113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2828 

AN ACT 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, 

to provide additional assistance to Ukraine, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy regarding Ukraine. 

Sec. 4. Sanctions relating to the defense and energy sectors of the Russian 

Federation. 

Sec. 5. Sanctions on Russian and other foreign financial institutions. 

Sec. 6. Increased military assistance for the Government of Ukraine. 

Sec. 7. Expanded nonmilitary assistance for Ukraine. 

Sec. 8. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union. 

Sec. 9. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations. 

Sec. 10. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its obligations 

under the INF Treaty. 

Sec. 11. Rule of construction. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY9 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 

10 ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac11 count’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec12 tion 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

13 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT14 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com15 mittees’’ means— 

16 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

17 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

18 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 
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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

2 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

3 House of Representatives. 

4 (3) DEFENSE ARTICLE; DEFENSE SERVICE; 

5 TRAINING.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’, ‘‘defense 

6 service’’, and ‘‘training’’ have the meanings given 

7 those terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Con8 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 

9 (4) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi10 nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 

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

12 (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 

13 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

14 (5) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

15 term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 

17 of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 

18 regulation or ruling). 

19 (6) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per20 son’’ means any individual or entity that is not a 

21 United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or 

22 an entity organized under the laws of the United 

23 States or any jurisdiction within the United States. 

24 (7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

25 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 
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1 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

2 have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 

3 result. 

4 (8) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian per5 son’’ means— 

6 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na7 tional of the Russian Federation; or 

8 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

9 the Russian Federation. 

10 (9) SPECIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECT.— 

11 The term ‘‘special Russian crude oil project’’ means 

12 a project intended to extract crude oil from— 

13 (A) the exclusive economic zone of the 

14 Russian Federation in waters more than 500 

15 feet deep; 

16 (B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or 

17 (C) shale formations located in the Rus18 sian Federation. 

19 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING UKRAINE. 

20 It is the policy of the United States to further assist 

21 the Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty 

22 and territorial integrity to deter the Government of the 

23 Russian Federation from further destabilizing and invad24 ing Ukraine and other independent countries in Central 

25 and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. 
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1 That policy shall be carried into effect, among other 

2 things, through a comprehensive effort, in coordination 

3 with allies and partners of the United States where appro4 priate, that includes economic sanctions, diplomacy, as5 sistance for the people of Ukraine, and the provision of 

6 military capabilities to the Government of Ukraine that 

7 will enhance the ability of that Government to defend itself 

8 and to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity in 

9 the face of unlawful actions by the Government of the 

10 Russian Federation. 

11 SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE AND EN12 ERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA13 TION. 

14 (a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE SEC15 TOR.— 

16 (1) ROSOBORONEXPORT.—Except as provided 

17 in subsection (d), not later than 30 days after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

19 shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in 

20 subsection (c) with respect to Rosoboronexport. 

21 (2) RUSSIAN PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR

22 BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Except as pro23 vided in subsection (d), on and after the date that 

24 is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 

25 Act, the President shall impose 3 or more of the 
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1 sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 

2 a foreign person the President determines— 

3 (A) is an entity— 

4 (i) owned or controlled by the Govern5 ment of the Russian Federation or owned 

6 or controlled by nationals of the Russian 

7 Federation; and 

8 (ii) that— 

9 (I) knowingly manufactures or 

10 sells defense articles transferred into 

11 Syria or into the territory of a speci12 fied country without the consent of 

13 the internationally recognized govern14 ment of that country; 

15 (II) transfers defense articles 

16 into Syria or into the territory of a 

17 specified country without the consent 

18 of the internationally recognized gov19 ernment of that country; or 

20 (III) brokers or otherwise assists 

21 in the transfer of defense articles into 

22 Syria or into the territory of a speci23 fied country without the consent of 

24 the internationally recognized govern25 ment of that country; or 
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1 (B) knowingly, on or after the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act, assists, sponsors, or pro3 vides financial, material, or technological sup4 port for, or goods or services to or in support 

5 of, an entity described in subparagraph (A) 

6 with respect to an activity described in clause 

7 (ii) of that subparagraph. 

