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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2277 

To prevent further Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other sovereign 

states in Europe and Eurasia, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 1, 2014 

Mr. CORKER (for himself, Mr. MCCONNELL, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. 

BLUNT, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. KIRK, 

Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. RISCH, Mr. COATS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. 

PORTMAN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. HATCH, Mr. 

FLAKE, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, and Mr. BURR) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prevent further Russian aggression toward Ukraine and 

other sovereign states in Europe and Eurasia, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 


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TITLE I—REINVIGORATING THE NATO ALLIANCE 

Sec. 101. Strengthening United States assistance and force posture in Europe 

and Eurasia. 

Sec. 102. United States efforts to strengthen the NATO alliance. 

Sec. 103. Expanded support for Poland and the Baltic states. 

Sec. 104. Accelerating implementation of European and NATO missile defense 

efforts. 

Sec. 105. Strengthened United States-German cooperation on global and European security issues. 

TITLE II—DETERRING FURTHER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN 

EUROPE 

Sec. 201. United States policy toward Russian aggression in Europe. 

Sec. 202. Sanctions to address continuing aggression of the Russian Federation 

toward Ukraine. 

Sec. 203. Additional sanctions in the event of increased aggression by the Russian Federation toward Ukraine or other countries. 

Sec. 204. Limitation on Russian access to United States oil and gas technology. 

Sec. 205. Diplomatic measures with respect to the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 206. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations. 

TITLE III—HARDENING UKRAINE AND OTHER EUROPEAN AND 

EURASIAN STATES AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION 

Sec. 301. Military assistance for Ukraine. 

Sec. 302. Sense of Congress on intelligence sharing with Ukraine. 

Sec. 303. Major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova. 

Sec. 304. Expanded security force training, assistance and defense cooperation 

with key non-NATO states. 

Sec. 305. Expediting natural gas exports. 

Sec. 306. European and Eurasian energy independence. 

Sec. 307. Crimea annexation nonrecognition. 

Sec. 308. Support for democracy and civil society organizations in countries of 

the former Soviet Union. 

Sec. 309. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ALIEN.—The term ‘‘alien’’ has the meaning 

4 given that term in section 101(a) of the Immigration 

5 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)). 

6 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT7 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com8 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

2 the Committee on Appropriations, the Com3 mittee on Armed Services, and the Select Com4 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

5 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

6 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 

7 on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select 

8 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Rep9 resentatives. 

10 (3) CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAYABLE11 THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘correspondent ac12 count’’ and ‘‘payable-through account’’ have the 

13 meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 

14 31, United States Code. 

15 (4) DOMESTIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

16 term ‘‘domestic financial institution’’ means a finan17 cial institution that is a United States person. 

18 (5) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi19 nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 

20 specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 

21 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (M), (N), (R), or (Y) 

22 of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States 

23 Code. 

24 (6) NATO.—The term ‘‘NATO’’ means the 

25 North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 


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1 (7) RUSSIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

2 term ‘‘Russian financial institution’’ means— 

3 (A) a financial institution organized under 

4 the laws of the Russian Federation or any juris5 diction within the Russian Federation, includ6 ing a foreign branch of such an institution; 

7 (B) a financial institution substantially 

8 owned or controlled by one or more citizens of 

9 the Russian Federation; and 

10 (C) a financial institution owned, in whole 

11 or in part, or controlled by the Government of 

12 the Russian Federation. 

13 (8) SENIOR RUSSIAN OFFICIAL.—The term 

14 ‘‘senior Russian official’’ means— 

15 (A) the President of the Russian Federa16 tion; 

17 (B) any immediate advisor of the President 

18 of the Russian Federation; 

19 (C) any other senior official of the Govern20 ment of the Russian Federation, including the 

21 Prime Minister, any deputy prime minister, and 

22 any federal minister; and 

23 (D) any immediate advisor to such an offi24 cial. 


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1 (9) SENIOR EXECUTIVE.—The term ‘‘senior ex2 ecutive’’ means a member of the board, chief execu3 tive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial of4 ficer, secretary, treasurer, general counsel, or chief 

5 information officer, or the functional equivalent 

6 thereof, of an entity. 

7 (10) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

8 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

9 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law10 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

11 United States; or 

12 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

13 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

14 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

15 such an entity. 

16 TITLE I—REINVIGORATING THE 

17 NATO ALLIANCE 

18 SEC. 101. STRENGTHENING UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE 

19 AND FORCE POSTURE IN EUROPE AND EUR20 ASIA. 

21 (a) STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

23 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec24 retary of Defense, with concurrence by the Secretary 

25 of State, shall develop and submit to the appropriate 


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1 congressional committees a strategic framework for 

2 United States security assistance and cooperation in 

3 Europe and Eurasia. 

4 (2) ELEMENTS.—The strategic framework re5 quired by paragraph (1) shall include— 

6 (A) an evaluation of the extent to which 

7 the threat to security and stability in Europe 

8 and Eurasia is a threat to the national security 

9 of the United States and the security interests 

10 of the NATO alliance; 

11 (B) an identification of the primary objec12 tives, priorities, and desired end-states of 

13 United States security assistance and coopera14 tion programs in Europe and Eurasia and an 

15 assessment of the resources required to achieve 

16 such objectives, priorities, and end-states; 

17 (C) a methodology for assessing the effec18 tiveness of United States security assistance 

19 and cooperation programs in such regions in 

20 making progress towards such objectives, prior21 ities, and end-states, including an identification 

22 of key measures for such progress; and 

23 (D) criteria for bilateral and multilateral 

24 partnerships in such regions. 


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1 (b) IMMEDIATE HALT TO CURRENT AND PLANNED

2 REDEPLOYMENTS FROM EUROPE.—The President, con3 sistent with the President’s responsibilities as Commander 

4 in Chief, including ensuring the readiness of the United 

5 States Armed Forces, shall immediately halt, for a 180- 

6 day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 

7 Act, all current and planned redeployments of combat 

8 forces from Europe, other than redeployments of forces 

9 for which replacement forces are already in place or are 

10 planned to be in place, with the intent to maintain force 

11 numbers at current levels for the 180-day period begin12 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 (c) PLAN FOR ENHANCING THE ABILITY OF THE

14 UNITED STATES MILITARY TO RESPOND TO CRISES IN

15 EUROPE AND EURASIA.—Not later than 90 days after the 

16 date of the enactment of this Act, the President, con17 sistent with the President’s responsibilities as Commander 

18 in Chief, including ensuring the readiness of the United 

19 States Armed Forces, shall identify, and develop a plan 

20 to correct, any deficiencies in the ability of the Armed 

21 Forces to rapidly and fully respond, in coordination with 

22 other NATO allies, to foreseeable contingencies in Europe 

23 and Eurasia, including the ability to execute current 

24 United States European Command contingency plans. 


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1 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there3 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con4 gressional committees a report detailing the specific defi5 ciencies identified, the plan for correcting such defi6 ciencies, including a cost estimate, and the status of cor7 rective actions being undertaken pursuant to the plan re8 quired by subsection (c). 

