ad5 vance United States national security interests 

6 through United States international broadcasting, 

7 including the Voice of America and Radio Free Eu8 rope/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Incorporated; 

9 (7) to support needed economic structural re10 forms in Ukraine, including in the fiscal, energy, 

11 pension, and banking sectors, among others; 

12 (8) to support energy diversification initiatives 

13 to reduce Russian control of energy supplies to 

14 Ukraine and other European countries, including 

15 United States promotion of increased natural gas ex16 ports to, and energy efficiency in, Ukraine, which 

17 could be enhanced by advances in new energy tech18 nologies; 

19 (9) to condemn the armed intervention of the 

20 Russian Federation in Ukraine, including its con21 tinuing political, economic, and military aggression 

22 against that country; 

23 (10) to work with United States allies and part24 ners in Europe and around the world, including at 

25 the United Nations, to ensure that all nations refuse 


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1 to recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the 

2 Russian Federation and reaffirm the independence, 

3 sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine; 

4 (11) to refuse to recognize the legitimacy of the 

5 illegal referendum in Crimea on March 16, 2014, on 

6 the status of that region of Ukraine, which was held 

7 under conditions of occupation and coercion by Rus8 sian forces; 

9 (12) to support the deployment of international 

10 monitors to Ukraine to assess the current status of 

11 its territorial integrity and the safety of all people in 

12 Ukraine; 

13 (13) to encourage the Government of Ukraine 

14 to continue to respect and protect the rights of all 

15 ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities; 

16 (14) to encourage the Government of Ukraine 

17 to promote and protect the human rights, as recog18 nized by the Universal Declaration of Human 

19 Rights, of all individuals as they seek freedom, de20 mocracy, and equality under the law; 

21 (15) to work with United States allies and part22 ners to condemn any violation by Russian Federa23 tion occupation forces or their proxies of the rights 

24 of ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities in Cri25 mea, including the region’s Tatar population; 


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1 (16) to call on all Ukrainians to respect the le2 gitimate government authorities, as well as all 

3 Ukrainian laws and the Constitution of Ukraine in 

4 all regions of Ukraine, including Crimea; 

5 (17) to maintain existing sanctions against and 

6 consider all available options for further sanctions 

7 on the Russian Federation until Ukrainian sov8 ereignty, independence, and territorial integrity are 

9 not being violated by the Russian Federation; and 

10 (18) to honor and abide by its commitments un11 dertaken pursuant to Article 5 of the North Atlantic 

12 Treaty, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, 

13 on April 4, 1949, and entered into force on August 

14 24, 1949. 

15 TITLE I—ASSISTANCE 

16 PROVISIONS 

17 SEC. 101. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND 

18 CIVIL SOCIETY IN UKRAINE. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized and 

20 encouraged to provide assistance to support democracy 

21 and civil society, including community-based and faith22 based organizations, in Ukraine by undertaking the activi23 ties described in subsection (b). 

24 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activities de25 scribed in this subsection are— 


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1 (1) improving democratic governance, trans2 parency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corrup3 tion efforts; 

4 (2) supporting Ukrainian efforts to foster 

5 greater unity among people and regions of the coun6 try, combat anti-Semitism and discrimination, and 

7 promote respect for religious freedom; 

8 (3) supporting the people and Government of 

9 Ukraine in preparing to conduct and participate in 

10 free and fair elections, including through domestic 

11 and international election monitoring; 

12 (4) assisting Ukraine in diversifying its econ13 omy, trade, and energy supplies, including at the na14 tional, regional, and local levels; 

15 (5) strengthening democratic institutions and 

16 political and civil society organizations; and 

17 (6) expanding free and unfettered access to 

18 independent media of all kinds in Ukraine and as19 sisting with the protection of journalists and civil so20 ciety activists who have been targeted for free speech 

21 activities. 

22 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to the President 

24 $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 to carry out this section. 


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1 SEC. 102. ECONOMIC REFORM IN UKRAINE. 

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

3 (1) The Ukrainian economy is weak and vulner4 able, as evidenced by short-term debt interest rates 

5 as high as 15 percent, a high proportion of foreign 

6 exchange-denominated government debt that will 

7 mature in 2014 and 2015, a banking sector with 

8 non-performing loans at the high level of 14 percent, 

9 a financing gap which the Government of Ukraine 

10 has estimated will amount to $35 billion over the 

11 next two years, and a large underground economy. 

12 This economic condition undermines democratic 

13 prospects in Ukraine. 

14 (2) Years of poor economic management and 

15 performance have undermined and may continue to 

16 undermine political stability and unity within 

17 Ukraine. 

18 (3) On March 6, 2014, the House of Represent19 atives passed H.R. 4152, to redirect previously ap20 propriated funds to cover the cost of roughly $1 bil21 lion in loan guarantees for Ukraine. 

