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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5782 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, to provide 

additional assistance to Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 2, 2014 

Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. LEVIN, 

Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 

ENGEL, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 

to the Committees on Financial Services, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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 impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, 

to provide additional assistance to Ukraine, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy regarding Ukraine. 

Sec. 4. Sanctions relating to the defense and energy sectors of the Russian 

Federation. 

Sec. 5. Sanctions on Russian and other foreign financial institutions. 

Sec. 6. Major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova. 

Sec. 7. Increased military assistance for the Government of Ukraine. 

Sec. 8. Expanded nonmilitary assistance for Ukraine. 

Sec. 9. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union. 

Sec. 10. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations. 

Sec. 11. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its obligations 

under the INF Treaty. 

Sec. 12. Rule of construction. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY4 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 

5 ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac6 count’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec7 tion 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

12 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

13 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (3) DEFENSE ARTICLE; DEFENSE SERVICE; 

18 TRAINING.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’, ‘‘defense 

19 service’’, and ‘‘training’’ have the meanings given 


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1 those terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Con2 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 

3 (4) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi4 nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 

5 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 

6 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 

7 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

8 (5) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

9 term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 

10 given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 

11 of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 

12 regulation or ruling). 

13 (6) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per14 son’’ means any individual or entity that is not a 

15 United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or 

16 an entity organized under the laws of the United 

17 States or any jurisdiction within the United States. 

18 (7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

19 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

20 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

21 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

22 result. 

23 (8) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian per24 son’’ means— 


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1 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na2 tional of the Russian Federation; or 

3 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

4 the Russian Federation. 

5 (9) SPECIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECT.— 

6 The term ‘‘special Russian crude oil project’’ means 

7 a project intended to extract crude oil from— 

8 (A) the exclusive economic zone of the 

9 Russian Federation in waters more than 500 

10 feet deep; 

11 (B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or 

12 (C) shale formations located in the Rus13 sian Federation. 

14 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING UKRAINE. 

15 It is the policy of the United States to further assist 

16 the Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty 

17 and territorial integrity to deter the Government of the 

18 Russian Federation from further destabilizing and invad19 ing Ukraine and other independent countries in Central 

20 and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. 

21 That policy shall be carried into effect, among other 

22 things, through a comprehensive effort, in coordination 

23 with allies and partners of the United States where appro24 priate, that includes economic sanctions, diplomacy, as25 sistance for the people of Ukraine, and the provision of 


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1 military capabilities to the Government of Ukraine that 

2 will enhance the ability of that Government to defend itself 

3 and to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity in 

4 the face of unlawful actions by the Government of the 

5 Russian Federation. 

6 SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE AND EN7 ERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA8 TION. 

9 (a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE SEC10 TOR.— 

11 (1) ROSOBORONEXPORT.—Except as provided 

12 in subsection (d), not later than 30 days after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

14 shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in 

15 subsection (c) with respect to Rosoboronexport. 

16 (2) RUSSIAN PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR

17 BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Except as pro18 vided in subsection (d), on and after the date that 

19 is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act, the President shall impose 3 or more of the 

21 sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 

22 a foreign person the President determines— 

23 (A) is an entity— 

24 (i) owned or controlled by the Govern25 ment of the Russian Federation or owned 


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1 or controlled by nationals of the Russian 

2 Federation; and 

3 (ii) that— 

4 (I) knowingly manufactures or 

5 sells defense articles transferred into 

6 Syria or into the territory of a speci7 fied country without the consent of 

8 the internationally recognized govern9 ment of that country; 

10 (II) transfers defense articles 

11 into Syria or into the territory of a 

12 specified country without the consent 

13 of the internationally recognized gov14 ernment of that country; or 

15 (III) brokers or otherwise assists 

16 in the transfer of defense articles into 

17 Syria or into the territory of a speci18 fied country without the consent of 

19 the internationally recognized govern20 ment of that country; or 

21 (B) knowingly, on or after the date of the 

22 enactment of this Act, assists, sponsors, or pro23 vides financial, material, or technological sup24 port for, or goods or services to or in support 

25 of, an entity described in subparagraph (A) 


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1 with respect to an activity described in clause 

2 (ii) of that subparagraph. 