9 SEC. 102. UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN THE 

10 NATO ALLIANCE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 

12 United States Permanent Representative on the Council 

13 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (in this Act re14 ferred to as the ‘‘United States Permanent Representative 

15 to NATO’’), to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 

16 United States to— 

17 (1) reaffirm the United States commitment to 

18 the NATO Alliance, including its Article V commit19 ment to all NATO member-states, regardless of size 

20 or duration of membership; 

21 (2) strengthen NATO’s capabilities to deter 

22 and, as needed, to rapidly and appropriately re23 spond, including through the use of military force as 

24 necessary, to security crises, including any crisis in 

25 Europe and Eurasia created by efforts of any state 


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1 to undermine the territorial, economic, or political 

2 sovereignty or integrity of any NATO member-state; 

3 (3) call on all NATO member-states to make 

4 substantial progress towards meeting the Alliance’s 

5 defense spending requirements and national capa6 bility targets and seek to ensure that such progress 

7 is in fact made; and 

8 (4) encourage NATO member-states to work to9 gether to achieve energy independence for NATO 

10 member-states and other NATO partners in Europe 

11 and Eurasia. 

12 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con13 gress that the NATO Alliance represents the single most 

14 successful collective security agreement of the modern era 

15 and that a strong and revitalized NATO is critical to 

16 maintaining peace and security in Europe and Eurasia 

17 and ensuring that the Russian Federation plays an appro18 priate role in the region. 

19 SEC. 103. EXPANDED SUPPORT FOR POLAND AND THE BAL20 TIC STATES. 

21 (a) PLAN.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

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1 stantially increasing United States and NATO sup2 port for the armed forces of the Republics of Poland, 

3 Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, and other NATO 

4 member-states as determined by the President, in5 cluding substantially increasing— 

6 (A) the complement of forward-based 

7 NATO forces in those states, through appro8 priate bilateral agreements; and 

9 (B) security assistance, including the pro10 vision of defense articles, services, and training 

11 by the United States and NATO in those 

12 states. 

13 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 60 days 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 President shall begin implementation of the plan re16 quired under paragraph (1). 

17 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

18 of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there19 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con20 gressional committees a report detailing the specific ef21 forts being undertaken and planned to be undertaken by 

22 the United States Government to implement the plan re23 quired by subsection (a). 

24 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 


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1 $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017 

2 to carry out the activities described under subsection (a). 

3 (d) AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FUNDS.—Funds au4 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection (c) for 

5 the provision of defense articles, services, and training 

6 may be used to procure such assistance from the United 

7 States Government or other appropriate sources. 

8 (e) PERMANENT BASING OF NATO FORCES IN PO9 LAND AND THE BALTIC STATES.—The President shall di10 rect the United States Permanent Representative to 

11 NATO to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 

12 States to seek consideration by NATO of the wisdom and 

13 efficacy of permanently basing NATO forces on a rota14 tional basis in the Republics of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, 

15 and Lithuania, and other NATO member-states as deter16 mined by the President. 

17 SEC. 104. ACCELERATING IMPLEMENTATION OF EUROPEAN 

18 AND NATO MISSILE DEFENSE EFFORTS. 

19 (a) PLAN.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

21 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

22 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com23 mittees a plan, including a cost estimate, for— 

24 (A) accelerating the implementation of 

25 phase three of the European Phased Adaptive 


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1 Approach for Europe-based missile defense, in 

2 order to complete such implementation of phase 

3 three by no later than the end of calendar year 

4 2016, or providing alternative capabilities to 

5 protect key NATO allies in Europe and Eur6 asia, including, as appropriate, provision of PA7 TRIOT, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, 

8 or other missile defense systems; and 

9 (B) accelerating NATO’s development of 

10 an alliance missile defense capability and its ex11 pansion of current missile defense command, 

12 control, and communications capabilities to pro13 tect NATO European and Eurasian popu14 lations, territory, and forces against increasing 

15 missile threats. 

16 (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 60 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

18 President shall begin implementation of the plan 

19 under paragraph (1). 

20 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

21 of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there22 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con23 gressional committees a report detailing the specific ef24 forts being undertaken and planned to be undertaken by 


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1 the United States to implement the plan required by sub2 section (a). 

3 SEC. 105. STRENGTHENED UNITED STATES-GERMAN CO4 OPERATION ON GLOBAL AND EUROPEAN SE5 CURITY ISSUES. 

6 (a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States 

7 Government to work closely with the Government of the 

8 Federal Republic of Germany on issues related to global 

9 and European security, particularly in light of ongoing 

10 events in Europe and Eurasia. 

11 (b) UNITED STATES-GERMAN GLOBAL AND EURO12 PEAN SECURITY WORKING GROUP.—The President shall 

13 establish a United States-German Global and European 

14 Security Working Group to focus on areas of mutual con15 cern, including addressing the ongoing situation in 

16 Ukraine and to increase the political, economic, and mili17 tary cooperation between the two states, including addi18 tional intelligence sharing between the two states. 

19 (c) REGULAR MEETINGS.—The working group re20 quired to be established under subsection (b) shall meet 

21 not less than annually at the Secretary level or above, 

22 semi-annually at the Deputy Secretary level or above, and 

23 quarterly at the Assistant Secretary level or above. 

24 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 


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1 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017 

2 to carry out the activities described under subsections (b) 

3 and (c). 

4 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

6 President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

7 committees a report on the meetings of the working group 

8 required to be established under subsection (b), including 

9 a description of the specific issues discussed and decisions 

10 made by the working group, and its efforts to improve, 

11 expand, and deepen the relationship between the United 

12 States Government and the Government of the Federal 

13 Republic of Germany. 

14 TITLE II—DETERRING FURTHER 

15 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN EU16 ROPE 

17 SEC. 201. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD RUSSIAN AG18 GRESSION IN EUROPE. 

19 It is the policy of the United States— 

20 (1) to use all appropriate elements of United 

21 States national power, in coordination with United 

22 States allies, to protect the independence, sov23 ereignty, and territorial and economic integrity of 

24 Ukraine and other sovereign states in Europe and 

25 Eurasia from Russian aggression; 


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1 (2) to actively work to deter further Russian 

2 aggression toward Ukraine and other sovereign 

3 states in Europe and Eurasia by imposing costs on 

4 the Russia Federation for its ongoing activities, as 

5 well as to make clear the consequences for further 

6 aggressive activities; 