22 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

23 of the United States to work with other countries and 

24 international institutions to stabilize the Ukrainian econ25 omy, while promoting critically needed structural economic 

26 reforms in Ukraine, including— 


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1 (1) cutting the massive natural gas subsidies 

2 that have led to market inefficiencies; 

3 (2) reducing the bloated public sector; 

4 (3) maintaining a market-determined exchange 

5 rate; 

6 (4) strengthening the vulnerable banking sector; 

7 (5) promoting a robust, independent, and im8 partial judiciary, due process, and uniform applica9 tion of law; and 

10 (6) reducing corruption, such as by supporting 

11 reform efforts of the Government of Ukraine to pass 

12 legislation related to greater accountability for gov13 ernment officials, greater protection of private prop14 erty, and increased transparency of government 

15 funds. 

16 (c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress that loan guarantees provided by the United States 

18 for Ukraine should be used to promote government, bank19 ing and energy sector reform, and anti-corruption efforts 

20 in Ukraine. 

21 SEC. 103. UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING 

22 TO UKRAINE AND NEIGHBORING REGIONS. 

23 (a) FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.—Congress finds 

24 and declares the following: 


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1 (1) The Russian Government has deliberately 

2 blocked the Ukrainian people’s access to uncensored 

3 sources of information and has provided alternative 

4 news and information that is both inaccurate and in5 flammatory. 

6 (2) United States international programming 

7 exists to advance the United States interests and 

8 values by presenting accurate and comprehensive 

9 news and information, which is the foundation for 

10 democratic governance. 

11 (3) The opinions and views of the Ukrainian 

12 people, especially those people located in the eastern 

13 regions and Crimea, are not being accurately rep14 resented in Russian dominated mass media. 

15 (4) Russian forces have seized more than five 

16 television stations in Crimea and taken over trans17 missions, switching to a 24/7 Russian propaganda 

18 format; this increase in programming augments the 

19 already robust pro-Russian programming to 

20 Ukraine. 

21 (5) United States international programming 

22 has the potential to combat this anti-democratic 

23 propaganda. 


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1 (b) PROGRAMMING.—Radio Free Europe/Radio Lib2 erty (RFE/RL), Incorporated, and the Voice of America 

3 service to Ukraine and neighboring regions shall— 

4 (1) provide news and information that is acces5 sible, credible, and accurate; 

6 (2) emphasize investigative and analytical jour7 nalism to highlight inconsistencies and misinforma8 tion provided by Russian or pro-Russian media out9 lets; 

10 (3) prioritize programming to areas where ac11 cess to uncensored sources of information is limited 

12 or non-existent, especially populations serviced by 

13 Russian supported media outlets; 

14 (4) increase the number of reporters and orga15 nizational presence in eastern Ukraine, especially in 

16 Crimea; 

17 (5) promote democratic processes, respect for 

18 human rights, freedom of the press, and territorial 

19 sovereignty; and 

20 (6) take necessary preparatory steps to con21 tinue and increase programming and content that 

22 promotes democracy and government transparency 

23 in Russia. 


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1 (c) PROGRAMMING SURGE.—RFE/RL, Incorporated, 

2 and Voice of America programming to Ukraine and neigh3 boring regions shall— 

4 (1) prioritize programming to eastern Ukraine, 

5 including Crimea, and Moldova, and to ethnic and 

6 linguistic Russian populations, as well as to Tatar 

7 minorities; 

8 (2) prioritize news and information that directly 

9 contributes to the target audiences’ understanding of 

10 political and economic developments in Ukraine and 

11 Moldova, including countering misinformation that 

12 may originate from other news outlets, especially 

13 Russian supported news outlets; 

14 (3) provide programming content 24 hours a 

15 day, seven days a week to target populations, using 

16 all available and effective distribution outlets, includ17 ing— 

18 (A) at least 8 weekly hours of total original 

19 television and video content in Ukrainian, Rus20 sian, and Tatar languages, not inclusive of live 

21 video streaming coverage of breaking news, to 

22 be distributed on satellite, digital, and through 

23 regional television affiliates by the Voice of 

24 America; and 


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1 (B) at least 14 weekly hours the total 

2 audio content in Ukrainian, Russian, and Tatar 

3 languages to be distributed on satellite, digital, 

4 and through regional radio affiliates of RFE/ 

5 RL, Incorporated; 

6 (4) expand the use, audience, and audience en7 gagement of mobile news and multimedia platforms 

8 by RFE/RL, Incorporated, and the Voice of Amer9 ica, including through Internet-based social net10 working platforms; and 

11 (5) partner with private sector broadcasters and 

12 affiliates to seek and start co-production for new, 

13 original content, when possible, to increase distribu14 tion. 

15 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

16 authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014, in addi17 tion to funds otherwise made available for such purposes, 

18 up to $10,000,000 to carry out programming in the 

19 Ukrainian, Balkan, Russian, and Tatar language services 

20 of RFE/RL, Incorporated, and the Voice of America, for 

21 the purpose of bolstering existing United States program22 ming to the people of Ukraine and neighboring regions, 

23 and increasing programming capacity and jamming cir24 cumvention technology to overcome any disruptions to 

25 service. 