3 (3) SPECIFIED COUNTRY DEFINED.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the 

5 term ‘‘specified country’’ means— 

6 (i) Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; 

7 and 

8 (ii) any other country designated by 

9 the President as a country of significant 

10 concern for purposes of this subsection, 

11 such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Esto12 nia, and the Central Asia republics. 

13 (B) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Presi14 dent shall notify the appropriate congressional 

15 committees in writing not later than 15 days 

16 before— 

17 (i) designating a country as a country 

18 of significant concern under subparagraph 

19 (A)(ii); or 

20 (ii) terminating a designation under 

21 that subparagraph, including the termi22 nation of any such designation pursuant to 

23 subsection (h). 

24 (b) SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE ENERGY SEC25 TOR.— 


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1 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL RUSSIAN

2 CRUDE OIL PROJECTS.—Except as provided in sub3 section (d), on and after the date that is 45 days 

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

5 President shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions 

6 described in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign 

7 person if the President determines that the foreign 

8 person knowingly makes a significant investment in 

9 a special Russian crude oil project. 

10 (2) AUTHORIZATION FOR EXTENSION OF LI11 CENSING LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.— 

12 The President, through the Bureau of Industry and 

13 Security of the Department of Commerce or the Of14 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 

15 the Treasury, as appropriate, may impose additional 

16 licensing requirements for or other restrictions on 

17 the export or reexport of items for use in the energy 

18 sector of the Russian Federation, including equip19 ment used for tertiary oil recovery. 

20 (3) CONTINGENT SANCTION RELATING TO

21 GAZPROM.—If the President determines that 

22 Gazprom is withholding significant natural gas sup23 plies from member countries of the North Atlantic 

24 Treaty Organization, or further withholds significant 

25 natural gas supplies from countries such as Ukraine, 


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1 Georgia, or Moldova, the President shall, not later 

2 than 45 days after making that determination, im3 pose the sanction described in subsection (c)(7) and 

4 at least one additional sanction described in sub5 section (c) with respect to Gazprom. 

6 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions the 

7 President may impose with respect to a foreign person 

8 under subsection (a) or (b) are the following: 

9 (1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE.—The 

10 President may direct the Export-Import Bank of the 

11 United States not to approve the issuance of any 

12 guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici13 pation in the extension of credit in connection with 

14 the export of any goods or services to the foreign 

15 person. 

16 (2) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The President 

17 may prohibit the head of any executive agency (as 

18 defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

19 Code) from entering into any contract for the pro20 curement of any goods or services from the foreign 

21 person. 

22 (3) ARMS EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The Presi23 dent may prohibit the exportation or provision by 

24 sale, lease or loan, grant, or other means, directly or 

25 indirectly, of any defense article or defense service to 


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1 the foreign person and the issuance of any license or 

2 other approval to the foreign person under section 

3 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

4 2778). 

5 (4) DUAL-USE EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The 

6 President may prohibit the issuance of any license 

7 and suspend any license for the transfer to the for8 eign person of any item the export of which is con9 trolled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 

10 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant 

11 to the International Emergency Economic Powers 

12 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) or the Export Admin13 istration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter 

14 VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

15 (5) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

16 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

17 may prescribe, prohibit any person from— 

18 (A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, 

19 transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or ex20 porting any property that is subject to the ju21 risdiction of the United States and with respect 

22 to which the foreign person has any interest; 

23 (B) dealing in or exercising any right, 

24 power, or privilege with respect to such prop25 erty; or 


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1 (C) conducting any transaction involving 

2 such property. 

3 (6) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

4 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

5 may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 

6 payments between financial institutions or by, 

7 through, or to any financial institution, to the extent 

8 that such transfers or payments are subject to the 

9 jurisdiction of the United States and involve any in10 terest of the foreign person. 