7 (3) to work with United States partners in the 

8 European Union, NATO, and at the United Nations 

9 to ensure that all states, including the Russian Fed10 eration, recognize and not undermine, nor seek to 

11 undermine, the independence, sovereignty, or terri12 torial or economic integrity of Ukraine and other 

13 sovereign states in Europe and Eurasia; 

14 (4) to condemn the continuing and long-stand15 ing pattern and practice by the Government of the 

16 Russian Federation of physical and economic aggres17 sion toward various countries in Europe and Eur18 asia; 

19 (5) to condemn the unjustified military inter20 vention of the Russian Federation in the Crimea re21 gion of Ukraine and its concurrent occupation of 

22 that region, as well as any other form of political, 

23 economic, or military aggression toward Ukraine and 

24 other sovereign states in Europe and Eurasia, in25 cluding the unnecessary and destabilizing presence 


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1 of tens of thousands of Russian troops along the 

2 Ukrainian border; 

3 (6) to condemn economic extortion by the Gov4 ernment of the Russian Federation against the gov5 ernments and people of Ukraine, Moldova, Lith6 uania, Georgia, and other countries in the region de7 signed to obstruct closer ties between the European 

8 Union and the countries of the Eastern Partnership 

9 and to reduce the harmful consequences of such ex10 tortion; 

11 (7) to reaffirm the commitment of the United 

12 States to, and to remind Russia of its ongoing obli13 gations under, and commitment to, the 1994 Buda14 pest Memorandum on Security Assurances, which 

15 was executed jointly with the Russian Federation 

16 and the United Kingdom and explicitly secures the 

17 independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity 

18 and borders of Ukraine; 

19 (8) to not recognize the unlawful referendum 

20 that took place in Crimea on March 16, 2014, or the 

21 Russian Federation’s illegal annexation of Crimea, 

22 including to not recognize any de jure or de facto 

23 sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, 

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1 the immediate reversal of the Russian Federation’s 

2 illegal annexation of Crimea; 

3 (9) to condemn the unjustified activities of 

4 agents of the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine 

5 seeking to foment civil unrest and disturbance; 

6 (10) to support the people of Ukraine, Moldova, 

7 and Georgia in their desire to forge closer ties with 

8 Europe, including signing an Association Agreement 

9 with the European Union as a means to address en10 demic corruption, consolidate democracy, and 

11 achieve sustained prosperity; 

12 (11) to enhance and extend United States secu13 rity cooperation with, security assistance to, and 

14 military exercises conducted with, states in Europe 

15 and Eurasia, including NATO member countries, 

16 NATO aspirants, and appropriate Eastern Partner17 ship countries; 

18 (12) to reaffirm United States defense commit19 ments to its treaty allies under Article V of the 

20 North Atlantic Treaty; 

21 (13) that the continued participation of the 

22 Russian Federation in the Group of Eight (G–8) 

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1 torial integrity of its neighbors and accepting and 

2 adhering to the norms and standards of free, demo3 cratic societies; 

4 (14) to support the people of Ukraine and 

5 Moldova in their efforts to conduct free and fair 

6 elections, including the Presidential elections in 

7 Ukraine in May 2014 and the parliamentary elec8 tions in Moldova in November 2014, as well as any 

9 subsequent elections; 

10 (15) to support the May 2012 NATO Chicago 

11 Summit Declaration’s statement that ‘‘[i]n accord12 ance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty, 

13 NATO’s door will remain open to all European de14 mocracies which share the values of our Alliance, 

15 which are willing and able to assume the responsibil16 ities and obligations of membership, which are in a 

17 position to further the principles of the Treaty, and 

18 whose inclusion can contribute to security in the 

19 North Atlantic area,’’ particularly those cases where 

20 the aspirant is able to meet appropriate defense 

21 spending commitments and prepared to contribute to 

22 ongoing and future contingency operations; and 

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1 ergy security, including through the development of 

2 a transatlantic energy strategy. 

3 SEC. 202. SANCTIONS TO ADDRESS CONTINUING AGGRES4 SION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TOWARD 

5 UKRAINE. 

6 (a) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.— 

7 (1) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS IF RUSSIAN

8 FORCES DO NOT WITHDRAW FROM CRIMEA.—If the 

9 armed forces of the Russian Federation have not 

10 withdrawn from Crimea (other than military forces 

11 present on military bases subject to agreements in 

12 force between the Government of the Russian Fed13 eration and the Government of Ukraine) by not later 

14 than the date that is 7 days after the date of the 

15 enactment of this Act, the President shall impose 

16 the sanctions described in subsection (b) with re17 spect to— 

18 (A) any official or agent of the Govern19 ment of the Russian Federation, and any close 

20 associate or family member of an official of the 

21 Government of the Russian Federation, that 

22 the President determines is responsible for, par23 ticipating in, complicit in, or responsible for or24 dering, controlling, or otherwise directing— 


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1 (i) violations of the territorial integ2 rity and sovereignty of Ukraine beginning 

3 in February 2014; or 

4 (ii) acts of significant corruption in 

5 the Russian Federation, including the ex6 propriation of private or public assets for 

7 personal gain, corruption related to govern8 ment contracts or the extraction of natural 

9 resources, bribery, or the facilitation or 

10 transfer of the proceeds of corruption to 

11 foreign jurisdictions; 

12 (B) any individual that the President de13 termines sponsored or provided financial, mate14 rial, or technological support for, or goods or 

15 services in support of, the commission of acts 

16 described in subparagraph (A); 

17 (C) any individual or entity with respect to 

18 which sanctions were imposed before the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act pursuant to— 

20 (i) authority provided under any Ex21 ecutive order relating to violations of the 

22 territorial integrity and sovereignty of 

23 Ukraine beginning in February 2014; or 

24 (ii) authority provided under section 8 

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1 Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Sta2 bility of Ukraine Act of 2014 (Public Law 

3 113–95); 

4 (D) any entity owned or controlled by an 

5 entity described in subparagraph (C) that is 

6 owned or controlled by a citizen of the Russian 

7 Federation; and 

8 (E) any senior executive of an entity de9 scribed in subparagraph (C) or (D) who is a 

10 citizen of the Russian Federation. 