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1 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 15 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Broadcasting Board of 

3 Governors shall submit to the Committees on Foreign Af4 fairs and Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropria6 tions of the Senate a detailed report on plans to increase 

7 broadcasts pursuant to subsections (a) and (b). 

8 SEC. 104. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that the Overseas Private 

10 Investment Corporation should prioritize investments in 

11 Ukraine. 

12 SEC. 105. ENHANCED ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 

13 AND THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN UKRAINE. 

14 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

15 of the United States— 

16 (1) to assist Ukraine to eliminate the human 

17 rights abuses associated with the Berkut forces in 

18 order to foster a democratically reformed police force 

19 with strong public oversight, which is critical to fos20 tering political unity and stability throughout 

21 Ukraine; and 

22 (2) to assist Ukraine to develop a robust, inde23 pendent, and impartial judicial system at national, 

24 regional, and local levels, which is essential to ensure 

25 that the rights of all citizens are respected, and 


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1 maintain appropriate checks and balances between 

2 the co-equal branches of government. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000 for fiscal year 

5 2014 to enhance United States efforts to assist Ukraine 

6 to strengthen law enforcement capabilities and maintain 

7 the rule of law. 

8 SEC. 106. ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION AMONG 

9 CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN NATO 

10 MEMBER STATES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in con12 sultation with the heads of other appropriate United 

13 States departments and agencies, shall seek to provide en14 hanced security cooperation with Central and Eastern Eu15 ropean North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mem16 ber states by undertaking the activities described in sub17 section (b). 

18 (b) ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED.—The activities de19 scribed in this subsection are— 

20 (1) enhancing existing security cooperation, in21 cluding defense and military-to-military cooperation, 

22 among Central and Eastern European NATO mem23 ber states; 


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1 (2) enhancing security relationships among the 

2 United States, the European Union, and Central 

3 and Eastern European NATO member states; 

4 (3) providing defense articles, defense services, 

5 and military training to Central and Eastern Euro6 pean NATO member states; 

7 (4) expanding the scope and frequency of mili8 tary exercises among Central and Eastern European 

9 NATO member states; and 

10 (5) supporting greater reform, professionalism, 

11 and capacity-building efforts within the military, in12 telligence, and security services in Central and East13 ern European NATO member states. 

14 SEC. 107. UNITED STATES-UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

16 (1) in fiscal year 2013 the United States pro17 vided Ukraine with nearly $2,000,000 in assistance 

18 under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

19 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.; relating to 

20 International Military Education Training) and 

21 nearly $7,000,000 in assistance under section 23 of 

22 the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; re23 lating to the Foreign Military Financing Program); 

24 and 


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1 (2) Ukraine has been a longstanding member of 

2 NATO’s Partnership for Peace. 

3 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con4 gress that— 

5 (1) United States assistance to Ukraine under 

6 chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

7 of 1961 and section 23 of the Arms Export Control 

8 Act should be increased; 

9 (2) consistent with section 506(a) of the For10 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)), 

11 the President is encouraged to draw down defense 

12 articles from the stocks of the Department of De13 fense, in order to provide security assistance, which 

14 could include communication equipment, clothing, 

15 fuel and other forms of appropriate assistance, to 

16 the Government of Ukraine; and 

17 (3) the Government of Ukraine should make 

18 greater efforts to secure the protection of classified 

19 information and military equipment. 

20 (c) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

21 of the United States, in consultation with the Government 

22 of Ukraine, to enhance Ukraine’s self defense, including 

23 through appropriate assistance to improve the capabilities 

24 of the country’s armed forces. 

25 (d) REVIEW OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

2 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

3 of State, in consultation with the heads of other ap4 propriate United States departments and agencies, 

5 shall submit to Congress a report on the results of 

6 a review of all United States security assistance to 

7 the Government of Ukraine. 

8 (2) FORM.—The report required by paragraph 

9 (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 

10 contain a classified annex. 

11 SEC. 108. RECOVERY OF ASSETS LINKED TO CORRUPTION 

12 IN UKRAINE. 

13 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con14 gress that the Administration should provide expedited as15 sistance to the Government of Ukraine through appro16 priate United States Government and multilateral pro17 grams, including the Department of Justice’s Kleptocracy 

18 Asset Recovery Initiative, the Egmont Group, the Stolen 

19 Asset Recovery Initiative, the Camden Asset Recovery 

20 Inter-Agency Network, and the Asset Recovery Focal 

21 Point Initiative, to identify, investigate, secure, and re22 cover assets missing from the Government of Ukraine or 

23 linked to purported acts of corruption by former President 

24 Viktor Yanukovych, members of his family, other former 


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1 or current senior foreign political figures of the Govern2 ment of Ukraine, and their accomplices in any jurisdiction. 