11 (7) PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY

12 OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President 

13 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

14 may prescribe, prohibit any United States person 

15 from transacting in, providing financing for, or oth16 erwise dealing in— 

17 (A) debt— 

18 (i) of longer than 30 days’ maturity of 

19 a foreign person with respect to which 

20 sanctions are imposed under subsection (a) 

21 or of longer than 90 days’ maturity of a 

22 foreign person with respect to which sanc23 tions are imposed under subsection (b); 

24 and 


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1 (ii) issued on or after the date on 

2 which such sanctions are imposed with re3 spect to the foreign person; or 

4 (B) equity of the foreign person issued on 

5 or after that date. 

6 (8) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

7 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA8 TION.—In the case of a foreign person who is an in9 dividual, the President may direct the Secretary of 

10 State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Home11 land Security to exclude from the United States, the 

12 foreign person, subject to regulatory exceptions to 

13 permit the United States to comply with the Agree14 ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na15 tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

16 entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 

17 United Nations and the United States, or other ap18 plicable international obligations. 

19 (9) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF20 FICERS.—In the case of a foreign person that is an 

21 entity, the President may impose on the principal 

22 executive officer or officers of the foreign person, or 

23 on individuals performing similar functions and with 

24 similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of 


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1 the sanctions described in this subsection applicable 

2 to individuals. 

3 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

4 (1) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authority to block 

6 and prohibit all transactions in all property and 

7 interests in property under subsection (c)(5) 

8 shall not include the authority to impose sanc9 tions on the importation of goods. 

10 (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

11 the term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 

12 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 

13 Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin14 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

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

16 1701 et seq.)). 

17 (2) ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS.—The President 

18 shall not be required to apply or maintain the sanc19 tions under subsection (a) or (b)— 

20 (A) in the case of procurement of defense 

21 articles or defense services under existing con22 tracts, subcontracts, or other business agree23 ments, including ancillary or incidental con24 tracts for goods, or for services or funding (in25 cluding necessary financial services) associated 


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1 with such goods, as necessary to give effect to 

2 such contracts, subcontracts, or other business 

3 agreements, and the exercise of options for pro4 duction quantities to satisfy requirements es5 sential to the national security of the United 

6 States— 

7 (i) if the President determines in writ8 ing that— 

9 (I) the foreign person to which 

10 the sanctions would otherwise be ap11 plied is a sole source supplier of the 

12 defense articles or services; 

13 (II) the defense articles or serv14 ices are essential; 

15 (III) alternative sources are not 

16 readily or reasonably available; and 

17 (IV) the national interests of the 

18 United States would be adversely af19 fected by the application or mainte20 nance of such sanctions; or 

21 (ii) if the President determines in 

22 writing that— 

23 (I) such articles or services are 

24 essential to the national security 


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1 under defense coproduction agree2 ments; and 

3 (II) the national interests of the 

4 United States would be adversely af5 fected by the application or mainte6 nance of such sanctions; 

7 (B) in the case of procurement, to eligible 

8 products, as defined in section 308(4) of the 

9 Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 

10 2518(4)), of any foreign country or instrumen11 tality designated under section 301(b)(1) of 

12 that Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)(1)); 

13 (C) to products, technology, or services 

14 provided under contracts, subcontracts, or other 

15 business agreements (including ancillary or inci16 dental contracts for goods, or for services or 

17 funding (including necessary financial services) 

18 associated with such goods, as necessary to give 

19 effect to such contracts, subcontracts, or other 

20 business agreements) entered into before the 

21 date on which the President publishes in the 

22 Federal Register the name of the foreign person 

23 with respect to which the sanctions are to be 

24 imposed; 

25 (D) to— 


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1 (i) spare parts that are essential to 

2 United States products or production; 

3 (ii) component parts, but not finished 

4 products, essential to United States prod5 ucts or production; or 

6 (iii) routine servicing and mainte7 nance of United States products, to the ex8 tent that alternative sources are not read9 ily or reasonably available; 

10 (E) to information and technology essential 

11 to United States products or production; or 

12 (F) to food, medicine, medical devices, or 

13 agricultural commodities (as those terms are 

14 defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive 

15 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

16 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511)). 