11 (2) IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS IF RUSSIAN

12 FORCES DO NOT WITHDRAW FROM EASTERN BOR13 DER OF UKRAINE OR DO NOT CEASE DESTABILIZING

14 ACTIVITIES.—If the Government of the Russian 

15 Federation has not withdrawn substantially all of 

16 the armed forces of the Russian Federation from the 

17 immediate vicinity of the eastern border of Ukraine 

18 by not later than the date that is 7 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, or agents of the 

20 Russian Federation do not cease taking active meas21 ures to destabilize the control of the Government of 

22 Ukraine over eastern Ukraine on or after that date 

23 (including through active support of efforts to un24 lawfully occupy facilities of the Government of 


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1 Ukraine), the President shall impose the sanctions 

2 described in subsection (b) with respect to— 

3 (A) Sberbank; 

4 (B) VTB Bank; 

5 (C) Vnesheconombank; 

6 (D) Gazprombank; 

7 (E) Gazprom; 

8 (F) Novatek; 

9 (G) Rosneft; 

10 (H) Rosoboronexport; 

11 (I) any entity owned or controlled by an 

12 entity specified in any of subparagraphs (A) 

13 through (H) that is owned or controlled by a 

14 citizen of the Russian Federation; and 

15 (J) any senior executive of an entity speci16 fied in any of subparagraphs (A) through (I) 

17 who is a citizen of the Russian Federation. 

18 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

20 this subsection are the following: 

21 (A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all 

22 powers granted to the President by the Inter23 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

24 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 

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1 erty and interests in property of a person deter2 mined by the President to be subject to sub3 section (a) if such property and interests in 

4 property are in the United States, come within 

5 the United States, or come within the posses6 sion or control of a United States person. 

7 (B) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED

8 STATES AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER

9 DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien de10 termined by the President to be subject to sub11 section (a), denial of a visa to, and exclusion 

12 from the United States of, the alien, and rev13 ocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the 

14 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

15 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation of 

16 the alien. 

17 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at18 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

19 violation of paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, li20 cense, or order issued to carry out paragraph (1)(A) 

21 shall be subject to the penalties set forth in sub22 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter23 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

24 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that 


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1 commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) 

2 of that section. 

3 (3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE IMPORTA4 TION OF GOODS.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The requirement to 

6 block and prohibit all transactions in all prop7 erty and interests in property under paragraph 

8 (1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose 

9 sanctions on the importation of goods. 

10 (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

11 the term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 

12 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 

13 Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin14 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

15 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

16 1701 et seq.)). 

17 (4) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA18 TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 

19 under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien 

20 if admitting the alien into the United States is nec21 essary to permit the United States to comply with 

22 the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 

23 United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 

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1 between the United Nations and the United States, 

2 or other applicable international obligations. 

3 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica4 tion of sanctions under this section with respect to a per5 son or a transaction if the President— 

6 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the na7 tional security interests of the United States; and 

8 (2) on or before the date on which the waiver 

9 takes effect, submits a notice of and a justification 

10 for the waiver to— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

12 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

13 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 (d) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF SANCTIONED PER18 SONS.—Not later than 7 days after the imposition of sanc19 tions pursuant to subsection (a), the President shall pub20 lish a list of the persons with respect to which sanctions 

21 were imposed pursuant to that subsection. 

22 (e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 

23 issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec24 essary to carry out this section. 


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1 SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS IN THE EVENT OF IN2 CREASED AGGRESSION BY THE RUSSIAN FED3 ERATION TOWARD UKRAINE OR OTHER 

4 COUNTRIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—If the armed forces of the Russian 

6 Federation expand further into, or the Government of the 

7 Russian Federation annexes, the sovereign territory of 

8 Ukraine or any other country in Europe or Eurasia after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act without the consent 

10 of the legally recognized government of that country— 

11 (1) all of the sanctions described in subsection 

12 (b) shall be imposed the following business day by 

13 action of law with respect to— 

14 (A) any senior Russian official; 

15 (B) any entity owned or controlled by a 

16 senior Russian official; and 

17 (C) any close associate of a senior Russian 

18 official that provides significant support or re19 sources to that senior Russian official; 

20 (2) the sanctions described in subparagraphs 

21 (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1) shall be imposed 

22 the following business day by action of law on— 

23 (A) any entity— 

24 (i) organized under the laws of the 

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1 (ii) that is owned, in whole or in part, 

2 or controlled by— 

3 (I) the Government of the Rus4 sian Federation; 

5 (II) any person with respect to 

6 which sanctions are imposed under 

7 section 202; 

8 (III) any person with respect to 

9 which sanctions are imposed under 

10 paragraph (1); or 

11 (IV) any person with respect to 

12 which sanctions are imposed pursuant 

13 to an Executive order or any other 

14 provision of law in relation to viola15 tions of the territorial integrity and 

16 sovereignty of Ukraine beginning in 

17 February 2014; and 

18 (iii) that operates in the arms, de19 fense, energy, financial services, metals, or 

20 mining sectors of the Russian Federation; 

21 and 

22 (B) any senior executive of an entity de23 scribed in subparagraph (A) who is a citizen of 

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1 (3) the President shall exercise all powers 

2 granted to the President pursuant to the Inter3 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

4 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to pro5 hibit any transaction by a domestic financial institu6 tion with a Russian financial institution or with re7 spect to an account held by a Russian financial in8 stitution, other than routine interest and service 

9 fees. 

10 (b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

12 this subsection are the following: 

13 (A) ASSET BLOCKING.—The exercise of all 

14 powers granted to the President by the Inter15 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

16 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to 

17 block and prohibit all transactions in all prop18 erty and interests in property of a person deter19 mined by the President to be subject to sub20 section (a) if such property and interests in 

21 property are in the United States, come within 

22 the United States, or come within the posses23 sion or control of a United States person. 

24 (B) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED

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1 DOCUMENTATION.—In the case of an alien de2 termined by the President to be subject to sub3 section (a), denial of a visa to, and exclusion 

4 from the United States of, the alien, and rev5 ocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the 

6 Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation of 

8 the alien. 

9 (C) SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOR10 EIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—A prohibition 

11 on the opening, and a prohibition or the imposi12 tion of strict conditions on the maintaining, in 

13 the United States of a correspondent account or 

14 a payable-through account by a foreign finan15 cial institution that the President determines 

16 has knowingly conducted, on or after the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act, transactions with 

18 a person determined by the President to be sub19 ject to subsection (a). 

20 (2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at21 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

22 violation of subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph 

23 (1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to 

24 carry out either such subparagraph shall be subject 

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1 of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco2 nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex3 tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de4 scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 

5 (3) EXCEPTION RELATING TO THE IMPORTA6 TION OF GOODS.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The requirement to 

8 block and prohibit all transactions in all prop9 erty and interests in property under paragraph 

10 (1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose 

11 sanctions on the importation of goods. 

12 (B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 

13 the term ‘‘good’’ has the meaning given that 

14 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 

15 Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin16 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

17 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

18 1701 et seq.)). 

19 (4) EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NA20 TIONS HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.—Sanctions 

21 under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien 

22 if admitting the alien into the United States is nec23 essary to permit the United States to comply with 

24 the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the 

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1 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, 

2 between the United Nations and the United States, 

3 or other applicable international obligations. 

