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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3780 

To provide security assistance for Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 8 (legislative day, MARCH 7), 2022 

Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, and Mr. RUBIO) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide security assistance for 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. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE. 

4 (a) AUTHORITY.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) 

6 and (c), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 

7 with the Secretary of State, may, as necessary to as8 sist Ukraine or a member country of the North At9 lantic Treaty Organization in the defense of its terri10 torial integrity— 


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1 (A) transfer to the military and security 

2 forces of Ukraine, or of a member country of 

3 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, de4 fense articles, defense services, equipment, and 

5 other defense support capabilities that have 

6 been authorized, procured, and contracted by, 

7 and are available to, the Department of De8 fense; and 

9 (B) provide other security assistance to the 

10 military and security forces of Ukraine or of a 

11 member country of the North Atlantic Treaty 

12 Organization. 

13 (2) DEFENSE SUPPORT CAPABILITIES.—The 

14 defense support capabilities referred to in paragraph 

15 (1) include the following: 

16 (A) Defensive lethal assistance, including 

17 military aircraft, vehicles, weapons, and ammu18 nition. 

19 (B) Intelligence, operational, logistical, 

20 planning, communications, and other 

21 sustainment capabilities. 

22 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

23 (1) DETERMINATION.—The Secretary of De24 fense may only make a transfer or provide assistance 

25 under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines 


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1 that making such a transfer or providing such as2 sistance will not negatively impact the military pre3 paredness of the United States. 

4 (2) CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS.—The transfer au5 thority under subsection (a) shall be limited to capa6 bilities considered readily available by the logistics 

7 community of interest of the Department of De8 fense, including capabilities referred to in that sub9 section that are stored and maintained by the Aero10 space Maintenance and Recovery Group. 

11 (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 15 days be13 fore making a transfer or providing assistance under 

14 subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 

15 to the appropriate committees of Congress a notifi16 cation containing the following: 

17 (A) A detailed description of the transfer 

18 to be made or the assistance to be provided, in19 cluding— 

20 (i) the budget for such transfer or as21 sistance; and 

22 (ii) the expected or estimated timeline 

23 for delivery of such transfer or assistance. 

24 (B) Such other matters as the Secretary of 

25 Defense considers appropriate. 


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1 (2) EXEMPTION.—Notwithstanding paragraph 

2 (1), if the Secretary of Defense determines that a 

3 transfer under subsection (a) is necessary to counter 

4 an existential threat to the sovereignty of Ukraine or 

5 a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Or6 ganization, the Secretary may submit notice of such 

7 transfer to the appropriate committees of Congress 

8 not later than 15 days after the date on which the 

9 transfer is made. 

10 (3) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON11 GRESS.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘appropriate 

12 committees of Congress’’ means— 

13 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

14 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com15 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and 

16 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

17 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com18 mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep19 resentatives. 

20 (d) TERMINATION.—The authority in subsection (a) 

21 shall terminate on December 31, 2022. 

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