17 (e) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

19 the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 

20 (b) with respect to a foreign person if the Presi21 dent— 

22 (A) determines that the waiver is in the 

23 national security interest of the United States; 

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1 (B) submits to the appropriate congres2 sional committees a report on the determination 

3 and the reasons for the determination. 

4 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

5 paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified 

6 form, but may include a classified annex. 

7 (f) TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC NATIONAL SECURITY

8 WAIVER.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

10 the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 

11 (b) with respect to a specific transaction if the 

12 President— 

13 (A) determines that the transaction is in 

14 the national security interest of the United 

15 States; and 

16 (B) submits to the appropriate congres17 sional committees a detailed report on the de18 termination and the specific reasons for the de19 termination that a waiver with respect to the 

20 transaction is necessary and appropriate. 

21 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

22 paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified 

23 form, but may include a classified annex. 

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1 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex2 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

3 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

4 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 

5 the purposes of this section. 

6 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

7 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter8 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

9 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

10 attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes 

11 a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 

12 or an order or regulation prescribed under either 

13 such subsection, to the same extent that such pen14 alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

15 act described in section 206(a) of the International 

16 Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

17 (h) TERMINATION.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para19 graph (2), this section, and sanctions imposed under 

20 this section, shall terminate on the date on which 

21 the President submits to the appropriate congres22 sional committees a certification that the Govern23 ment of the Russian Federation has ceased ordering, 

24 controlling, or otherwise directing, supporting, or fi25 nancing, significant acts intended to undermine the 


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1 peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial 

2 integrity of Ukraine, including through an agree3 ment between the appropriate parties. 

4 (2) APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA.— 

5 The termination date under paragraph (1) shall not 

6 apply with respect to the provisions of subsection (a) 

7 relating to the transfer of defense articles into Syria 

8 or sanctions imposed pursuant to such provisions. 

9 SEC. 5. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FI10 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

11 (a) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE- AND EN12 ERGY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS.—The President may im13 pose the sanction described in subsection (c) with respect 

14 to a foreign financial institution that the President deter15 mines knowingly engages, on or after the date of the en16 actment of this Act, in significant transactions involving 

17 activities described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B) of sec18 tion 4(a)(2) or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 4(b) for 

19 persons with respect to which sanctions are imposed under 

20 section 4. 

21 (b) FACILITATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON

22 BEHALF OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.—The 

23 President may impose the sanction described in subsection 

24 (c) with respect to a foreign financial institution if the 

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1 has, on or after the date that is 180 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, knowingly facilitated a sig3 nificant financial transaction on behalf of any Russian 

4 person included on the list of specially designated nation5 als and blocked persons maintained by the Office of For6 eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, 

7 pursuant to— 

8 (1) this Act; 

9 (2) Executive Order 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 

10 13,493), 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), or 13662 

11 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169); or 

12 (3) any other Executive order addressing the 

13 crisis in Ukraine. 

14 (c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.—The sanction described 

15 in this subsection is, with respect to a foreign financial 

16 institution, a prohibition on the opening, and a prohibition 

17 or the imposition of strict conditions on the maintaining, 

18 in the United States of a correspondent account or a pay19 able-through account by the foreign financial institution. 

20 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 

21 may waive the application of sanctions under this section 

22 with respect to a foreign financial institution if the Presi23 dent— 

24 (1) determines that the waiver is in the national 

25 security interest of the United States; and 


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1 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees a report on the determination and the 

3 reasons for the determination. 

4 (e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

5 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex6 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

7 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

8 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 

9 the purposes of this section. 

10 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

11 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter12 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

13 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

14 attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes 

15 a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 

16 or an order or regulation prescribed under either 

17 such subsection, to the same extent that such pen18 alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

19 act described in section 206(a) of the International 

20 Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

21 (f) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im22 posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 

23 which the President submits to the appropriate congres24 sional committees the certification described in section 

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1 SEC. 6. MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY STATUS FOR UKRAINE, 

2 GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA. 

3 Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

4 (22 U.S.C. 2321k) is amended by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the 

8 enactment of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 

9 2014, Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are each des10 ignated as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of 

11 this Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 

12 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 

13 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF DESIGNA14 TION.—The President shall notify Congress in ac15 cordance with subsection (a)(2) before terminating 

16 the designation of a country specified in paragraph 

17 (1).’’. 