8 (3) SPECIFIED COUNTRY DEFINED.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the 

10 term ‘‘specified country’’ means— 

11 (i) Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; 

12 and 

13 (ii) any other country designated by 

14 the President as a country of significant 

15 concern for purposes of this subsection, 

16 such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Esto17 nia, and the Central Asia republics. 

18 (B) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Presi19 dent shall notify the appropriate congressional 

20 committees in writing not later than 15 days 

21 before— 

22 (i) designating a country as a country 

23 of significant concern under subparagraph 

24 (A)(ii); or 
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1 (ii) terminating a designation under 

2 that subparagraph, including the termi3 nation of any such designation pursuant to 

4 subsection (h). 

5 (b) SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE ENERGY SEC6 TOR.— 

7 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL RUSSIAN

8 CRUDE OIL PROJECTS.—Except as provided in sub9 section (d), on and after the date that is 45 days 

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

11 President may impose 3 or more of the sanctions de12 scribed in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign 

13 person if the President determines that the foreign 

14 person knowingly makes a significant investment in 

15 a special Russian crude oil project. 

16 (2) AUTHORIZATION FOR EXTENSION OF LI17 CENSING LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.— 

18 The President, through the Bureau of Industry and 

19 Security of the Department of Commerce or the Of20 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 

21 the Treasury, as appropriate, may impose additional 

22 licensing requirements for or other restrictions on 

23 the export or reexport of items for use in the energy 

24 sector of the Russian Federation, including equip25 ment used for tertiary oil recovery. 
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1 (3) CONTINGENT SANCTION RELATING TO

2 GAZPROM.—If the President determines that 

3 Gazprom is withholding significant natural gas sup4 plies from member countries of the North Atlantic 

5 Treaty Organization, or further withholds significant 

6 natural gas supplies from countries such as Ukraine, 

7 Georgia, or Moldova, the President shall, not later 

8 than 45 days after making that determination, im9 pose the sanction described in subsection (c)(7) and 

10 at least one additional sanction described in sub11 section (c) with respect to Gazprom. 

12 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions the 

13 President may impose with respect to a foreign person 

14 under subsection (a) or (b) are the following: 

15 (1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE.—The 

16 President may direct the Export-Import Bank of the 

17 United States not to approve the issuance of any 

18 guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici19 pation in the extension of credit in connection with 

20 the export of any goods or services to the foreign 

21 person. 

22 (2) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The President 

23 may prohibit the head of any executive agency (as 

24 defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

25 Code) from entering into any contract for the pro-
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1 curement of any goods or services from the foreign 

2 person. 

3 (3) ARMS EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The Presi4 dent may prohibit the exportation or provision by 

5 sale, lease or loan, grant, or other means, directly or 

6 indirectly, of any defense article or defense service to 

7 the foreign person and the issuance of any license or 

8 other approval to the foreign person under section 

9 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

10 2778). 

11 (4) DUAL-USE EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The 

12 President may prohibit the issuance of any license 

13 and suspend any license for the transfer to the for14 eign person of any item the export of which is con15 trolled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 

16 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant 

17 to the International Emergency Economic Powers 

18 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) or the Export Admin19 istration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter 

20 VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

21 (5) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

22 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

23 may prescribe, prohibit any person from— 

24 (A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, 

25 transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or ex-
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1 porting any property that is subject to the ju2 risdiction of the United States and with respect 

3 to which the foreign person has any interest; 

4 (B) dealing in or exercising any right, 

5 power, or privilege with respect to such prop6 erty; or 

7 (C) conducting any transaction involving 

8 such property. 

9 (6) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

10 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

11 may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 

12 payments between financial institutions or by, 

13 through, or to any financial institution, to the extent 

14 that such transfers or payments are subject to the 

15 jurisdiction of the United States and involve any in16 terest of the foreign person. 

