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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3522 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.3522

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two

                                 An Act

 
To provide enhanced authority for the President to enter into agreements 
with the Government of Ukraine to lend or lease defense articles to that 
   Government to protect civilian populations in Ukraine from Russian 
               military invasion, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease 
Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. LOAN AND LEASE OF DEFENSE ARTICLES TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF 
UKRAINE AND EASTERN FLANK COUNTRIES.
    (a) Authority To Lend or Lease Defense Articles to Certain 
Governments.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), for fiscal years 
    2022 and 2023, the President may authorize the United States 
    Government to lend or lease defense articles to the Government of 
    Ukraine or to governments of Eastern European countries impacted by 
    the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine to help bolster those 
    countries' defense capabilities and protect their civilian 
    populations from potential invasion or ongoing aggression by the 
    armed forces of the Government of the Russian Federation.
        (2) Exclusions.--For the purposes of the authority described in 
    paragraph (1) as that authority relates to Ukraine, the following 
    provisions of law shall not apply:
            (A) Section 503(b)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
        (22 U.S.C. 2311(b)(3)).
            (B) Section 61 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2796).
        (3) Condition.--Any loan or lease of defense articles to the 
    Government of Ukraine under paragraph (1) shall be subject to all 
    applicable laws concerning the return of and reimbursement and 
    repayment for defense articles loan or leased to foreign 
    governments.
        (4) Delegation of authority.--The President may delegate the 
    enhanced authority under this subsection only to an official 
    appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of 
    the Senate.
    (b) Procedures for Delivery of Defense Articles.--Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
establish expedited procedures for the delivery of any defense article 
loaned or leased to the Government of Ukraine under an agreement 
entered into under subsection (a) to ensure timely delivery of the 
article to that Government.
    (c) Definition of Defense Article.--In this Act, the term ``defense 
article'' has the meaning given that term in section 47 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794).

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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