3 (b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘senior 

4 foreign political figure’’ has the meaning given the term 

5 in section 208. 

6 SEC. 109. EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND 

7 DEVELOPMENT. 

8 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) Article 1 of the Agreement Establishing the 

10 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 

11 (EBRD) states that the EBRD should support in12 vestments in countries that are committed to and 

13 applying the principles of multiparty democracy, plu14 ralism, and market economics, and the EBRD has 

15 recognized that Russian ‘‘progress in the application 

16 of these principles . . . has been uneven’’. 

17 (2) Russia received 21 percent of the invest18 ments made by the EBRD in 2013, which is more 

19 than any other country received from the EBRD in 

20 that year, and has received an inordinate ratio of in21 vestment from the EBRD since the 2006 Capital 

22 Resources Review. 

23 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

24 the Congress that the European Bank for Reconstruction 

25 and Development (EBRD) should increase investments in 


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1 Ukraine and cease new investments in the Russian Fed2 eration, and the United States Government should press 

3 the EBRD to support new investment in Ukraine and halt 

4 consideration of new investment in Russia. 

5 SEC. 110. OFFSET. 

6 Section 102(a) of the Enhanced Partnership with 

7 Pakistan Act of 2009 (22 U.S.C. 8412(a); Public Law 

8 111–73; 123 Stat. 2068) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘$1,500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,430,000,000’’. 

10 TITLE II—SANCTIONS 

11 PROVISIONS 

12 SEC. 201. CONTINUATION IN EFFECT OF SANCTIONS WITH 

13 RESPECT TO THE BLOCKING OF CERTAIN 

14 PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION 

15 IN UKRAINE. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—United States sanctions described 

17 in subsection (b), as in effect on the day before the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in effect until 

19 the earlier of— 

20 (1) the date that is 90 days after the date on 

21 which the President submits to the appropriate con22 gressional committees the certification described in 

23 subsection (a) of section 206 in accordance with sub24 section (b) of such section; or 


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1 (2) the date that is 30 days after any date sub2 sequent to January 1, 2020, on which the President 

3 submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

4 in writing a determination that the termination of 

5 such sanctions imposed is in the vital national secu6 rity interests of the United States. 

7 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—United States sanc8 tions described in this subsection are sanctions imposed 

9 under the following executive orders: 

10 (1) Executive Order 13660 (March 6, 2014; re11 lating to blocking property of certain persons con12 tributing to the situation in Ukraine). 

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

14 relating to blocking property of additional persons 

15 contributing to the situation in Ukraine). 

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

17 relating to blocking property of additional persons 

18 contributing to the situation in Ukraine). 

19 SEC. 202. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON PER20 SONS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE OR WHO 

21 UNDERMINE THE INDEPENDENCE, SOV22 EREIGNTY, OR TERRITORIAL OR ECONOMIC 

23 INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE. 

24 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

25 of the United States to impose sanctions with respect to 


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1 those individuals within and outside of the Government 

2 of the Russian Federation whom the President determines 

3 wields significant influence over the formation and imple4 mentation of Russian foreign policy, in particular with re5 spect to the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, democracy, 

6 and territorial integrity. 

7 (b) CRITERIA FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—A 

8 foreign person or an alien is subject to sanctions under 

9 subsection (c) in accordance with the provisions of such 

10 subsection if the foreign person or alien, on or after No11 vember 21, 2013— 

12 (1) is knowingly responsible for or complicit in, 

13 or engaged in, directly or indirectly— 

14 (A) actions that significantly undermine 

15 democratic processes or institutions in Ukraine; 

16 (B) actions that significantly threaten the 

17 peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or terri18 torial integrity of Ukraine; 

19 (C) acts of significant corruption in 

20 Ukraine, or the seizure or expropriation of sig21 nificant economic assets from Ukraine, includ22 ing the expropriation of private or state assets 

23 for personal gain, or the facilitation or transfer 

24 of the proceeds of such expropriation to foreign 

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1 (D) the commission of serious human 

2 rights abuses against citizens of Ukraine or citi3 zens of the Russian Federation; 

4 (2) is a current or former senior foreign polit5 ical figure of the Government of the Russian Fed6 eration who has engaged in any activity described in 

7 paragraph (1); 

8 (3) operates in the arms or related materiel sec9 tor in the Russian Federation that has engaged in 

10 any activity described in paragraph (1); 

11 (4) is a current or former senior foreign polit12 ical figure of an entity that has, or whose members 

13 have, knowingly engaged in any activity described in 

14 paragraph (1), (2), or (3) or of an entity whose 

15 property and interests in property are blocked pur16 suant to this section; 

17 (5) has knowingly materially assisted, spon18 sored, or provided financial, material, or techno19 logical support for, or goods or services to or in sup20 port of, any activity described in paragraph (1), (2), 

21 or (3) or of any person whose property and interests 

22 in property are blocked pursuant to this section; or 

23 (6) is owned or controlled by, or has acted or 

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1 rectly, any person whose property and interests in 

2 property are blocked pursuant to this section. 