17 (7) PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY

18 OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President 

19 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

20 may prescribe, prohibit any United States person 

21 from transacting in, providing financing for, or oth22 erwise dealing in— 

23 (A) debt— 

24 (i) of longer than 30 days’ maturity of 

25 a foreign person with respect to which 
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1 sanctions are imposed under subsection (a) 

2 or of longer than 90 days’ maturity of a 

3 foreign person with respect to which sanc4 tions are imposed under subsection (b); 

5 and 

6 (ii) issued on or after the date on 

7 which such sanctions are imposed with re8 spect to the foreign person; or 

9 (B) equity of the foreign person issued on 

10 or after that date. 

11 (8) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

12 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA13 TION.—In the case of a foreign person who is an in14 dividual, the President may direct the Secretary of 

15 State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Home16 land Security to exclude from the United States, the 

17 foreign person, subject to regulatory exceptions to 

18 permit the United States to comply with the Agree19 ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na20 tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

21 entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 

22 United Nations and the United States, or other ap23 plicable international obligations. 

24 (9) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF25 FICERS.—In the case of a foreign person that is an 
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1 entity, the President may impose on the principal 

2 executive officer or officers of the foreign person, or 

3 on individuals performing similar functions and with 

4 similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of 

5 the sanctions described in this subsection applicable 

6 to individuals. 

7 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

8 (1) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The authority to block 

10 and prohibit all transactions in all property and 

11 interests in property under subsection (c)(5) 

12 shall not include the authority to impose sanc13 tions on the importation of goods. 

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

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

16 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 

17 Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin18 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

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

20 1701 et seq.)). 

21 (2) ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS.—The President 

22 shall not be required to apply or maintain the sanc23 tions under subsection (a) or (b)— 

24 (A) in the case of procurement of defense 

25 articles or defense services under existing con-
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1 tracts, subcontracts, or other business agree2 ments, including ancillary or incidental con3 tracts for goods, or for services or funding (in4 cluding necessary financial services) associated 

5 with such goods, as necessary to give effect to 

6 such contracts, subcontracts, or other business 

7 agreements, and the exercise of options for pro8 duction quantities to satisfy requirements es9 sential to the national security of the United 

10 States— 

11 (i) if the President determines in writ12 ing that— 

13 (I) the foreign person to which 

14 the sanctions would otherwise be ap15 plied is a sole source supplier of the 

16 defense articles or services; 

17 (II) the defense articles or serv18 ices are essential; 

19 (III) alternative sources are not 

20 readily or reasonably available; and 

21 (IV) the national interests of the 

22 United States would be adversely af23 fected by the application or mainte24 nance of such sanctions; or 
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1 (ii) if the President determines in 

2 writing that— 

3 (I) such articles or services are 

4 essential to the national security 

5 under defense coproduction agree6 ments; and 

7 (II) the national interests of the 

8 United States would be adversely af9 fected by the application or mainte10 nance of such sanctions; 

11 (B) in the case of procurement, to eligible 

12 products, as defined in section 308(4) of the 

13 Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 

14 2518(4)), of any foreign country or instrumen15 tality designated under section 301(b)(1) of 

16 that Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)(1)); 

17 (C) to products, technology, or services 

18 provided under contracts, subcontracts, or other 

19 business agreements (including ancillary or inci20 dental contracts for goods, or for services or 

21 funding (including necessary financial services) 

22 associated with such goods, as necessary to give 

23 effect to such contracts, subcontracts, or other 

24 business agreements) entered into before the 

25 date on which the President publishes in the 
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1 Federal Register the name of the foreign person 

2 with respect to which the sanctions are to be 

3 imposed; 

4 (D) to— 

5 (i) spare parts that are essential to 

6 United States products or production; 

7 (ii) component parts, but not finished 

8 products, essential to United States prod9 ucts or production; or 

10 (iii) routine servicing and mainte11 nance of United States products, to the ex12 tent that alternative sources are not read13 ily or reasonably available; 

14 (E) to information and technology essential 

15 to United States products or production; or 

16 (F) to food, medicine, medical devices, or 

17 agricultural commodities (as those terms are 

18 defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive 

19 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

20 Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511)). 

21 (e) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

23 the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 

24 (b) with respect to a foreign person if the Presi25 dent— 
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1 (A) determines that the waiver is in the 

2 national security interest of the United States; 

3 and 

4 (B) submits to the appropriate congres5 sional committees a report on the determination 

6 and the reasons for the determination. 