4 (c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica5 tion of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a 

6 person or transaction if the President— 

7 (1) determines that such a waiver is in the vital 

8 national security interests of the United States; and 

9 (2) on or before the date on which the waiver 

10 takes effect, submits a notice of and a justification 

11 for the waiver to— 

12 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

13 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

14 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

15 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

16 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

17 House of Representatives. 

18 (d) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF SANCTIONED PER19 SONS.—Not later than 7 days after the imposition of sanc20 tions pursuant to subsection (a), the President shall pub21 lish a list of the persons with respect to which sanctions 

22 were imposed pursuant to that subsection. 

23 (e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 

24 issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec25 essary to carry out this section. 


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1 SEC. 204. LIMITATION ON RUSSIAN ACCESS TO UNITED 

2 STATES OIL AND GAS TECHNOLOGY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—If the Government of the Russian 

4 Federation has not withdrawn substantially all of the 

5 armed forces of the Russian Federation from the imme6 diate vicinity of the eastern border of Ukraine by not later 

7 than the date that is 30 days after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, or agents of the Russian Federation do 

9 not cease taking active measures to destabilize the control 

10 of the Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine on 

11 or after that date (including through active support of ef12 forts to unlawfully occupy facilities of the Government of 

13 Ukraine), the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with 

14 the Secretary of State, shall revise the Export Administra15 tion Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII of 

16 title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, to strictly limit the 

17 transfer or export by any United States person of any ad18 vanced technology described in subsection (b) to any per19 son in the Russian Federation or any citizen of the Rus20 sian Federation. 

21 (b) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DESCRIBED.—Ad22 vanced technology described in this subsection is advanced 

23 technology that— 

24 (1) is developed or controlled by a United 

25 States person and is not available from a person 

26 that is not a United States person; and 


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1 (2) relates to the discovery, exploration, or ex2 traction of onshore or offshore oil or natural gas de3 posits, including the discovery, exploration, or ex4 traction of oil or natural gas deposits in shale. 

5 (c) LIMITED EXCEPTION.—The President may au6 thorize a transaction for the transfer or export by a 

7 United States person of an advanced technology described 

8 in subsection (b) if the President determines that such au9 thorization is in the national security interests of the 

10 United States. 

11 (d) DURATION OF REGULATIONS.—The prohibition 

12 under subsection (a) shall remain in effect until such time 

13 as the President— 

14 (1) determines that such regulations are no 

15 longer warranted or appropriate; and 

16 (2) submits a notification of and justification 

17 for that determination to— 

18 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

19 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

20 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

21 the Senate; and 

22 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

23 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com24 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

25 of Representatives. 


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1 (e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 

2 issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec3 essary to carry out this section. 

4 SEC. 205. DIPLOMATIC MEASURES WITH RESPECT TO THE 

5 RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

6 (a) LIMITING DEFENSE SALES AND DEFENSE IN7 DUSTRIAL COOPERATION.—The Secretary of State, in co8 ordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Sec9 retary of Commerce, shall work with United States allies 

10 in Europe and around the world to strictly limit— 

11 (1) the sales of defense articles and services to 

12 the Government of the Russian Federation; and 

13 (2) the cooperation of the United States and its 

14 allies with the Government of the Russian Federa15 tion on matters related to the production of defense 

16 articles and services by Russian entities. 

17 (b) DURATION OF LIMITS.—The diplomatic measures 

18 required to be instituted pursuant to subsection (a) shall 

19 remain in effect until such time as the President deter20 mines in writing to the appropriate congressional commit21 tees that such diplomatic measures are no longer war22 ranted or appropriate, including a justification for such 

23 determination. 

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1 (1) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 

2 States to not engage in further negotiations with the 

3 Russian Federation to reduce nuclear forces until 

4 the Russian Federation is in full compliance with all 

5 existing bilateral nuclear agreements with the 

6 United States, including the Treaty Between the 

7 United States of America and the Union of Soviet 

8 Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their In9 termediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, 

10 signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and en11 tered into force June 1, 1988. 

12 (2) RESTRICTION.—Notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law, the President shall not enter into 

14 any agreement with the Government of the Russian 

15 Federation with respect to the reduction of nuclear 

16 forces except with the advice and consent of the Sen17 ate pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2 of the 

18 United States Constitution. 

19 (d) RESTRICTION ON FORCE POSTURE ADJUST20 MENTS PURSUANT TO THE NEW START TREATY.—The 

21 President shall not take any steps to reduce the number 

22 of accountable deployed or non-deployed launchers under 

23 the Treaty between the United States of America and the 

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1 at Prague April 8, 2010, and entered into force February 

2 5, 2011 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘New START Trea3 ty’’), while the armed forces of the Russian Federation 

4 remain prepositioned to strike Ukraine or are threatening 

5 the territorial integrity or sovereignty of Ukraine or an6 other European or Eurasian state. 

7 (e) LIMITATIONS ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERA8 TION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall not per10 mit any sharing of sensitive United States missile 

11 defense information with the Government of the 

12 Russian Federation. 

13 (2) SPENDING LIMITATION.—No amounts may 

14 be obligated or expended to integrate into any 

15 United States or NATO common-funded missile de16 fense system, including the NATO Air Defense 

17 Ground Environment, any standalone radar or mis18 sile defense system manufactured, sold, or exported 

19 by a Russian entity or by any person or entity cur20 rently sanctioned or designated under United States 

21 law for missile technology proliferation. 

22 (f) REPORT ON RUSSIAN VIOLATIONS OF INTER23 NATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

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1 port detailing any and all violations of international or bi2 lateral arms control or other agreements by the Russian 

3 Federation since the entry into force of the Intermediate4 Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, including any suspected or 

5 confirmed violations of that treaty and the implications 

6 of the Russian suspension of the Treaty on Conventional 

7 Forces in Europe, as well as any steps taken by the Presi8 dent to hold the Russian Federation accountable for any 

9 such violations. 

10 (g) LIMITATIONS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY

11 FLIGHTS.—The President shall not authorize any over12 flights of the territory of the United States or United 

13 States Government facilities or installations by aircraft of 

14 the Russian Federation pursuant to the Treaty on Open 

15 Skies, signed at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and entered 

16 into force January 1, 2002, that employ any surveillance 

17 devices beyond those employed on such aircraft prior to 

18 January 1, 2014. 

19 (h) REPORT ON ALTERNATIVES TO RUSSIAN ROCKET

20 ENGINES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

21 enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 

22 appropriate congressional committees a report on alter23 natives to the use of RD–180 rocket engines produced in 

24 the Russian Federation for national security launches and 

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1 to the use of such engines should be pursued in the next 

2 two fiscal years. 