3 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

5 this subsection are the following: 

6 (A) ASSET BLOCKING.—With respect to a 

7 foreign person who the President, acting 

8 through the Secretary of the Treasury and in 

9 consultation with the Secretary of State (or 

10 their designees), determines meets the require11 ments described in subsection (b) (and, if the 

12 President determines such foreign person is a 

13 senior foreign political figure, such foreign per14 son is not included in the classified annex of a 

15 report submitted to the appropriate congres16 sional committees under subsection (e)(1)), the 

17 President, acting through the Secretary of the 

18 Treasury and in consultation with the Secretary 

19 of State (or their designees), shall to the extent 

20 necessary investigate, block during the pend21 ency of an investigation, regulate, direct and 

22 compel, nullify, void, prevent or prohibit, any 

23 acquisition, holding, withholding, use, transfer, 

24 withdrawal, transportation, or exportation of, or 

25 dealing in, or exercising any right, power, or 


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1 privilege with respect to, or transactions involv2 ing, any property or interests in property of 

3 such person to the extent such property or in4 terests in property are subject to the jurisdic5 tion of the United States, pursuant to the ap6 plicable provisions of the International Emer7 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

8 seq.). 

9 (B) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, AD10 MISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

11 (i) VISAS, ADMISSION, OR PAROLE.— 

12 An alien who the Secretary of State or the 

13 Secretary of Homeland Security (or a des14 ignee of one of such Secretaries) knows, or 

15 has reason to believe, meets any of the cri16 teria described in subsection (b) is— 

17 (I) inadmissible to the United 

18 States; 

19 (II) ineligible to receive a visa or 

20 other documentation to enter the 

21 United States; and 

22 (III) otherwise ineligible to be 

23 admitted or paroled into the United 

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1 under the Immigration and Nation2 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.). 

3 (ii) CURRENT VISAS REVOKED.— 

4 (I) IN GENERAL.—The issuing 

5 consular officer, the Secretary of 

6 State, or the Secretary of Homeland 

7 Security (or a designee of one of such 

8 Secretaries) shall revoke any visa or 

9 other entry documentation issued to 

10 an alien who meets any of the criteria 

11 described in subsection (b), regardless 

12 of when issued. 

13 (II) EFFECT OF REVOCATION.— 

14 A revocation under subclause (I)— 

15 (aa) shall take effect imme16 diately; and 

17 (bb) shall automatically can18 cel any other valid visa or entry 

19 documentation that is in the 

20 alien’s possession. 

21 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at22 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

23 violation of paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, li24 cense, or order issued to carry out paragraph (1)(A) 

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1 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter2 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

3 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 

4 commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 

5 of that section. 

6 (3) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President 

7 shall, not later than 90 days after the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act, promulgate regulations as 

9 necessary for the implementation of this section. 

10 (4) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA11 TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 

12 under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien 

13 if admitting the alien into the United States is nec14 essary to permit the United States to comply with 

15 the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 

16 United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 

17 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 

18 between the United Nations and the United States, 

19 or other applicable international obligations. 

20 (5) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

21 section shall be construed to limit the authority of 

22 the President to impose additional sanctions pursu23 ant to the International Emergency Economic Pow24 ers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), relevant executive 

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1 (d) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica2 tion of sanctions under subsection (c) with respect to a 

3 foreign person or alien if the President— 

4 (1) determines that such a waiver is vital to the 

5 national interest of the United States; and 

6 (2) not less than 15 days after the waiver takes 

7 effect, submits to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees a notice of the waiver and a justification for 

9 such waiver. 

10 (e) REPORT.— 

11 (1) REPORT REQUIRED.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

14 at least once every 180 days thereafter for a pe15 riod not to exceed 2 years, the Secretary of 

16 State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 

17 Treasury, shall submit to the appropriate con18 gressional committees a detailed report with re19 spect to senior foreign political figures of the 

20 Russian Federation that have been determined 

21 to have engaged in activities described in sub22 section (b). 

23 (B) FORM.—The report required by sub24 paragraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassi25 fied form but may contain a classified annex. 


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1 (2) REQUESTS BY CHAIRPERSON AND RANKING

2 MEMBER OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT3 TEES.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 

5 days after receiving a written request from the 

6 chairperson and ranking member of one of the 

7 appropriate congressional committees with re8 spect to whether a senior foreign political figure 

9 of the Russian Federation is responsible for en10 gaging in activities described in subsection (b), 

11 the President shall submit a response to the 

12 chairperson and ranking member of the com13 mittee which made the request with respect to 

14 the status of the person. 

15 (B) FORM.—The President may submit a 

16 response required by subparagraph (A) in clas17 sified form if the President determines that it 

18 is necessary for the national security interests 

19 of the United States to do so. 

