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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4994 

To establish officials and institutions for the strengthening of the partnership 

and cooperative transparency between the United States and Ukraine. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish officials and institutions for the strengthening 

of the partnership and cooperative transparency between 

the United States and Ukraine. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partnership and Coop5 erative Transparency with Ukraine Act’’ or the ‘‘PACT 

6 with Ukraine Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 

9 (1) Ukraine is a sovereign and independent 

10 state and is endowed with the territorial integrity, 


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1 privileges, and rights of such a state under inter2 national law. 

3 (2) Since the collapse of the Union of Soviet 

4 Socialist Republics (USSR) and subsequent forma5 tion of the Russian Federation in 1991, associated 

6 Russian individuals, agents, and state institutions 

7 have systematically sought to undermine, threaten, 

8 jeopardize, and violate the sovereignty and independ9 ence of Ukraine. 

10 (3) The Russian Federation has since 2014 and 

11 continues to conduct an illegal, unprovoked, full12 scale invasion and occupation of multiple regions 

13 and areas of Ukraine. 

14 (4) Ukraine has and continues to resiliently re15 sist the Russian Federation’s invasion and occupa16 tion, preventing the Russian Federation from achiev17 ing its authoritarian and despotic objectives of con18 quering Ukraine and oppressing the Ukrainian peo19 ple. 

20 (5) The armed forces committed by the Russian 

21 Federation to invade and occupy Ukraine have and 

22 continue to violate international law and human 

23 rights by perpetrating war crimes, crimes against 

24 humanity, and other atrocities in Ukraine and 

25 against the people of Ukraine. 


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1 (6) The Russia Federation’s invasion and occu2 pation of Ukraine has created humanitarian and 

3 economic crises with local, regional, and inter4 national impact and as such, has resulted in the ne5 cessity for the provision of aid and assistance to 

6 Ukraine. 

7 (7) The United States, alongside our European 

8 allies and partners, have committed substantial 

9 amounts of financial and material aid to Ukraine in 

10 resounding support of its resistance against the Rus11 sian Federation’s invasion and occupation. 

12 (8) Congress has a responsibility to conduct 

13 oversight and ensure accountability of all Federal 

14 appropriations, as well as actions taken by the Presi15 dent and the Administration in the course of ex16 pending Federal appropriations and the operation of 

17 the Federal Government. 

18 (9) Cooperative transparency with regard to the 

19 financial and material aid provided by the United 

20 States Government to Ukraine is essential to the 

21 continuance of the strong partnership between the 

22 United States and Ukraine, to the defense and in23 tegrity of Ukraine as a sovereign and independent 

24 state, and to ensure an end to the Russian Federa25 tion’s invasion and occupation of Ukraine. 


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1 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR PARTNER2 SHIP WITH UKRAINE. 

3 Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 

4 of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding 

5 at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 64. UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR PARTNER7 SHIP WITH UKRAINE. 

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established within the 

9 Department of State a Special Envoy for Partnership with 

10 Ukraine (in this section referred to as the ‘Special 

11 Envoy’). 

12 ‘‘(b) NOMINATION; QUALIFICATIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) NOMINATION.—The Special Envoy shall be 

14 appointed by and report directly to the President. 

15 ‘‘(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Special Envoy 

16 should be an individual with— 

17 ‘‘(A) detailed knowledge of the historical 

18 dynamics between Ukraine and Russia; and 

19 ‘‘(B) detailed experience, expertise, or 

20 knowledge in the fields of diplomacy, economics, 

21 or foreign relations. 

22 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Special Envoy shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) in support of the official diplomatic pres24 ence of the United States in Ukraine, be responsible 

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1 tween the people of Ukraine and the people of the 

2 United States; and 

3 ‘‘(2) serve as a primary advisor to the President 

4 on— 

5 ‘‘(A) matters relating to— 

6 ‘‘(i) preserving the culture and herit7 age of the Ukrainian people; 

8 ‘‘(ii) strengthening economic oppor9 tunity and prosperity in Ukraine; 

10 ‘‘(iii) strategizing post-conflict recon11 struction in Ukraine; 

12 ‘‘(iv) encouraging resilience and ac13 countability for Ukraine’s governmental 

14 and societal institutions; and 

15 ‘‘(v) promoting peace; and 

16 ‘‘(B) such other matters that the President 

17 shall determine necessary. 