3 (i) ADDITIONAL CONSULAR ACTIVITIES.—The Sec4 retary of State shall prioritize and undertake efforts to 

5 identify and provide access to appropriate consular re6 sources, including prioritized access to applications for ref7 ugee and other appropriate immigration or travel status 

8 to the United States, for journalists and political and civil 

9 society activists and dissidents in the Russian Federation. 

10 (j) REPORT ON SIGNIFICANT CORRUPTION IN THE

11 RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE EFFECTS OF SUCH COR12 RUPTION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 

15 days thereafter, the Secretary of State, in coordina16 tion with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit 

17 to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

18 on significant corruption in the Russian Federation 

19 and the extent to which such corruption undermines 

20 political and economic development in the inde21 pendent countries of the former Soviet Union. 

22 (2) REQUIRED ELEMENTS.—The report re23 quired by paragraph (1) may contain a classified 

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1 (A) A detailed description of corruption 

2 among senior officials of the Government of the 

3 Russian Federation and the connections be4 tween such corruption and business leaders in 

5 the Russian Federation. 

6 (B) A detailed description of how the Gov7 ernment of the Russian Federation uses corrup8 tion to sustain the power of specific individuals 

9 in government and business. 

10 (C) An estimate in United States dollars of 

11 the personal net wealth of any senior Russian 

12 official, or a family member or close associate 

13 of such official, who is responsible for, or 

14 complicit in, or responsible for ordering, con15 trolling, or otherwise directing, acts of signifi16 cant corruption in Russia, including the expro17 priation of private or state assets for personal 

18 gain, corruption related to government con19 tracts or the extraction of natural resources, 

20 bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the 

21 proceeds of corruption to foreign jurisdictions. 

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1 wise transferred into the sovereign jurisdiction 

2 of each of the independent countries of the 

3 former Soviet Union. 

4 (E) Detailed descriptions of specific in5 stances of significant corruption in the Russian 

6 Federation. 

7 (F) A detailed description of how the Gov8 ernment of the Russian Federation uses corrup9 tion in other states in order to create and main10 tain a dependence on the Russian Federation 

11 and on specific Russian government officials, 

12 entities, and business leaders. 

13 (G) A detailed description of the extent to 

14 which the flow of money described in subpara15 graph (D) contributes to public or private cor16 ruption, non-transparent or unaccountable gov17 ernment or private sector decisionmaking, or 

18 the weakening, subversion, or undermining of 

19 sovereignty, democratic institutions, rule of law, 

20 or economic or financial systems in each of the 

21 independent countries of the former Soviet 

22 Union. 

23 (H) A detailed description of the political 

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1 graph (D) contributes to the malign effects in 

2 the independent countries of the former Soviet 

3 Union as described in subparagraph (G). 

4 (3) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The Sec5 retary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of 

6 the Treasury, shall convene an interagency working 

7 group, including representatives of the United States 

8 intelligence community, to coordinate the production 

9 of the report required by this subsection, prioritize 

10 the collection and analysis of intelligence and finan11 cial information required for such report, and sup12 port efforts to address the effects of corruption in 

13 the Russian Federation on Russian citizens, the 

14 United States, and United States allies and partners 

15 in Europe and Eurasia, including increasing public 

16 awareness of such issues in the Russian Federation 

17 and other countries. 

18 (4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

19 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec20 retary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, 

21 Human Rights, and Labor $2,500,000 for each of 

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1 propriate, and to produce the report required by 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 (k) REPORT ON RUSSIAN ECONOMY.—Not later than 

4 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

5 every 90 days thereafter, the Assistant Secretary of State 

6 for Intelligence and Research shall submit to the appro7 priate congressional committees and make publically avail8 able a report on the state of economic activity and govern9 ment-owned enterprises in the Russian Federation. The 

10 report shall analyze relevant economic indicators, includ11 ing gross domestic product (GDP) and the amount of 

12 GDP derived from government spending, money supply, 

13 inflation, unemployment, capital flows, and foreign direct 

14 investment. 

15 SEC. 206. SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL 

16 SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall in18 crease efforts, directly or through nongovernmental orga19 nizations, to— 

20 (1) improve democratic governance, trans21 parency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corrup22 tion efforts in the Russian Federation; 

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1 (3) expand uncensored Internet access in Rus2 sia; and 

3 (4) expand free and unfettered access to inde4 pendent media of all kinds in Russia, including 

5 through increasing United States Government-sup6 ported broadcasting activities, and to assist with the 

7 protection of journalists and civil society activists 

8 who have been targeted for free speech activities. 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

10 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

11 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017 

12 to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a). 

13 (c) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 

14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi15 dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com16 mittees a strategy to carry out the activities set forth in 

17 subsection (a). 

18 (d) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated or oth20 erwise made available pursuant to subsection (b) 

21 may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on 

22 which the President has provided notice of intent to 

23 obligate such funds to the appropriate congressional 

24 committees. 


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1 (2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the no2 tification requirement under paragraph (1) if the 

3 President determines that failure to do so would 

4 pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare, 

5 in which case notification shall be provided as early 

6 as practicable, but in no event later than three days 

7 after taking the action to which such notification re8 quirement was applicable in the context of the cir9 cumstances necessitating such waiver. 

10 TITLE III—HARDENING UKRAINE 

11 AND OTHER EUROPEAN AND 

12 EURASIAN STATES AGAINST 

13 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION 

14 SEC. 301. MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law limiting the assistance to be provided under 

17 this section, beginning on the date following the date of 

18 completion of the assessment required by subsection (b), 

19 the President is authorized to provide to the Government 

20 of Ukraine upon that Government’s request, as appro21 priate and in a manner consistent with the capabilities and 

22 needs of the armed forces of Ukraine identified in such 

23 assessment, the following defense articles, services, and 

24 training: 

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1 (2) Anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition. 

2 (3) Crew weapons and ammunition. 

3 (4) Small arms and ammunition, including pis4 tols, submachine guns, assault rifles, grenade 

5 launchers, machine guns, and sniper rifles. 

6 (5) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. 

7 (6) High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehi8 cles. 

9 (7) Inflatable boats. 

10 (8) Body armor. 

11 (9) Fire control, range finder, optical and guid12 ance and control equipment. 

13 (10) Explosive disposal and improvised explo14 sive device detection equipment. 

15 (11) Mine detection equipment. 

16 (12) Chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear 

17 detection, testing, and protection equipment. 

18 (13) Communications, logistic, combat support, 

19 medical equipment, rations, specialized equipment, 

20 and other defense articles, services, and training re21 quested by the Government of Ukraine that the 

22 President determines to be appropriate. 

23 (b) REQUIRED ASSESSMENT.—No later than 15 days 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

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1 ongoing assessment, of the capabilities and needs of the 

2 armed forces of Ukraine and shall ensure that it in3 cludes— 

4 (1) an assessment of the releasability of the 

5 equipment set forth in subsection (a), equipment re6 quested by the Government of Ukraine, or equip7 ment that may foreseeably be requested based on the 

8 current state of the armed forces of Ukraine; and 

9 (2) an assessment of the need for, appropriate10 ness of, and force protection concerns of any United 

11 States military advisors to be made available to the 

12 armed forces of Ukraine. 