18 SEC. 7. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOV19 ERNMENT OF UKRAINE. 

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

21 provide defense articles, defense services, and training to 

22 the Government of Ukraine for the purpose of countering 

23 offensive weapons and reestablishing the sovereignty and 

24 territorial integrity of Ukraine, including anti-tank and 

25 anti-armor weapons, crew weapons and ammunition, 

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1 teries, fire control, range finder, and optical and guidance 

2 and control equipment, tactical troop-operated surveillance 

3 drones, and secure command and communications equip4 ment, pursuant to the provisions of the Arms Export Con5 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance 

6 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), and other relevant 

7 provisions of law. 

8 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

10 shall submit a report detailing the anticipated defense ar11 ticles, defense services, and training to be provided pursu12 ant to this section and a timeline for the provision of such 

13 defense articles, defense services, and training, to— 

14 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

15 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

16 Armed Services of the Senate; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

18 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

19 Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

22 appropriated to the Secretary of State $100,000,000 

23 for fiscal year 2015, $125,000,000 for fiscal year 

24 2016, and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 to 

25 carry out activities under this section. 


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1 (2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts au2 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

3 (1) shall remain available for obligation and expendi4 ture through the end of fiscal year 2018. 

5 (d) AUTHORITY FOR THE USE OF FUNDS.—The 

6 funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for provi7 sion of defense articles, defense services, and training may 

8 be used to procure such articles, services, and training 

9 from the United States Government or other appropriate 

10 sources. 

11 (e) PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS.—It is the sense of 

12 Congress that the Government of Ukraine should take all 

13 appropriate steps to protect civilians. 

14 SEC. 8. EXPANDED NONMILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR 

15 UKRAINE. 

16 (a) ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEO17 PLE IN UKRAINE.— 

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

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

20 of State shall submit a plan, including actions by the 

21 United States Government, other governments, and 

22 international organizations, to meet the need for 

23 protection of and assistance for internally displaced 

24 persons in Ukraine, to— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

2 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

3 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

4 the Senate; and 

5 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

6 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com7 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

8 of Representatives. 

9 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para10 graph (1) should include, as appropriate, activities 

11 in support of— 

12 (A) helping to establish a functional and 

13 adequately resourced central registration system 

14 in Ukraine that can ensure coordination of ef15 forts to provide assistance to internally dis16 placed persons in different regions; 

17 (B) encouraging adoption of legislation in 

18 Ukraine that protects internally displaced per19 sons from discrimination based on their status 

20 and provides simplified procedures for obtaining 

21 the new residency registration or other official 

22 documentation that is a prerequisite to receiv23 ing appropriate social payments under the laws 

24 of Ukraine, such as pensions and disability, 

25 child, and unemployment benefits; and 


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1 (C) helping to ensure that information is 

2 available to internally displaced persons 

3 about— 

4 (i) government agencies and inde5 pendent groups that can provide assistance 

6 to such persons in various regions; and 

7 (ii) evacuation assistance available to 

8 persons seeking to flee armed conflict 

9 areas. 

10 (3) ASSISTANCE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL OR11 GANIZATIONS.—The President shall instruct the 

12 United States permanent representative or executive 

13 director, as the case may be, to the relevant United 

14 Nations voluntary agencies, including the United 

15 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 

16 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Hu17 manitarian Affairs, and other appropriate inter18 national organizations, to use the voice and vote of 

19 the United States to support appropriate assistance 

20 for internally displaced persons in Ukraine. 