7 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

8 paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified 

9 form, but may include a classified annex. 

10 (f) TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC NATIONAL SECURITY

11 WAIVER.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

13 the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 

14 (b) with respect to a specific transaction if the 

15 President— 

16 (A) determines that the transaction is in 

17 the national security interest of the United 

18 States; and 

19 (B) submits to the appropriate congres20 sional committees a detailed report on the de21 termination and the specific reasons for the de22 termination that a waiver with respect to the 

23 transaction is necessary and appropriate. 
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1 (2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 

2 paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified 

3 form, but may include a classified annex. 

4 (g) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

5 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex6 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

7 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

8 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 

9 the purposes of this section. 

10 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

11 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter12 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

13 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

14 attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes 

15 a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 

16 or an order or regulation prescribed under either 

17 such subsection, to the same extent that such pen18 alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 

19 act described in section 206(a) of the International 

20 Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

21 (h) TERMINATION.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para23 graph (2), this section, and sanctions imposed under 

24 this section, shall terminate on the date on which 

25 the President submits to the appropriate congres-
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1 sional committees a certification that the Govern2 ment of the Russian Federation has ceased ordering, 

3 controlling, or otherwise directing, supporting, or fi4 nancing, significant acts intended to undermine the 

5 peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial 

6 integrity of Ukraine, including through an agree7 ment between the appropriate parties. 

8 (2) APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA.— 

9 The termination date under paragraph (1) shall not 

10 apply with respect to the provisions of subsection (a) 

11 relating to the transfer of defense articles into Syria 

12 or sanctions imposed pursuant to such provisions. 

13 SEC. 5. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FI14 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

15 (a) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE- AND EN16 ERGY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS.—The President may im17 pose the sanction described in subsection (c) with respect 

18 to a foreign financial institution that the President deter19 mines knowingly engages, on or after the date of the en20 actment of this Act, in significant transactions involving 

21 activities described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B) of sec22 tion 4(a)(2) or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 4(b) for 

23 persons with respect to which sanctions are imposed under 

24 section 4. 
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1 (b) FACILITATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON

2 BEHALF OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.—The 

3 President may impose the sanction described in subsection 

4 (c) with respect to a foreign financial institution if the 

5 President determines that the foreign financial institution 

6 has, on or after the date that is 180 days after the date 

7 of the enactment of this Act, knowingly facilitated a sig8 nificant financial transaction on behalf of any Russian 

9 person included on the list of specially designated nation10 als and blocked persons maintained by the Office of For11 eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, 

12 pursuant to— 

13 (1) this Act; 

14 (2) Executive Order 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 

15 13,493), 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), or 13662 

16 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169); or 

17 (3) any other executive order addressing the 

18 crisis in Ukraine. 

19 (c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.—The sanction described 

20 in this subsection is, with respect to a foreign financial 

21 institution, a prohibition on the opening, and a prohibition 

22 or the imposition of strict conditions on the maintaining, 

23 in the United States of a correspondent account or a pay24 able-through account by the foreign financial institution. 
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1 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 

2 may waive the application of sanctions under this section 

3 with respect to a foreign financial institution if the Presi4 dent— 

5 (1) determines that the waiver is in the national 

6 security interest of the United States; and 

7 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

8 committees a report on the determination and the 

9 reasons for the determination. 

10 (e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 

11 (1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex12 ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 

13 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 

14 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 

15 the purposes of this section. 

16 (2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 

17 subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter18 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

19 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 

20 attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes 

21 a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 

22 or an order or regulation prescribed under either 

23 such subsection, to the same extent that such pen24 alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 
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1 act described in section 206(a) of the International 

2 Emergency Economic Powers Act. 

3 (f) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im4 posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 

5 which the President submits to the appropriate congres6 sional committees the certification described in section 

7 4(h). 

