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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6777 

To establish the policy of the United States with respect to supporting 

an insurgency in Ukraine in the event of an invasion of Ukraine by 

Russia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 18, 2022 

Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. TURNER, and Mr. VEASEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select 

Committee on Intelligence, and in addition to the Committees on Armed 

Services, and Foreign Affairs, 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 establish the policy of the United States with respect 

to supporting an insurgency in Ukraine in the event 

of an invasion of Ukraine by Russia, 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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplying Ukraine 

5 with Provisions to Protect against Ongoing Russian 

6 Threats Act’’ or the ‘‘SUPPORT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. UKRAINE ANTI-RUSSIAN INSURGENCY. 

2 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con3 gress that— 

4 (1) it is in the national security interests of the 

5 United States to support the sovereignty and terri6 torial integrity of Ukraine, and to continue and 

7 deepen the security partnership between the United 

8 States and Ukraine; 

9 (2) aggression and malign influence by Russia 

10 and its proxies in Ukraine are a threat to the sov11 ereignty and democratic government of Ukraine; 

12 (3) coordination by the United States with the 

13 North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organiza14 tion for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and 

15 members of the international community can help 

16 strengthen the opposition to the efforts of Russia to 

17 further encroach on the territorial sovereignty and 

18 right to self-determination of Ukraine; 

19 (4) Congress supports efforts to resolve the cri20 sis diplomatically, without compromising on the 

21 principles on which the NATO alliance and Euro22 pean security rest; and 

23 (5) Congress believes that the principle that na24 tions may not change borders by force is central to 

25 the post-World War II international order. 


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1 (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

2 United States that, in the event of an invasion of Ukraine 

3 by Russia, the United States will take necessary and ap4 propriate steps to support Ukrainian efforts to reassert 

5 control of its territory, expel an invading foreign force, and 

6 defend its sovereignty. These steps include supporting a 

7 Ukrainian insurgency with lethal and nonlethal assistance, 

8 and intelligence sharing, with the aim of imposing grave 

9 costs on Russia for actions threatening international peace 

10 and security. 

11 (c) REPORT.— 

12 (1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days 

13 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the As14 sistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 

15 and Low Intensity Conflict, in coordination with any 

16 other official the Assistant Secretary determines ap17 propriate, shall submit to the appropriate congres18 sional committees a report containing a plan for pro19 viding support described in subsection (b) to a 

20 Ukrainian insurgency, including with respect to 

21 funding, weapons, partner contributions, intelligence 

22 sharing, and type of systems to be deployed, and 

23 means of insertion. 

24 (2) FORM.—The report under paragraph (1) 

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1 mitted shall include an unclassified executive sum2 mary. 

3 (d) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT RE4 GARDING RUSSIAN GRAY ZONE ASSETS.— 

5 (1) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT.— 

6 The Director of National Intelligence, acting 

7 through the National Intelligence Council, shall 

8 produce an intelligence community assessment that 

9 contains— 

10 (A) a description of the gray zone assets of 

11 Russia; 

12 (B) an identification of any opportunities 

13 to hold such gray zone assets at risk, as a 

14 method of influencing the behavior of Russia; 

15 and 

16 (C) an assessment of the risks and poten17 tial benefits, with respect to the interests of the 

18 United States, that may result from the seizure 

19 of such gray zone assets to hold the assets at 

20 risk. 

21 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In identifying opportu22 nities to hold a gray zone asset of Russia at risk 

23 under paragraph (1)(B), the National Intelligence 

24 Council shall consider the following: 


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1 (A) The effect on civilians of holding the 

2 gray zone asset at risk. 

3 (B) The extent to which the gray zone 

4 asset is substantially State-owned or substan5 tially controlled by Russia. 

6 (C) The likelihood that holding the gray 

7 zone asset at risk will influence the behavior of 

8 Russia. 

9 (D) The likelihood that holding the gray 

10 asset at risk, or degrading the asset, will affect 

11 any attempt of Russia to use force to change 

12 existing borders or undermine the political inde13 pendence or territorial integrity of any State, 

14 including Ukraine. 

15 (E) Such other factors as the National In16 telligence Council may determine appropriate. 

17 (3) APPENDIX.—The intelligence community 

18 assessment under paragraph (1) shall include an ap19 pendix that contains a list of the categories of gray 

20 zone assets of Russia, with specific examples of— 

21 (A) gray zone assets in each category; and 

22 (B) for each such gray zone asset listed, 

23 the ways in which Russia uses the asset to ad24 vance its gray zone activities. 


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1 (4) SUBMISSION.—The Director, consistent 

2 with the protection of sources and methods, shall 

3 submit to the Permanent Select Committee on Intel4 ligence of the House of Representatives and the Se5 lect Committee on Intelligence of the Senate the in6 telligence community assessment under paragraph 

7 (1). 

8 (5) FORM.—The intelligence community assess9 ment under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in un10 classified form, but may contain a classified annex. 

11 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

12 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT13 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com14 mittees’’ means— 

15 (A) the Committees on Armed Services of 

16 the House of Representatives and the Senate; 

17 and 

18 (B) the Permanent Select Committee on 

19 Intelligence of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

21 Senate. 

22 (2) GRAY ZONE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘gray 

23 zone activity’’ has the meaning given that term in 

24 section 708(b) of H.R. 5412 of the 117th Congress, 

25 as reported by the Permanent Select Committee on 


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1 Intelligence of the House of Representatives on Oc2 tober 28, 2021. 

3 (3) GRAY ZONE ASSET.—The term ‘‘gray zone 

4 asset’’— 

5 (A) means an entity or proxy that is con6 trolled, in whole or in part, by a foreign adver7 sary of the United States and is used by such 

8 foreign adversary in connection with a gray 

9 zone activity; and 

10 (B) includes a State-owned enterprise of a 

11 foreign adversary that is so used. 

12 (4) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term 

13 ‘‘intelligence community’’ has the meaning given 

14 that term in section 3 of the National Security Act 

15 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 

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