21 (b) ASSISTANCE TO THE DEFENSE SECTOR OF

22 UKRAINE.—The Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

23 Defense should assist entities in the defense sector of 

24 Ukraine to reorient exports away from customers in the 

25 Russian Federation and to find appropriate alternative 


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1 markets for those entities in the defense sector of Ukraine 

2 that have already significantly reduced exports to and co3 operation with entities in the defense sector of the Russian 

4 Federation. 

5 (c) ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRISIS

6 IN UKRAINE.— 

7 (1) EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.— 

8 (A) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

9 State and the Secretary of Energy, in collabora10 tion with the Administrator of the United 

11 States Agency for International Development 

12 and the Administrator of the Federal Emer13 gency Management Agency, shall work with of14 ficials of the Government of Ukraine to develop 

15 a short-term emergency energy assistance plan 

16 designed to help Ukraine address the poten17 tially severe short-term heating fuel and elec18 tricity shortages facing Ukraine in 2014 and 

19 2015. 

20 (B) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by 

21 subparagraph (A) should include strategies to 

22 address heating fuel and electricity shortages in 

23 Ukraine, including, as appropriate— 

24 (i) the acquisition of short-term, 

25 emergency fuel supplies; 


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1 (ii) the repair or replacement of infra2 structure that could impede the trans3 mission of electricity or transportation of 

4 fuel; 

5 (iii) the prioritization of the transpor6 tation of fuel supplies to the areas where 

7 such supplies are needed most; 

8 (iv) streamlining emergency commu9 nications throughout national, regional, 

10 and local governments to manage the po11 tential energy crisis resulting from heating 

12 fuel and electricity shortages; 

13 (v) forming a crisis management team 

14 within the Government of Ukraine to spe15 cifically address the potential crisis, includ16 ing ensuring coordination of the team’s ef17 forts with the efforts of outside govern18 mental and nongovernmental entities pro19 viding assistance to address the potential 

20 crisis; and 

21 (vi) developing a public outreach 

22 strategy to facilitate preparation by the 

23 population and communication with the 

24 population in the event of a crisis. 


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1 (C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State, 

2 the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator 

3 of the United States Agency for International 

4 Development are authorized to provide assist5 ance in support of, and to invest in short-term 

6 solutions for, enabling Ukraine to secure the 

7 energy safety of the people of Ukraine during 

8 2014 and 2015, including through— 

9 (i) procurement and transport of 

10 emergency fuel supplies, including reverse 

11 pipeline flows from Europe; 

12 (ii) provision of technical assistance 

13 for crisis planning, crisis response, and 

14 public outreach; 

15 (iii) repair of infrastructure to enable 

16 the transport of fuel supplies; 

17 (iv) repair of power generating or 

18 power transmission equipment or facilities; 

19 (v) procurement and installation of 

20 compressors or other appropriate equip21 ment to enhance short-term natural gas 

22 production; 

23 (vi) procurement of mobile electricity 

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1 (vii) conversion of natural gas heating 

2 facilities to run on other fuels, including 

3 alternative energy sources; and 

4 (viii) provision of emergency weather5 ization and winterization materials and 

6 supplies. 

7 (2) REDUCTION OF UKRAINE’S RELIANCE ON

8 ENERGY IMPORTS.— 

9 (A) PLANS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

10 State, in collaboration with the Secretary of 

11 Energy and the Administrator of the United 

12 States Agency for International Development, 

13 shall work with officials of the Government of 

14 Ukraine to develop medium- and long-term 

15 plans to increase energy production and effi16 ciency to increase energy security by helping 

17 Ukraine reduce its dependence on natural gas 

18 imported from the Russian Federation. 

19 (B) ELEMENTS.—The medium- and long20 term plans required by subparagraph (A) 

21 should include strategies, as appropriate, to— 

22 (i) improve corporate governance and 

23 unbundling of state-owned oil and gas sec24 tor firms; 


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1 (ii) increase production from natural 

2 gas fields and from other sources, includ3 ing renewable energy; 

4 (iii) license new oil and gas blocks 

5 transparently and competitively; 

6 (iv) modernize oil and gas upstream 

7 infrastructure; and 

8 (v) improve energy efficiency. 