18 ‘‘(d) RANK AND STATUS OF AMBASSADOR.—The 

19 Special Envoy shall have the rank of ambassador and shall 

20 hold the office at the pleasure of the President.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. COMMISSION ON COOPERATIVE TRANSPARENCY 

22 WITH UKRAINE. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a commission 

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1 parency with Ukraine’’ (in this section referred to as the 

2 ‘‘Commission’’). 

3 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Commission shall 

4 be to maintain cooperative transparency with Ukraine by 

5 examining, evaluating, and investigating various aspects 

6 regarding financial and material aid that has and con7 tinues to be provided by the United States Government 

8 to Ukraine. 

9 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 

11 composed of 10 voting members who shall be respon12 sible for the business of the Commission, and 4 non13 voting members who shall act in a strictly advisory 

14 capacity. 

15 (2) VOTING MEMBERS.—The voting members of 

16 the Commission shall be appointed as follows: 

17 (A) One member shall be appointed by the 

18 President who shall serve as chair of the Com19 mission. 

20 (B) One member shall be appointed by the 

21 Speaker of the House of Representatives who 

22 shall serve as vice chairman of the Commission. 

23 (C) Two members shall be appointed by 

24 the majority leader of the House of Representa25 tives. 


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1 (D) Two members shall be appointed by 

2 the minority leader of the House of Representa3 tives. 

4 (E) Two members shall be appointed by 

5 the majority leader of the Senate. 

6 (F) Two members shall be appointed by 

7 the minority leader of the Senate. 

8 (3) NON-VOTING MEMBERS.—The non-voting 

9 members of the Commission shall be appointed as 

10 follows: 

11 (A) The United States Special Envoy for 

12 Ukraine established under section 64 of the 

13 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 

14 1956 (as added by section 3). 

15 (B) One member of the Office of the In16 spector General of the United States Agency for 

17 International Development, designated by the 

18 Inspector General. 

19 (C) One member of the Office of the In20 spector General of the Department of State, 

21 designated by the Inspector General. 

22 (D) One member of the Office of the In23 spector General of the Department of Defense, 

24 designated by the Inspector General. 

25 (d) QUALIFICATIONS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The voting members of the 

2 Commission appointed under subsection (c)(1)— 

3 (A) shall be individuals who are prominent 

4 United States citizens with detailed experience, 

5 expertise, and knowledge in defense, diplomacy, 

6 economics, ethics, foreign relations, govern7 mental oversight and reform, or national intel8 ligence and security; and 

9 (B) may not be officers or employees of 

10 the Federal Government or any State or local 

11 government. 

12 (2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—Not more 

13 than five voting members of the Commission shall be 

14 from the same political party. 

15 (e) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—All members of 

16 the Commission shall be appointed or designated not later 

17 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (f) DUTIES.—The Commission shall— 

19 (1) examine the whole amount, type, and man20 ner of financial and material aid provided by the 

21 United States Government to Ukraine; 

22 (2) evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, deliv23 ery, and impact of financial and material aid pro24 vided by the United States Government to Ukraine 

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1 ciency, effectiveness, delivery, and impact of such 

2 aid; and 

3 (3) investigate any misuse, abuse, or theft of fi4 nancial or material aid provided by the United 

5 States Government to Ukraine and make rec6 ommendations for the elimination of any misuse, 

7 abuse, or theft of such aid. 

8 (g) REPORT.—The Commission shall— 

9 (1) submit to Congress and make available to 

10 the public on a quarterly basis a report on the find11 ings of the Commission; and 

12 (2) upon request from any Member of Con13 gress, provide to such Member the findings of the 

14 Commission. 

15 (h) POWERS OF COMMISSION.— 

16 (1) SUBPOENA POWER.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 

18 section, the Commission may require, by sub19 poena or otherwise, the attendance and testi20 mony of such witnesses and the production of 

21 such books, records, correspondence, memoran22 dums, papers, and documents as the Commis23 sions deems necessary. 