20 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 (1) ADMITTED.—The term ‘‘admitted’’ has the 

22 meaning given such term in section 101(a)(13)(A) of 

23 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

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1 (2) ALIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 

2 given such term in section 101(a)(3) of the Immi3 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)). 

4 (3) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi5 nancial institution’’ has the meaning given that term 

6 in section 5312 of title 31, United States Code. 

7 (4) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per8 son’’ means— 

9 (A) an individual who is not a United 

10 States person; 

11 (B) a corporation, partnership, or other 

12 nongovernmental entity which is not a United 

13 States person; or 

14 (C) any representative, agent or instru15 mentality of, or an individual working on behalf 

16 of a foreign government. 

17 (5) PAROLED.—The term ‘‘paroled’’ means pa18 roled into the United States under section 212(d)(5) 

19 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

20 1182(d)(5)). 

21 (6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

22 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

23 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law24 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

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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. 

5 (g) TERMINATION.—This section and any sanction 

6 imposed by this section shall remain in effect until the 

7 earlier of— 

8 (1) the date that is 90 days after the date on 

9 which the President submits to the appropriate con10 gressional committees the certification described in 

11 subsection (a) of section 206 in accordance with sub12 section (b) of such section; or 

13 (2) the date that is 30 days after any date sub14 sequent to January 1, 2020, on which the President 

15 submits to the appropriate congressional committees 

16 in writing a determination that the termination of 

17 this section and the sanctions imposed by this sec18 tion is in the vital national security interests of the 

19 United States. 

20 SEC. 203. IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON PER21 SONS COMPLICIT IN OR RESPONSIBLE FOR 

22 SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION IN THE RUSSIAN 

23 FEDERATION. 

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1 (1) On March 20, 2014, the Department of the 

2 Treasury designated four individuals and one finan3 cial institution for acting for or on behalf of or ma4 terially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial, 

5 material, or technological support for, or goods or 

6 services to or in support of, a senior official of the 

7 Government of the Russian Federation. 

8 (2) Widespread corruption at senior levels of 

9 the Government of the Russian Federation, in com10 bination with the suppression of political freedoms 

11 and the concentration of enormous wealth in the 

12 hands of individuals exercising extensive influence 

13 over government policy, has contributed to the estab14 lishment of an authoritarian system that does not 

15 respect the rights of the Russian people. 

16 (b) AUTHORITY FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

17 (1) ASSET BLOCKING.—The President, acting 

18 through the Secretary of the Treasury and in con19 sultation with the Secretary of State (or their des20 ignees), is authorized to impose sanctions described 

21 in paragraph (1)(A) of section 202(c) in accordance 

22 with the provisions of such section against a foreign 

23 person if the foreign person is a senior foreign polit24 ical figure or a close associate of such senior foreign 

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1 acting through the Secretary of the Treasury and in 

2 consultation with the Secretary of State (or their 

3 designees), determines meets one or more of the cri4 teria described in subsection (c). 

5 (2) ALIENS INELIGIBLE FOR VISAS, ADMISSION, 

6 OR PAROLE.—The Secretary of State or the Sec7 retary of Homeland Security (or a designee of one 

8 of such Secretaries) is authorized to impose sanc9 tions described in paragraph (1)(B) of section 

10 202(c) in accordance with the provisions of such sec11 tion against an alien if the alien is a senior foreign 

12 political figure or a close associate of such senior 

13 foreign political figure with respect to whom the Sec14 retary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Secu15 rity (or a designee of one of such Secretaries) 

16 knows, or has reason to believe, meets one or more 

17 of the criteria described in subsection (c). 

18 (c) CRITERIA FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.—The 

19 criteria described in this subsection are the following: 

20 (1) The foreign person or alien is responsible 

21 for, or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, con22 trolling, or otherwise directing, acts of significant 

23 corruption in the Russian Federation, including the 

24 expropriation of private or public assets for personal 

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1 the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or the 

2 facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption 

3 to foreign jurisdictions. 

4 (2) The foreign person or alien has materially 

5 assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, 

6 or technological support for, or goods or services in 

7 support of, an act described in paragraph (1). 

8 (d) WAIVER.—The waiver provisions of subsection 

9 (d) of section 202 shall apply with respect to this section 

10 and any sanction imposed by this section to the same ex11 tent and in the same manner as such waiver provisions 

12 apply to section 202 and any sanction imposed by such 

13 section. 

14 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘for15 eign person’’ and ‘‘alien’’ have the meanings given such 

16 terms in section 202(f). 