9 (C) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary of 

10 State, the Administrator of the United States 

11 Agency for International Development, and the 

12 Secretary of Energy should, during fiscal years 

13 2015 through 2018, work with other donors, in14 cluding multilateral agencies and nongovern15 mental organizations, to prioritize, to the extent 

16 practicable and as appropriate, the provision of 

17 assistance from such donors to help Ukraine to 

18 improve energy efficiency, increase energy sup19 plies produced in Ukraine, and reduce reliance 

20 on energy imports from the Russian Federa21 tion, including natural gas. 

22 (D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA23 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro24 priated $50,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal 


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1 years 2016 through 2018 to carry out activities 

2 under this paragraph. 

3 (3) SUPPORT FROM THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE

4 INVESTMENT CORPORATION.—The Overseas Private 

5 Investment Corporation shall— 

6 (A) prioritize, to the extent practicable, 

7 support for investments to help increase energy 

8 efficiency, develop domestic oil and natural gas 

9 reserves, improve and repair electricity infra10 structure, and develop renewable and other 

11 sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

12 (B) implement procedures for expedited re13 view and, as appropriate, approval, of applica14 tions by eligible investors (as defined in section 

15 238 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

16 U.S.C. 2198)) for loans, loan guarantees, and 

17 insurance for such investments. 

18 (4) SUPPORT BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP AND

19 THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

20 DEVELOPMENT.—The President shall, to the extent 

21 practicable and as appropriate, direct the United 

22 States Executive Directors of the World Bank 

23 Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction 

24 and Development to use the voice, vote, and influ25 ence of the United States to encourage the World 


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1 Bank Group and the European Bank for Recon2 struction and Development and other international 

3 financial institutions— 

4 (A) to invest in, and increase their efforts 

5 to promote investment in, projects to improve 

6 energy efficiency, improve and repair electricity 

7 infrastructure, develop domestic oil and natural 

8 gas reserves, and develop renewable and other 

9 sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

10 (B) to stimulate private investment in such 

11 projects. 

12 (d) ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY IN UKRAINE.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and 

14 the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

15 International Development shall, directly or through 

16 nongovernmental or international organizations, 

17 such as the Organization for Security and Co-oper18 ation in Europe, the National Endowment for De19 mocracy, and related organizations— 

20 (A) strengthen the organizational and 

21 operational capacity of democratic civil society 

22 in Ukraine; 

23 (B) support the efforts of independent 

24 media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and 

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1 (C) counter corruption and improve trans2 parency and accountability of institutions that 

3 are part of the Government of Ukraine; and 

4 (D) provide support for democratic orga5 nizing and election monitoring in Ukraine. 

6 (2) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 

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

8 President shall submit a strategy to carry out the 

9 activities described in paragraph (1) to— 

10 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

11 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

12 Senate; and 

13 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

14 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

15 of Representatives. 

16 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec18 retary of State $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 to 

19 carry out this subsection. 

20 (4) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any as21 sistance provided pursuant to this subsection shall 

22 be conducted in as transparent of a manner as pos23 sible, consistent with the nature and goals of this 

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1 the activities funded by this subsection at the re2 quest of the committees specified in paragraph (2). 

3 SEC. 9. EXPANDED BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF THE 

4 FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the 

7 Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to Con8 gress a plan, including a cost estimate, for immediately 

9 and substantially increasing, and maintaining through fis10 cal year 2017, the quantity of Russian-language broad11 casting into the countries of the former Soviet Union fund12 ed by the United States in order to counter Russian Fed13 eration propaganda. 

14 (b) PRIORITIZATION OF BROADCASTING INTO

15 UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA.—The plan required 

16 by subsection (a) shall prioritize broadcasting into 

17 Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova by the Voice of America 

18 and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 

19 (c) ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES.—In developing the plan 

20 required by subsection (a), the Chairman shall consider— 

21 (1) near-term increases in Russian-language 

22 broadcasting for countries of the former Soviet 

23 Union (other than the countries specified in sub24 section (b)), including Latvia, Lithuania, and Esto25 nia; and 


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1 (2) increases in broadcasting in other critical 

2 languages, including Ukrainian and Romanian lan3 guages. 

