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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 519

To prohibit foreign assistance to Russia unless certain requirements relating

to Russian intelligence activities, relations between Russia and certain

countries, Russian arms control policy, and the reform of the Russian

economy are met.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 13, 1995

Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations and, in addition, to the Committee on

Banking and Financial Services, 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 prohibit foreign assistance to Russia unless certain requirements relating to Russian intelligence activities, relations between Russia and certain countries, Russian

arms control policy, and the reform of the Russian economy are met.

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 ‘‘Freedom and Self-De5 termination for the Former Soviet Union Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Foreign assistance may not be ob3 ligated or expended for Russia for any fiscal year unless

4 the President certifies to the Congress for such fiscal year

5 the following:

6 (1) The President has received satisfactory as7 surances from the Government of Russia, which

8 have been confirmed by the Director of the Federal

9 Bureau of Investigation, that the intelligence activi10 ties of Russia in the United States are confined to

11 what is considered routine, non-adversarial informa12 tion gathering activities.

13 (2) Russia has begun, and is making continual

14 progress toward, the unconditional implementation

15 of the Russian-Moldovan troop withdrawal agree16 ment, signed by the prime ministers of Russia and

17 Moldova on October 21, 1994.

18 (3) Russia is not providing military assistance

19 to any military forces in the Transdniestra region of

20 Moldova.

21 (4) Russian troops in the Kaliningrad region of

22 Russia are respecting the sovereign territory of Lith23 uania and other neighboring countries and such

24 troops are not offensively postured against any other

25 country.
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1 (5) The activities of Russia in the other inde2 pendent states of the former Soviet Union do not

3 represent an attempt by Russia to violate or other4 wise diminish the sovereignty and independence of

5 such states.

6 (6) Russia is not providing military assistance

7 to any Bosnian Serb military units or combatants or

8 to the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugo9 slavia.

10 (7) The Government of Russia has ceased the

11 unilateral demarcation of the border between Russia

12 and Estonia begun in 1994, is engaged in dialogue

13 with the Government of Estonia to resolve this bor14 der dispute, and has demonstrated a willingness to

15 submit this issue to international arbitration.

16 (8) Russia is not providing any intelligence in17 formation to Cuba and is not providing any assist18 ance to Cuba with respect to the signal intelligence

19 facility at Lourdes.

20 (9)(A) Russia is not providing to the countries

21 described in subparagraph (B) goods or technology,

22 including conventional weapons, which could materi23 ally contribute to the acquisition by these countries

24 of chemical, biological, nuclear, or destabilizing num25 bers and types of advanced conventional weapons.
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1 (B) The countries described in this subpara2 graph are Iran, Iraq, Syria, or any country, the gov3 ernment of which the Secretary of State has deter4 mined, for purposes of section 6(j)(1) of the Export

5 Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. app.

6 2405(6)(j)(1)), has repeatedly provided support for

7 acts of international terrorism.

8 (10) Russia is in compliance with the Conven9 tion on the Prohibition of the Development, Produc10 tion and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological)

11 and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction,

12 signed at Washington, London, and Moscow on

13 April 10, 1972 (TIAS 8062).

14 (11) Russia is in compliance with the 1989 Wy15 oming Memorandum of Understanding relating to

16 the restriction of chemical weapons.

17 (12) The Government of Russia is committed to

18 reforming the Russian economy along free-market

19 lines, and is taking concrete steps in this direction.

20 (b) CERTIFICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995 AND

21 1996.—In addition to the requirements contained in sub22 section (a), with respect to each of the fiscal years 1995

23 and 1996, foreign assistance may not be obligated or ex24 pended for Russia unless the President certifies to the
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1 Congress for each such fiscal year that the Government

2 of Russia—

3 (1) has ceased its military offensive in

4 Chechnya and is committed to resolving the problem

5 of the status of Chechnya through negotiations; and

6 (2) has provided the President with a full and

7 accurate accounting of the espionage activities relat8 ing to the case of Aldrich Hazen Ames of the

9 Central Intelligence Agency and has reimbursed the

10 United States Government for all amounts paid by

11 Russia to Rosario Ames since her arrest in 1994.

12 (c) REPORT.—The President shall submit to the Con13 gress for each fiscal year a report containing the certifi14 cations required by subsection (a), and with respect to

15 each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996, subsections (a)

16 and (b). Such report shall be submitted in unclassified and

17 classified versions.

18 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORTS.

19 At the beginning of each fiscal year, the President

20 and the Comptroller General of the United States shall

21 each submit to the Congress a report containing the fol22 lowing:

23 (1) The amount of foreign assistance provided

24 to Russia for the preceding fiscal year, including—
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1 (A) the name of each organization or en2 tity to which such assistance was provided;

3 (B) the purpose of such assistance; and

4 (C) an assessment of the effectiveness of

5 such assistance.

6 (2) A detailed accounting of the amount of for7 eign assistance appropriated for Russia which has

8 not been expended and the status of such assistance.

9 (3) An estimate of the total amount of capital

10 exported from Russia during the previous fiscal year

11 and an analysis of the reasons for the export of such

12 capital.

13 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO OPPOSE ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA

14 FROM INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU15 TIONS.

16 The President shall instruct the United States execu17 tive director of each international financial institution to

18 use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any

19 assistance from that financial institution to Russia unless

20 Russia is in compliance with the requirements contained

21 in section 2.

22 SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

23 For purposes of this Act:

24 (1) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘foreign

25 assistance’’ means assistance under the Foreign As-
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1 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or the

2 Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democ3 racies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (22

4 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.), except that such term does not

5 include—

6 (A) humanitarian assistance;

7 (B) educational and cultural exchanges be8 tween the United States and Russia;

9 (C) assistance provided by the National

10 Endowment for Democracy; and

11 (D) assistance for the purpose of destroy12 ing nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and

13 other weapons, and related assistance.

14 (2) GOODS OR TECHNOLOGY.—The term

15 ‘‘goods or technology’’ has the meaning given such

16 term in section 1608(3) of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non17 Proliferation Act of 1992 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note).

18 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU19 TION.—The term ‘‘international financial institu20 tion’’ means the European Bank for Reconstruction

21 and Development, the International Bank for Recon22 struction and Development, the International Devel23 opment Association, the International Financial Cor24 poration, or the International Monetary Fund.
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1 (4) OTHER INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE

2 FORMER SOVIET UNION.—The term ‘‘other inde3 pendent states of the former Soviet Union’’ means

4 the following: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Esto5 nia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lith6 uania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,

7 and Uzbekistan.

8 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

10 (b), this Act shall apply only with respect to fiscal years

11 beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this

12 Act.

13 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—In the case of the fiscal year in

14 which this Act is enacted—

15 (1) the prohibition contained in subsections (a)

16 and (b) of section 2 shall apply with respect to the

17 obligation or expenditure of foreign assistance on or

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act (includ19 ing foreign assistance which has been obligated but

20 not expended before the date of the enactment of

21 this Act); and

22 (2) the requirement contained in section 4 shall

23 apply with respect to the provision of assistance by
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1 an international financial institution on or after the

2 date of the enactment of this Act.

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