8 SEC. 6. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOV9 ERNMENT OF UKRAINE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 

11 provide defense articles, defense services, and training to 

12 the Government of Ukraine for the purpose of countering 

13 offensive weapons and reestablishing the sovereignty and 

14 territorial integrity of Ukraine, including anti-tank and 

15 anti-armor weapons, crew weapons and ammunition, 

16 counter-artillery radars to identify and target artillery bat17 teries, fire control, range finder, and optical and guidance 

18 and control equipment, tactical troop-operated surveillance 

19 drones, and secure command and communications equip20 ment, pursuant to the provisions of the Arms Export Con21 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance 

22 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), and other relevant 

23 provisions of law. 

24 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 

25 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
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1 shall submit a report detailing the anticipated defense ar2 ticles, defense services, and training to be provided pursu3 ant to this section and a timeline for the provision of such 

4 defense articles, defense services, and training, to— 

5 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

6 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

7 Armed Services of the Senate; and 

8 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

9 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

10 Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 

11 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

13 appropriated to the Secretary of State $100,000,000 

14 for fiscal year 2015, $125,000,000 for fiscal year 

15 2016, and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 to 

16 carry out activities under this section. 

17 (2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts au18 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

19 (1) shall remain available for obligation and expendi20 ture through the end of fiscal year 2018. 

21 (d) AUTHORITY FOR THE USE OF FUNDS.—The 

22 funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for provi23 sion of defense articles, defense services, and training may 

24 be used to procure such articles, services, and training 
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1 from the United States Government or other appropriate 

2 sources. 

3 (e) PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS.—It is the sense of 

4 Congress that the Government of Ukraine should take all 

5 appropriate steps to protect civilians. 

6 SEC. 7. EXPANDED NONMILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR 

7 UKRAINE. 

8 (a) ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEO9 PLE IN UKRAINE.— 

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

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

12 of State shall submit a plan, including actions by the 

13 United States Government, other governments, and 

14 international organizations, to meet the need for 

15 protection of and assistance for internally displaced 

16 persons in Ukraine, to— 

17 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

18 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

20 the Senate; and 

21 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

22 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com23 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

24 of Representatives. 
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1 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para2 graph (1) should include, as appropriate, activities 

3 in support of— 

4 (A) helping to establish a functional and 

5 adequately resourced central registration system 

6 in Ukraine that can ensure coordination of ef7 forts to provide assistance to internally dis8 placed persons in different regions; 

9 (B) encouraging adoption of legislation in 

10 Ukraine that protects internally displaced per11 sons from discrimination based on their status 

12 and provides simplified procedures for obtaining 

13 the new residency registration or other official 

14 documentation that is a prerequisite to receiv15 ing appropriate social payments under the laws 

16 of Ukraine, such as pensions and disability, 

17 child, and unemployment benefits; and 

18 (C) helping to ensure that information is 

19 available to internally displaced persons 

20 about— 

21 (i) government agencies and inde22 pendent groups that can provide assistance 

23 to such persons in various regions; and 
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1 (ii) evacuation assistance available to 

2 persons seeking to flee armed conflict 

3 areas. 

4 (3) ASSISTANCE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL OR5 GANIZATIONS.—The President shall instruct the 

6 United States permanent representative or executive 

7 director, as the case may be, to the relevant United 

8 Nations voluntary agencies, including the United 

9 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 

10 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Hu11 manitarian Affairs, and other appropriate inter12 national organizations, to use the voice and vote of 

13 the United States to support appropriate assistance 

14 for internally displaced persons in Ukraine. 

15 (b) ASSISTANCE TO THE DEFENSE SECTOR OF

16 UKRAINE.—The Secretary of State and the Secretary of 

17 Defense should assist entities in the defense sector of 

18 Ukraine to reorient exports away from customers in the 

19 Russian Federation and to find appropriate alternative 

20 markets for those entities in the defense sector of Ukraine 

21 that have already significantly reduced exports to and co22 operation with entities in the defense sector of the Russian 

23 Federation. 

24 (c) ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRISIS

25 IN UKRAINE.— 
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1 (1) EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.— 

2 (A) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

3 State and the Secretary of Energy, in collabora4 tion with the Administrator of the United 

5 States Agency for International Development 

6 and the Administrator of the Federal Emer7 gency Management Agency, shall work with of8 ficials of the Government of Ukraine to develop 

9 a short-term emergency energy assistance plan 

10 designed to help Ukraine address the poten11 tially severe short-term heating fuel and elec12 tricity shortages facing Ukraine in 2014 and 

13 2015. 