13 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

14 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

15 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 to carry out the activi16 ties set forth in subsection (a). 

17 (d) AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FUNDS.—The funds 

18 made available pursuant to subsection (c) for the provision 

19 of defense articles, services, and training may be used to 

20 procure such assistance from the United States Govern21 ment or other appropriate sources. 

22 (e) PROVISION OF ASSESSMENT TO CONGRESS.—Not 

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1 vide such assessment to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees. 

3 SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENCE SHAR4 ING WITH UKRAINE. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that the President, subject 

6 to the discretion of the President protect sources and 

7 methods of intelligence collection and to protect the capa8 bilities of the intelligence community and the United 

9 States Armed Forces, should— 

10 (1) provide the Government of Ukraine with ap11 propriate intelligence and other information to assist 

12 the Government of Ukraine— 

13 (A) to determine the location, strength, 

14 and capabilities of the military and intelligence 

15 forces of the Russian Federation located on the 

16 eastern border of Ukraine and within the terri17 torial borders of Ukraine, including Crimea; 

18 and 

19 (B) to respond effectively to further ag20 gression by military and intelligence forces of 

21 the Russian Federation; and 

22 (2) take steps to ensure that such intelligence 

23 information is fully and appropriately protected from 

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1 the provision and nature of such intelligence infor2 mation. 

3 SEC. 303. MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY STATUS FOR UKRAINE, 

4 GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—During the period in which 

6 Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova meet the criteria set forth 

7 in subsection (b), notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, for purposes of the transfer or possible transfer of 

9 defense articles or defense services under the Arms Export 

10 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assist11 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), or any other 

12 provision of law, Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia shall be 

13 treated as though each were designated a major non14 NATO ally (as defined in section 644(q) of the Foreign 

15 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(q))). 

16 (b) CRITERIA FOR TREATMENT AS A MAJOR NON17 NATO ALLY.—In order to be treated as a major non18 NATO ally pursuant to subsection (a), a country must— 

19 (1) have a democratically elected government 

20 that came to power pursuant to free and fair elec21 tions; 

22 (2) cooperate fully with the United States on 

23 matters of mutual security concern, including 

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1 (3) respect the political and legal rights of its 

2 citizens, including maintaining the right of its citi3 zens to democratically elect their government. 

4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

5 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 

6 President shall provide to the appropriate congressional 

7 committees a report assessing whether Ukraine, Georgia, 

8 and Moldova should continue to be treated, for purposes 

9 of the transfer or possible transfer of defense articles or 

10 defense services, as major non-NATO allies and whether 

11 the treatment should be expanded or reduced. 

12 SEC. 304. EXPANDED SECURITY FORCE TRAINING, ASSIST13 ANCE AND DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH 

14 KEY NON-NATO STATES. 

15 (a) EXPANDED TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.—The 

16 President shall take steps, consistent with the President’s 

17 responsibility as Commander in Chief, to substantially in18 crease, within one year after the date of the enactment 

19 of this Act— 

20 (1) the military-to-military interactions of the 

21 United States Armed Forces with the armed forces 

22 of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia 

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1 rent tempo of military exercises and training efforts 

2 and exchanges with such armed forces; and 

3 (2) United States and NATO security assist4 ance to such states. 

5 (b) NATO EUROPEAN PARTNERS SECURITY

6 FUND.—The President shall direct the United States Per7 manent Representative to NATO to use the voice, vote, 

8 and influence of the United States to encourage NATO 

9 to create a European Partners Security Fund with appro10 priate contributions from all member-states to support the 

11 provision of expanded NATO training, exercises, assist12 ance to, and exchanges with, the armed forces of Ukraine, 

13 Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

14 Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. 

15 (c) BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL DEFENSE CO16 OPERATION AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 90 days after 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

18 State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall 

19 seek to enter into negotiations with Ukraine, Georgia, 

20 Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, 

21 Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia to establish new, or 

22 strengthen existing, bilateral and multilateral defense co23 operation agreements, including agreements related to 

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1 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there3 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con4 gressional committees a country-by-country report detail5 ing the specific efforts being undertaken and planned to 

6 be undertaken by the United States Government to imple7 ment the increased military-to-military interactions and 

8 security assistance required by subsection (a) and to un9 dertake the negotiations required by subsection (c). 

10 SEC. 305. EXPEDITING NATURAL GAS EXPORTS. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas 

12 Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘(c) For purposes’’ and insert14 ing the following: 

15 ‘‘(c) EXPEDITED APPLICATION AND APPROVAL.— 

16 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF WORLD TRADE ORGANIZA17 TION MEMBER NATION.—In this subsection, the 

18 term ‘World Trade Organization member nation’ 

19 means a country described in section 2(10) of the 

20 Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 

21 3501(10)). 

22 ‘‘(2) EXPEDITED APPLICATION AND APPROVAL

23 PROCESS.—For purposes’’; and 

24 (2) in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by 

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1 trade agreement requiring national treatment for 

2 trade in natural gas’’ and inserting ‘‘a World Trade 

3 Organization member nation’’. 

4 (b) PENDING APPLICATIONS.—The amendments 

5 made by subsection (a) shall apply to applications for au6 thorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the 

7 Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on, 

8 or filed on or after, the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 306. EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN ENERGY INDEPEND10 ENCE. 

11 (a) ASSISTANCE FROM THE UNITED STATES AGEN12 CY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—The Adminis13 trator of the United States Agency for International De14 velopment should prioritize— 

15 (1) loan, lease, and bond guarantees to appro16 priate financial institutions and other eligible bor17 rowers through the Development Credit Authority to 

18 facilitate the involvement of such institutions and 

19 borrowers in financing efforts in Ukraine to help ex20 ploit existing natural gas reserves, to conduct addi21 tional exploration for oil and gas, to develop alter22 native sources of energy, including oil and gas, and 

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1 ated transportation, storage, and refinement facili2 ties; and 

3 (2) direct assistance to expand efforts in 

4 Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova to help exploit exist5 ing natural gas reserves, to conduct additional explo6 ration for oil and gas, and to develop alternative 

7 sources of energy, including oil and gas, and to en8 courage energy efficiency, for Ukraine, Georgia, and 

9 Moldova, including the development of associated 

10 transportation, storage, and refinement facilities. 