17 SEC. 204. REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTI18 TUTIONS. 

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

20 (1) On February 26, 2014, the Department of 

21 the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Net22 work advised United States financial institutions of 

23 their responsibility to take reasonable, risk-based 

24 steps regarding the potential suspicious movement of 

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1 and abdicating his responsibilities and other senior 

2 officials resigning from their positions or departing 

3 Kyiv. 

4 (2) United States financial institutions are re5 quired to apply enhanced scrutiny to private banking 

6 accounts held by or on behalf of senior foreign polit7 ical figures and to monitor transactions that could 

8 potentially represent misappropriated or diverted 

9 state assets, the proceeds of bribery or other illegal 

10 payments, or other public corruption proceeds. 

11 (3) On March 3, 2014, the Government of 

12 Ukraine announced that it had initiated criminal 

13 proceedings against a number of former Ukrainian 

14 officials or close associates of former Ukrainian offi15 cials. 

16 (4) On March 5, 2014, the European Union, 

17 based on information from Ukraine’s Prosecutor 

18 General, issued a Council Regulation requiring the 

19 European Union to freeze the funds and economic 

20 resources of various former Ukrainian officials and 

21 their close associates. 

22 (5) The Government of Canada has taken simi23 lar action against the same individuals. 

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1 increase the risk that they will seek to move their 

2 assets in a deceptive fashion. 

3 (7) Foreign financial institutions should apply 

4 similar, enhanced due-diligence and reporting re5 quirements. 

6 (8) The United States has a strong interest in 

7 seeing the international financial system protected 

8 from illicit financial activity, including money laun9 dering, terrorism and proliferation financing, 

10 transnational organized crime, and the misappro11 priation of state assets, and international sanctions 

12 evasion, among others. 

13 (9) The Department of the Treasury possesses 

14 a range of authorities to insulate the United States 

15 financial system from entities or jurisdictions that 

16 pose an illicit financing risk. 

17 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It shall be the policy 

18 of the United States to use all of its regulatory and statu19 tory authorities to closely scrutinize all foreign financial 

20 institutions, including those in the Russian Federation, 

21 that may be complicit in enabling foreign persons and 

22 transnational criminal enterprises to evade or otherwise 

23 circumvent United States and international sanctions, 

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1 struction, or any other illicit activity that presents risks 

2 and vulnerabilities to the United States financial system. 

3 (c) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 

6 days thereafter for a period not to exceed 2 years, 

7 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

8 Treasury shall jointly submit to the appropriate con9 gressional committees a report on— 

10 (A) foreign financial institutions that are 

11 in direct control of Government of Ukraine 

12 state-owned or controlled assets in a manner 

13 determined by the Secretary of State and the 

14 Secretary of the Treasury to be contrary to the 

15 interests of the Government of Ukraine; 

16 (B) foreign financial institutions deter17 mined by the Secretary of State and the Sec18 retary of the Treasury to be complicit in illicit 

19 financial activity, including money laundering, 

20 terrorism and proliferation financing, 

21 transnational organized crime, or misappropria22 tion of state assets, that are— 

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1 (ii) owned or controlled by a foreign 

2 person described in section 202(b); and 

3 (C) foreign financial institutions that are 

4 directly or indirectly assisting or otherwise aid5 ing the violation of Ukrainian sovereignty, inde6 pendence, and territorial integrity, including the 

7 Crimea. 

8 (2) FORM.—The report required to be sub9 mitted under this subsection shall be submitted in 

10 an unclassified form, to the extent appropriate, but 

11 may include a classified annex. 

12 SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE 

13 RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

14 It is the sense of Congress that the President should 

15 greatly expand the list of 18 Russian officials and others 

16 published on April 12, 2013, who were engaged in actions 

17 described in section 404 of the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of 

18 Law Accountability Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 

19 112–208; 22 U.S.C. 5811) regarding the death of Sergei 

20 Magnitsky, illegal activity by officials of the Government 

21 of the Russian Federation, or violations of human rights 

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1 SEC. 206. CERTIFICATION DESCRIBED AND SUBMISSION TO 

2 CONGRESS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—A certification described in this 

4 section is a certification of the President to Congress that 

5 Ukrainian sovereignty, independence, and territorial integ6 rity is not being violated by the Russian Federation or 

7 any other state actor. 

8 (b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall submit 

10 the certification described in subsection (a) to the 

11 appropriate congressional committees in writing and 

12 shall include a justification for the certification. 

13 (2) FORM OF CERTIFICATION.—The certifi14 cation described in subsection (a) shall be submitted 

15 in unclassified form but may contain a classified 

16 annex. 

17 SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUSPENSION OF ALL AC18 TIVITIES AND MEETINGS OF THE NATO-RUS19 SIA COUNCIL. 

20 It is the sense of Congress that the United States 

21 should work to temporarily suspend all activities and 

22 meetings of the NATO-Russia Council. 