14 (B) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by 

15 subparagraph (A) should include strategies to 

16 address heating fuel and electricity shortages in 

17 Ukraine, including, as appropriate— 

18 (i) the acquisition of short-term, 

19 emergency fuel supplies; 

20 (ii) the repair or replacement of infra21 structure that could impede the trans22 mission of electricity or transportation of 

23 fuel; 
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1 (iii) the prioritization of the transpor2 tation of fuel supplies to the areas where 

3 such supplies are needed most; 

4 (iv) streamlining emergency commu5 nications throughout national, regional, 

6 and local governments to manage the po7 tential energy crisis resulting from heating 

8 fuel and electricity shortages; 

9 (v) forming a crisis management team 

10 within the Government of Ukraine to spe11 cifically address the potential crisis, includ12 ing ensuring coordination of the team’s ef13 forts with the efforts of outside govern14 mental and nongovernmental entities pro15 viding assistance to address the potential 

16 crisis; and 

17 (vi) developing a public outreach 

18 strategy to facilitate preparation by the 

19 population and communication with the 

20 population in the event of a crisis. 

21 (C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State, 

22 the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator 

23 of the United States Agency for International 

24 Development are authorized to provide assist25 ance in support of, and to invest in short-term 
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1 solutions for, enabling Ukraine to secure the 

2 energy safety of the people of Ukraine during 

3 2014 and 2015, including through— 

4 (i) procurement and transport of 

5 emergency fuel supplies, including reverse 

6 pipeline flows from Europe; 

7 (ii) provision of technical assistance 

8 for crisis planning, crisis response, and 

9 public outreach; 

10 (iii) repair of infrastructure to enable 

11 the transport of fuel supplies; 

12 (iv) repair of power generating or 

13 power transmission equipment or facilities; 

14 (v) procurement and installation of 

15 compressors or other appropriate equip16 ment to enhance short-term natural gas 

17 production; 

18 (vi) procurement of mobile electricity 

19 generation units; 

20 (vii) conversion of natural gas heating 

21 facilities to run on other fuels, including 

22 alternative energy sources; and 

23 (viii) provision of emergency weather24 ization and winterization materials and 

25 supplies. 
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1 (2) REDUCTION OF UKRAINE’S RELIANCE ON

2 ENERGY IMPORTS.— 

3 (A) PLANS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

4 State, in collaboration with the Secretary of 

5 Energy and the Administrator of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development, 

7 shall work with officials of the Government of 

8 Ukraine to develop medium- and long-term 

9 plans to increase energy production and effi10 ciency to increase energy security by helping 

11 Ukraine reduce its dependence on natural gas 

12 imported from the Russian Federation. 

13 (B) ELEMENTS.—The medium- and long14 term plans required by subparagraph (A) 

15 should include strategies, as appropriate, to— 

16 (i) improve corporate governance and 

17 unbundling of state-owned oil and gas sec18 tor firms; 

19 (ii) increase production from natural 

20 gas fields and from other sources, includ21 ing renewable energy; 

22 (iii) license new oil and gas blocks 

23 transparently and competitively; 

24 (iv) modernize oil and gas upstream 

25 infrastructure; and 
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1 (v) improve energy efficiency. 

2 (C) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary of 

3 State, the Administrator of the United States 

4 Agency for International Development, and the 

5 Secretary of Energy should, during fiscal years 

6 2015 through 2018, work with other donors, in7 cluding multilateral agencies and nongovern8 mental organizations, to prioritize, to the extent 

9 practicable and as appropriate, the provision of 

10 assistance from such donors to help Ukraine to 

11 improve energy efficiency, increase energy sup12 plies produced in Ukraine, and reduce reliance 

13 on energy imports from the Russian Federa14 tion, including natural gas. 