11 (b) PROMOTION OF UNITED STATES PRIVATE SEC12 TOR PARTICIPATION IN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT IN

13 UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA.—The Director of the 

14 Trade and Development Agency should promote United 

15 States private sector efforts to help exploit existing nat16 ural gas reserves, to conduct additional exploration for oil 

17 and gas, and to develop alternative sources of energy, in18 cluding oil and gas, for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, 

19 including the development of associated transportation, 

20 storage, and refinement facilities, by conducting and fund21 ing project preparation activities for projects in Ukraine, 

22 Georgia, and Moldova, including feasibility studies, tech23 nical assistance, pilot projects, reverse trade missions, con24 ferences, and workshops. 


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1 (c) SUPPORT FROM THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE IN2 VESTMENT CORPORATION.—The Overseas Private Invest3 ment Corporation— 

4 (1) should prioritize support for investments to 

5 help exploit existing natural gas reserves, to conduct 

6 additional exploration for oil and gas, to develop al7 ternative sources of energy, including oil and gas, 

8 and to encourage energy efficiency, for Ukraine, 

9 Georgia, and Moldova, including the development of 

10 associated transportation, storage, and refinement 

11 facilities; and 

12 (2) shall implement procedures for expedited re13 view of and, where appropriate, approval of, applica14 tions by eligible investors (as defined in section 238 

15 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

16 2198)) for loans, loan guarantees, and insurance for 

17 such investments. 

18 (d) PRIORITIZATION OF ENERGY PROJECTS IN

19 UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA BY THE WORLD

20 BANK GROUP AND THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECON21 STRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT.—The President shall di22 rect the United States Executive Directors of the World 

23 Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction 

24 and Development to use the voice, vote, and influence of 

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1 and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop2 ment to invest in, and increase their efforts to promote 

3 investment in, efforts to help exploit existing natural gas 

4 reserves, to conduct additional exploration for oil and gas, 

5 to develop alternative sources of energy, including oil and 

6 gas, and to encourage energy efficiency, for Ukraine, 

7 Georgia, and Moldova, including the development of asso8 ciated transportation, storage, and refinement facilities, 

9 and to stimulate private investment in such projects. 

10 (e) EFFECTIVENESS MEASUREMENT.—In providing 

11 loan guarantees, assistance, and support as described in 

12 this section and in prioritizing the projects as described 

13 in this section, the President and the heads and other ap14 propriate officials of the United States Agency for Inter15 national Development, the Trade and Development Agen16 cy, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall 

17 ensure that the effectiveness of such guarantees, assist18 ance, support, and projects is measured through the use 

19 of clear, accountable, and metric-based targets aimed at 

20 achieving energy independence for Ukraine, Georgia, and 

21 Moldova. 

22 (f) REPORT ON ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN GAS PIPE23 LINE.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 

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1 the costs, benefits, and economic viability of a gas pipeline 

2 extending from the border of Turkey into Eastern Europe 

3 and interconnected to the proposed Trans-Anatolian pipe4 line. 

5 (g) REPORT AND PLAN ON NUCLEAR POWER IN

6 UKRAINE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in coordi8 nation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to 

9 the appropriate congressional committees a report— 

10 (1) identifying the nuclear fuel requirements of 

11 the power sector of Ukraine; and 

12 (2) including a plan for— 

13 (A) supporting commercial production ca14 pabilities to provide alternative nuclear fuel 

15 supplies for Ukraine; and 

16 (B) providing such support as the Sec17 retary of the Energy deems appropriate for 

18 Ukraine to maintain the safe, secure, and sus19 tainable operation of nuclear reactors in 

20 Ukraine. 

21 SEC. 307. CRIMEA ANNEXATION NONRECOGNITION. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—No Federal department or agency 

23 may take any action that recognizes sovereignty of the 

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1 torial waters or otherwise endorses the Russian Federa2 tion’s illegal annexation of Crimea. 

3 SEC. 308. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY 

4 ORGANIZATIONS IN COUNTRIES OF THE 

5 FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

6 (a) DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE SUPPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

8 increase efforts, directly or through nongovern9 mental organizations, to— 

10 (A) improve democratic governance, trans11 parency, accountability, rule of law, and anti12 corruption efforts in countries of the former So13 viet Union; 

14 (B) strengthen democratic institutions and 

15 political and civil society organizations in coun16 tries of the former Soviet Union; 

17 (C) expand uncensored Internet access in 

18 countries of the former Soviet Union; and 

19 (D) expand free and unfettered access to 

20 independent media of all kinds in countries of 

21 the former Soviet Union, including through in22 creasing United States Government-supported 

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1 ists who have been targeted for free speech ac2 tivities. 

3 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec5 retary of State $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

6 2015 through 2017 to carry out the activities set 

7 forth in paragraph (1). 

8 (b) INCREASED SUPPORT FOR EXCHANGES AND

9 PUBLIC AFFAIRS.—The Secretary of State shall substan10 tially increase— 

11 (1) educational and cultural exchanges with 

12 countries of the former Soviet Union; and 

13 (2) public affairs grants and activities in coun14 tries of the former Soviet Union. 

15 (c) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 

16 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi17 dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com18 mittees a strategy to carry out the activities set forth in 

19 subsections (a) and (b). 

20 (d) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated or oth22 erwise made available pursuant to subsection (a) 

23 may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on 

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1 obligate such funds to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees. 

3 (2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the no4 tification requirement under paragraph (1) if the 

5 President determines that failure to do so would 

6 pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare, 

7 in which case notification shall be provided as early 

8 as practicable, but in no event later than three days 

9 after taking the action to which such notification re10 quirement was applicable in the context of the cir11 cumstances necessitating such waiver. 

12 SEC. 309. EXPANDED BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF 

13 THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the 

16 Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Director of 

17 Voice of America shall provide Congress with a plan, in18 cluding a cost estimate, for immediately and substantially 

19 increasing and maintaining through fiscal year 2017 the 

20 quantity of United States-funded Russian-language broad21 casting into countries of the former Soviet Union. 

22 (b) PRIORITIZATION AND FOCUS OF PROGRAM23 MING.—The plan required by subsection (a) shall 

24 prioritize broadcasting into Ukraine, Georgia, and 

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1 content required by subsection (a) is focused on conveying 

2 the perspective of the United States Government and pub3 lic regarding ongoing events in those states to Russian 

4 language audiences. 

5 (c) ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES.—The plan required by 

6 subsection (a) should also consider— 

7 (1) near-term increases in Russian-language 

8 broadcasting in other priority countries including 

9 Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia; 

10 (2) increases in broadcasting in other critical 

11 languages, including Ukrainian and Romanian lan12 guages; and 

13 (3) prioritizing work by the Broadcasting Board 

14 of Governors and the Voice of America with Euro15 pean and Eurasian allies to increase their broad16 casting and communications content directed into 

17 countries of the former Soviet Union. 

18 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

20 $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017 

21 to carry out the activities required by subsections (a) 

22 through (c). 

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