4 (d) BROADCASTING DEFINED.—In this section, the 

5 term ‘‘broadcasting’’ means the distribution of media con6 tent via radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and 

7 Internet-based platforms, among other platforms. 

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

10 appropriated to the Broadcasting Board of Gov11 ernors $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 

12 through 2018 to carry out activities under this sec13 tion. 

14 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

15 authorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

16 (1) shall supplement and not supplant other 

17 amounts made available for activities described in 

18 this section. 

19 SEC. 10. SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL 

20 SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, di22 rectly or through nongovernmental or international orga23 nizations, such as the Organization for Security and Co24 operation in Europe, the National Endowment for Democ25 racy, and related organizations— 


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1 (1) improve democratic governance, trans2 parency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corrup3 tion efforts in the Russian Federation; 

4 (2) strengthen democratic institutions and polit5 ical and civil society organizations in the Russian 

6 Federation; 

7 (3) expand uncensored Internet access in the 

8 Russian Federation; and 

9 (4) expand free and unfettered access to inde10 pendent media of all kinds in the Russian Federa11 tion, including through increasing United States 

12 Government-supported broadcasting activities, and 

13 assist with the protection of journalists and civil so14 ciety activists who have been targeted for free speech 

15 activities. 

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

17 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

18 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018 

19 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a). 

20 (c) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 

21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi22 dent shall submit a strategy to carry out the activities set 

23 forth in subsection (a) to— 

24 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

2 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives. 

4 (d) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any assist5 ance provided pursuant to this section shall be conducted 

6 in as transparent of a manner as possible, consistent with 

7 the nature and goals of this section. The President shall 

8 provide a briefing on the activities funded by this section 

9 at the request of the committees specified in subsection 

10 (c). 

11 SEC. 11. REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN 

12 FEDERATION OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER 

13 THE INF TREATY. 

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find15 ings: 

16 (1) The Russian Federation is in violation of its 

17 obligations under the Treaty between the United 

18 States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist 

19 Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate20 Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Wash21 ington December 8, 1987, and entered into force 

22 June 1, 1988 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Inter23 mediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty’’ or ‘‘INF 

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1 (2) This behavior poses a threat to the United 

2 States, its deployed forces, and its allies. 

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

5 (1) the President should hold the Russian Fed6 eration accountable for being in violation of its obli7 gations under the INF Treaty; and 

8 (2) the President should demand the Russian 

9 Federation completely and verifiably eliminate the 

10 military systems that constitute the violation of its 

11 obligations under the INF Treaty. 

12 (c) REPORT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 

15 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

16 committees specified in subsection (d) a report that 

17 includes the following elements: 

18 (A) A description of the status of the 

19 President’s efforts, in cooperation with United 

20 States allies, to hold the Russian Federation ac21 countable for being in violation of its obliga22 tions under the INF Treaty and obtain the 

23 complete and verifiable elimination of its mili24 tary systems that constitute the violation of its 

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1 (B) The President’s assessment as to 

2 whether it remains in the national security in3 terests of the United States to remain a party 

4 to the INF Treaty, and other related treaties 

5 and agreements, while the Russian Federation 

6 is in violation of its obligations under the INF 

7 Treaty. 

8 (C) Notification of any deployment by the 

9 Russian Federation of a ground launched bal10 listic or cruise missile system with a range of 

11 between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. 

12 (D) A plan developed by the Secretary of 

13 State, in consultation with the Director of Na14 tional Intelligence and the Defense Threat Re15 duction Agency (DTRA), to verify that the Rus16 sian Federation has fully and completely dis17 mantled any ground launched cruise missiles or 

18 ballistic missiles with a range of between 500 

19 and 5,500 kilometers, including details on fa20 cilities that inspectors need access to, people in21 spectors need to talk with, how often inspectors 

22 need the accesses for, and how much the 

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1 (2) FORM.—The report required under para2 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

3 may contain a classified annex. 

4 (d) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees spec5 ified in this subsection are— 

6 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

7 Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Com8 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

10 Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent 

11 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

12 Representatives. 

13 SEC. 12. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

14 Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this 

15 Act shall be construed as an authorization for the use of 

16 military force. 

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