15 (D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA16 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro17 priated $50,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal 

18 years 2016 through 2018 to carry out activities 

19 under this paragraph. 

20 (3) SUPPORT FROM THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE

21 INVESTMENT CORPORATION.—The Overseas Private 

22 Investment Corporation shall— 

23 (A) prioritize, to the extent practicable, 

24 support for investments to help increase energy 

25 efficiency, develop domestic oil and natural gas 
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1 reserves, improve and repair electricity infra2 structure, and develop renewable and other 

3 sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

4 (B) implement procedures for expedited re5 view and, as appropriate, approval, of applica6 tions by eligible investors (as defined in section 

7 238 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

8 U.S.C. 2198)) for loans, loan guarantees, and 

9 insurance for such investments. 

10 (4) SUPPORT BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP AND

11 THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

12 DEVELOPMENT.—The President shall, to the extent 

13 practicable and as appropriate, direct the United 

14 States Executive Directors of the World Bank 

15 Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction 

16 and Development to use the voice, vote, and influ17 ence of the United States to encourage the World 

18 Bank Group and the European Bank for Recon19 struction and Development and other international 

20 financial institutions— 

21 (A) to invest in, and increase their efforts 

22 to promote investment in, projects to improve 

23 energy efficiency, improve and repair electricity 

24 infrastructure, develop domestic oil and natural 
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1 gas reserves, and develop renewable and other 

2 sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

3 (B) to stimulate private investment in such 

4 projects. 

5 (d) ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY IN UKRAINE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and 

7 the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

8 International Development shall, directly or through 

9 nongovernmental or international organizations, 

10 such as the Organization for Security and Co-oper11 ation in Europe, the National Endowment for De12 mocracy, and related organizations— 

13 (A) strengthen the organizational and 

14 operational capacity of democratic civil society 

15 in Ukraine; 

16 (B) support the efforts of independent 

17 media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and 

18 share information in all regions of Ukraine; 

19 (C) counter corruption and improve trans20 parency and accountability of institutions that 

21 are part of the Government of Ukraine; and 

22 (D) provide support for democratic orga23 nizing and election monitoring in Ukraine. 

24 (2) STRATEGY REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 

25 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
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1 President shall submit a strategy to carry out the 

2 activities described in paragraph (1) to— 

3 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

4 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

5 Senate; and 

6 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

7 the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

8 of Representatives. 

9 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec11 retary of State $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 to 

12 carry out this subsection. 

13 (4) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any as14 sistance provided pursuant to this subsection shall 

15 be conducted in as transparent of a manner as pos16 sible, consistent with the nature and goals of this 

17 subsection. The President shall provide a briefing on 

18 the activities funded by this subsection at the re19 quest of the committees specified in paragraph (2). 

20 SEC. 8. EXPANDED BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF THE 

21 FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

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

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

24 Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to Con25 gress a plan, including a cost estimate, for immediately 
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1 and substantially increasing, and maintaining through fis2 cal year 2017, the quantity of Russian-language broad3 casting into the countries of the former Soviet Union fund4 ed by the United States in order to counter Russian Fed5 eration propaganda. 

6 (b) PRIORITIZATION OF BROADCASTING INTO

7 UKRAINE, GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA.—The plan required 

8 by subsection (a) shall prioritize broadcasting into 

9 Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova by the Voice of America 

10 and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 

11 (c) ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES.—In developing the plan 

12 required by subsection (a), the Chairman shall consider— 

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

14 broadcasting for countries of the former Soviet 

15 Union (other than the countries specified in sub16 section (b)), including Latvia, Lithuania, and Esto17 nia; and 

18 (2) increases in broadcasting in other critical 

19 languages, including Ukrainian and Romanian lan20 guages. 

21 (d) BROADCASTING DEFINED.—In this section, the 

22 term ‘‘broadcasting’’ means the distribution of media con23 tent via radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and 

24 Internet-based platforms, among other platforms. 

25 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

2 appropriated to the Broadcasting Board of Gov3 ernors $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 

4 through 2018 to carry out activities under this sec5 tion. 