23 SEC. 208. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this title: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap3 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

5 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) SENIOR FOREIGN POLITICAL FIGURE.—The 

14 term ‘‘senior foreign political figure’’ has the mean15 ing given the term in section 1010.605 of title 31, 

16 Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 TITLE III—REPORTING 

18 PROVISIONS 

19 SEC. 301. ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS 

20 IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THEIR EF21 FECTS ON UKRAINIAN SOVEREIGNTY. 

22 (a) REPORT.—Not later than September 30, 2014, 

23 and September 30 of each year thereafter through 2020, 

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1 classified form, on the current and future security and for2 eign policy posture of the Russian Federation (in this sec3 tion referred to as ‘‘Russia’’). 

4 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re5 quired under subsection (a) shall include the following: 

6 (1) An assessment of the security situation in 

7 regions neighboring Russia, including Crimea. 

8 (2) The goals and factors shaping the security 

9 strategy of the Government of Russia, including po10 tential annexation of non-Russian territory. 

11 (3) Trends in Russian security behavior that 

12 would be designed to achieve, or that are consistent 

13 with, the goals described in paragraph (2). 

14 (4) An assessment of the global and regional se15 curity objectives of the Government of Russia, in16 cluding objectives that would affect the North Atlan17 tic Treaty Organization, the Middle East, or the 

18 People’s Republic of China. 

19 (5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, loca20 tions, and capabilities of the nuclear, special oper21 ations, land, sea, and air forces of the Government 

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1 (6) Developments in Russian military doctrine 

2 and training and whether the developments have dif3 fered from before the annexation of Crimea. 

4 (7) Other security developments involving Rus5 sia that the Secretary of State considers relevant to 

6 United States national security. 

7 (c) SPECIFIED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE8 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘specified congressional 

9 committees’’ means— 

10 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

11 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep12 resentatives; and 

13 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

14 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

15 SEC. 302. PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION AND REPORT ON 

16 COMPLIANCE BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF 

17 ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER INF TREATY. 

18 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that there are reports 

19 that the Russian Federation is in material breach of its 

20 obligations under the Treaty Between the United States 

21 of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 

22 on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and 

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1 Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into force 

2 June 1, 1988. 

3 (b) REPORT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

6 shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

8 Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that in9 cludes a determination as to whether or not the Rus10 sian Federation is in material breach of its obliga11 tions under the INF Treaty. 

12 (2) ADDITIONAL MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.— 

13 If the President determines that the Russian Fed14 eration is in material breach of its obligations under 

15 the INF Treaty, the report shall also include the fol16 lowing: 

17 (A) A description of the measures taken to 

18 hold the Russian Federation accountable for its 

19 violation of its obligations under the INF Trea20 ty. 

21 (B) A description of the measures being 

22 taken to ensure that the Russian Federation 

23 completely and verifiably eliminates any mili24 tary system that constitutes a material breach 

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1 (3) FORM.—The report required by this sub2 section shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

3 may contain a classified annex. 

4 SEC. 303. REPORT ON GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT OF ENERGY 

5 EXPORTS. 

6 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Depart8 ment of State’s Special Envoy and Coordinator for Inter9 national Energy Affairs shall submit to the appropriate 

10 congressional committees a detailed, quantitative, and 

11 substantive report on the potential short, medium, and 

12 long-term impacts of increased United States natural gas 

13 and oil exports on Russia’s economic and political influ14 ence over Ukraine and other European countries. 

15 (b) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘ap16 propriate congressional committees’’ means— 

17 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

18 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

19 of Representatives; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

21 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

22 the Senate. 

23 SEC. 304. AMENDMENT TO THE IRAN, NORTH KOREA, AND 

24 SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT. 

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1 (1) Iran continues its longstanding effort to ob2 tain banned components for its nuclear and missile 

3 programs in violation of its obligations under succes4 sive United Nations Security Council Resolutions. 

5 (2) Russian entities, including Rosoboronexport, 

6 have been sanctioned with respect to proliferation 

7 activities, particularly sanctions under the Iran, 

8 North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Pub9 lic Law 106–178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note). 

10 (3) The Department of State must expedi11 tiously restore the deterrent effect of the Iran, 

12 North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act by 

13 fully applying and enforcing such Act. 

14 (b) AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the Iran, North 

15 Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106– 

16 178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by adding at the 

17 end the following: 

18 ‘‘(f) PLAN TO EXPEDITE REPORTS AND SANCTIONS

19 UNDER THIS ACT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

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1 tables, to expedite the implementation of this Act 

2 with respect to submission of reports required under 

3 subsection (a) and the application of measures to 

4 certain foreign persons under section 3. 

5 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SYRIA.—In the 

6 submission of reports required under subsection (a) 

7 and in accordance with the plan required under 

8 paragraph (1), the President is encouraged to place 

9 a special emphasis on any foreign person in Russia, 

10 including any Russian Federation official, that is en11 gaged in any activity described in subsection (a) 

12 with respect to the government of President Bashar 

13 al-Assad and any affiliates thereof. 

14 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

15 this subsection shall be construed to preclude or ex16 empt the President from fulfilling or otherwise devi17 ating from the requirements under subsection (b).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 27, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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