24 (B) ISSUANCE.—A subpoena may be 

25 issued under this paragraph subsection only by 


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1 the agreement of the chair and the vice chair of 

2 the Commission or by the affirmative vote of six 

3 voting members of the Commission. 

4 (C) SERVICE.—A subpoena may be served 

5 by any person designated by chair of the Com6 mission, in consultation with the vice chair of 

7 the Commission, or any such voting member of 

8 the Commission designated by the chair in con9 sultation with the vice chair. 

10 (2) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Commis11 sion, or on the authority of the Commission, may for 

12 the purpose of carrying out this section hold such 

13 hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take 

14 testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commis15 sion may deem advisable. 

16 (3) OATHS.—The chair of the Commission, the 

17 vice chair of the Commission, or any voting member 

18 of the Commission designated by the chair may ad19 minister oaths to any witness. 

20 (i) OPERATION OF COMMISSION.— 

21 (1) INITIAL MEETING.—The Commission shall 

22 meet and begin operations of the Commission as 

23 soon as practicable, but in any case not later than 

24 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 (2) QUORUM.—After its initial meeting, the 

2 Commission shall meet upon the call of the chair or 

3 a majority of its voting members. Six voting mem4 bers of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. 

5 (3) VACANCY.—Any vacancy in the Commission 

6 shall not affect its powers but shall be filled in the 

7 same manner in which the original appointment was 

8 made and within 90 days of the vacancy. 

9 (j) STAFF.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any Federal Government 

11 employee may be detailed to the Commission without 

12 reimbursement from the Commission, and such de13 tail shall be without interruption or loss of civil serv14 ice status or privilege. 

15 (2) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Com16 mission may procure the services of experts and con17 sultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5, 

18 United States Code, at rates not to exceed the daily 

19 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect 

20 for a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 

21 under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 

22 (k) NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY

23 COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

24 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission. 


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1 (l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Commission, for the 

3 purpose of carrying out the activities and duties of this 

4 section, $5,000,000 for each fiscal years 2024 through 

5 2033. 

6 SEC. 5. UKRAINE OVERSIGHT INTERAGENCY WORKING 

7 GROUP. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is hereby re9 quested, and the Ukraine Oversight Interagency Working 

10 Group established within the United States Agency for the 

11 International Development is hereby directed, to submit 

12 to the appropriate congressional committees and leader13 ship on a monthly basis a report on the combined efforts 

14 of the United States Government in its provision of direct 

15 and indirect financial and material aid to Ukraine. 

16 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The report re17 quired by subsection (a) shall include the following: 

18 (1) The whole amount, type, and manner of— 

19 (A) financial and material aid— 

20 (i) provided by the United States Gov21 ernment to Ukraine; and 

22 (ii) expended and utilized, respec23 tively, by Ukraine; 


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1 (B) material aid that has been damaged, 

2 incapacitated, or destroyed in the course of nor3 mal operations in Ukraine; and 

4 (C) material aid provided to United States 

5 allies for the purposes of replacing material aid 

6 provided by such allies to Ukraine. 

7 (2) The amount of time between the date on 

8 which financial and material aid was provided by the 

9 United States Government to Ukraine and the date 

10 on which the financial and material aid was ex11 pended and utilized, respectively. 

12 (3) Any and all verified reports of misuse, 

13 abuse, or theft of financial or material aid provided 

14 by the United States Government to Ukraine. 

15 (c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 

16 shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may con17 tain a classified annex. 

18 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES

19 AND LEADERSHIP DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

20 ‘‘appropriate congressional committees and leadership’’ 

21 means— 

22 (1) the Speaker and the minority leader of the 

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap24 propriations, the Committee on Armed Services, the 

25 Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent 


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1 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

2 Representatives; and 

3 (2) the majority leader and the minority leader 

4 of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations, 

5 the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 

6 on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on 

7 Intelligence of the Senate. 

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