6 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

7 authorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

8 (1) shall supplement and not supplant other 

9 amounts made available for activities described in 

10 this section. 

11 SEC. 9. SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SO12 CIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, di14 rectly or through nongovernmental or international orga15 nizations, such as the Organization for Security and Co16 operation in Europe, the National Endowment for Democ17 racy, and related organizations— 

18 (1) improve democratic governance, trans19 parency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corrup20 tion efforts in the Russian Federation; 

21 (2) strengthen democratic institutions and polit22 ical and civil society organizations in the Russian 

23 Federation; 

24 (3) expand uncensored Internet access in the 

25 Russian Federation; and 
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1 (4) expand free and unfettered access to inde2 pendent media of all kinds in the Russian Federa3 tion, including through increasing United States 

4 Government-supported broadcasting activities, and 

5 assist with the protection of journalists and civil so6 ciety activists who have been targeted for free speech 

7 activities. 

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

10 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2016 through 2018 

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

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

13 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi14 dent shall submit a strategy to carry out the activities set 

15 forth in subsection (a) to— 

16 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

17 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

18 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

19 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives. 

21 (d) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any assist22 ance provided pursuant to this section shall be conducted 

23 in as transparent of a manner as possible, consistent with 

24 the nature and goals of this section. The President shall 

25 provide a briefing on the activities funded by this section 
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1 at the request of the committees specified in subsection 

2 (c). 

3 SEC. 10. REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN 

4 FEDERATION OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER 

5 THE INF TREATY. 

6 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find7 ings: 

8 (1) The Russian Federation is in violation of its 

9 obligations under the Treaty between the United 

10 States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist 

11 Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate12 Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Wash13 ington December 8, 1987, and entered into force 

14 June 1, 1988 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Inter15 mediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty’’ or ‘‘INF 

16 Treaty’’). 

17 (2) This behavior poses a threat to the United 

18 States, its deployed forces, and its allies. 

19 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con20 gress that— 

21 (1) the President should hold the Russian Fed22 eration accountable for being in violation of its obli23 gations under the INF Treaty; and 

24 (2) the President should demand the Russian 

25 Federation completely and verifiably eliminate the 
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1 military systems that constitute the violation of its 

2 obligations under the INF Treaty. 

3 (c) REPORT.— 

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

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

6 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the 

7 committees specified in subsection (d) a report that 

8 includes the following elements: 

9 (A) A description of the status of the 

10 President’s efforts, in cooperation with United 

11 States allies, to hold the Russian Federation ac12 countable for being in violation of its obliga13 tions under the INF Treaty and obtain the 

14 complete and verifiable elimination of its mili15 tary systems that constitute the violation of its 

16 obligations under the INF Treaty. 

17 (B) The President’s assessment as to 

18 whether it remains in the national security in19 terests of the United States to remain a party 

20 to the INF Treaty, and other related treaties 

21 and agreements, while the Russian Federation 

22 is in violation of its obligations under the INF 

23 Treaty. 

24 (C) Notification of any deployment by the 

25 Russian Federation of a ground launched bal-
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1 listic or cruise missile system with a range of 

2 between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. 

3 (D) A plan developed by the Secretary of 

4 State, in consultation with the Director of Na5 tional Intelligence and the Defense Threat Re6 duction Agency (DTRA), to verify that the Rus7 sian Federation has fully and completely dis8 mantled any ground launched cruise missiles or 

9 ballistic missiles with a range of between 500 

10 and 5,500 kilometers, including details on fa11 cilities that inspectors need access to, people in12 spectors need to talk with, how often inspectors 

13 need the accesses for, and how much the 

14 verification regime would cost. 

15 (2) FORM.—The report required under para16 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

17 may contain a classified annex. 

18 (d) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees spec19 ified in this subsection are— 

20 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

21 Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Com22 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

23 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

24 Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent 
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1 Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 

2 Representatives. 

3 SEC. 11. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

4 Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this 

5 Act shall be construed as an authorization for the use of 

6 military force. 

Passed the Senate December 11, 2014. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2828 

AN ACT 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian 

Ukraine, and for other purposes. Federation, to provide additional assistance to