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Calendar No. 573 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2828 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, to provide 

additional assistance to Ukraine, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. CORKER, Mr. CARDIN, and Mr. MARKEY) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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


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

2 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. Codification of executive orders addressing the crisis in Ukraine. 

Sec. 7. Major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova. 

Sec. 8. Increased military assistance for the Government of Ukraine. 

Sec. 9. Expanded nonmilitary assistance for Ukraine. 

Sec. 10. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union. 

Sec. 11. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations. 

Sec. 12. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its obligations 

under the INF Treaty. 

3 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

4 In this Act: 

5 (1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY6 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 

7 ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac8 count’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec9 tion 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

10 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT11 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means— 

13 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

14 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

15 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

16 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

17 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 (3) CONTROL.—The term ‘‘control’’ means— 


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1 (A) in the case of a corporation, to hold at 

2 least 50 percent (by vote or value) of the capital 

3 structure of the corporation; or 

4 (B) in the case of any other entity, to hold 

5 interests representing at least 50 percent of the 

6 capital structure of the entity. 

7 (4) DEFENSE ARTICLE; DEFENSE SERVICE; 

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

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

10 those terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Con11 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 

12 (5) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi13 nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 

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

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

16 5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 

17 (6) FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.—The 

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

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

20 of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 

21 regulation or ruling). 

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

23 respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, 

24 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 


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

2 result. 

3 (8) NATIONAL.—The term ‘‘national’’ has the 

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

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

6 1101(a)). 

7 (9) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ means— 

8 (A) an individual; 

9 (B) a corporation, business association, 

10 partnership, society, trust, any other non11 governmental entity, organization, or group, or 

12 any governmental entity operating as a business 

13 enterprise; or 

14 (C) any successor to any entity described 

15 in subparagraph (B). 

16 (10) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian 

17 person’’ means— 

18 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na19 tional of the Russian Federation; or 

20 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

21 the Russian Federation. 

22 (11) SPECIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECT.— 

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

24 a project intended to extract crude oil from— 


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1 (A) the exclusive economic zone of the 

2 Russian Federation in waters more than 500 

3 feet deep; 

4 (B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or 

5 (C) shale formations located in the Rus6 sian Federation. 

7 (12) 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 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING UKRAINE. 

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

18 the Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty 

19 and territorial integrity to deter the Government of the 

20 Russian Federation from further destabilizing and invad21 ing Ukraine and other independent countries in Eastern 

22 Europe and Central Asia. That policy shall be carried into 

23 effect, among other things, through a comprehensive ef24 fort, in coordination with allies and partners of the United 

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1 tions, diplomacy, assistance for the people of Ukraine, and 

2 the provision of military capabilities to the Government 

3 of Ukraine that will enhance the ability of that Govern4 ment to defend itself and to restore its sovereignty and 

5 territorial integrity in the face of unlawful actions by the 

6 Government of the Russian Federation. 

7 SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE AND EN8 ERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA9 TION. 

10 (a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE SEC11 TOR.— 

12 (1) ROSOBORONEXPORT.—Except as provided 

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

14 date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

15 shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in 

16 subsection (c) with respect to Rosoboronexport. 

17 (2) RUSSIAN PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR

18 BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Except as pro19 vided in subsection (d), not later than 45 days after 

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

21 shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in 

22 subsection (c) with respect to a person the President 

23 determines— 

24 (A) is an entity— 


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1 (i) owned by the Government of the 

2 Russian Federation or controlled by na3 tionals of the Russian Federation; and 

4 (ii) that— 

5 (I) manufactures or sells defense 

6 articles transferred into Syria or into 

7 the territory of a specified country 

8 without the consent of the inter9 nationally recognized government of 

10 that country; 

11 (II) transfers defense articles 

12 into Syria or into the territory of a 

13 specified country without the consent 

14 of the internationally recognized gov15 ernment of that country; or 

16 (III) brokers or otherwise assists 

17 in the transfer of defense articles into 

18 Syria or into the territory of a speci19 fied country without the consent of 

20 the internationally recognized govern21 ment of that country; or 

22 (B) knowingly, on or after the date of the 

23 enactment of this Act, assists, sponsors, or pro24 vides financial, material, or technological sup25 port for, or goods or services to or in support 


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1 of, an entity described in subparagraph (A) 

2 with respect to an activity described in clause 

3 (ii) of that subparagraph. 

4 (3) SPECIFIED COUNTRY DEFINED.— 

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

6 term ‘‘specified country’’ means— 

7 (i) Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; 

8 and 

9 (ii) any other country designated by 

10 the President as a country of significant 

11 concern for purposes of this subsection, 

12 such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Esto13 nia, and the Central Asia republics. 

14 (B) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Presi15 dent shall notify the appropriate congressional 

16 committees in writing not later than 15 days 

17 before— 

18 (i) designating a country as a country 

19 of significant concern under subparagraph 

20 (A)(ii); or 

21 (ii) terminating a designation under 

22 that subparagraph, including the termi23 nation of any such designation pursuant to 

24 subsection (g) subsection (h). 


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1 (b) SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE ENERGY SEC2 TOR.— 

3 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL RUSSIAN

4 CRUDE OIL PROJECTS.—Except as provided in sub5 section (d), not later than 45 days after the date of 

6 the enactment of this Act, the President shall im7 pose 3 or more of the sanctions described in sub8 section (c) with respect to a person if the President 

9 determines that the person knowingly makes a sig10 nificant investment in a special Russian crude oil 

11 project. 

12 (2) AUTHORIZATION FOR EXTENSION OF LI13 CENSING LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.— 

14 The President, through the Bureau of Industry and 

15 Security of the Department of Commerce or the Of16 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 

17 the Treasury, as appropriate, may impose additional 

18 licensing requirements for or other restrictions on 

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

20 sector of the Russian Federation, including equip21 ment used for tertiary oil recovery. 

22 (3) CONTINGENT SANCTION RELATING TO

23 GAZPROM.—If the President determines that 

24 Gazprom is withholding significant natural gas sup25 plies from member countries of the North Atlantic 


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1 Treaty Organization, or further withholds significant 

2 natural gas supplies from countries such as Ukraine, 

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

4 than 45 days after making that determination, im5 pose the sanction described in subsection (c)(7) and 

6 at least one additional sanction described in sub7 section (c) with respect to Gazprom. 

8 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions the 

9 President may impose with respect to a foreign person 

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

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

12 President may direct the Export-Import Bank of the 

13 United States not to approve the issuance of any 

14 guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici15 pation in the extension of credit in connection with 

16 the export of any goods or services to the foreign 

17 person. 

18 (2) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The President 

19 may prohibit the head of any executive agency (as 

20 defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

21 Code) from entering into any contract for the pro22 curement of any goods or services from the foreign 

23 person. 

24 (3) ARMS EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The Presi25 dent may prohibit the exportation or provision by 


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

2 indirectly, of any defense article or defense service to 

3 the foreign person and the issuance of any license or 

4 other approval to the foreign person under section 

5 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

6 2778). 

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

8 President may prohibit the issuance of any license 

9 and suspend any license for the transfer to the for10 eign person of any item the export of which is con11 trolled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 

12 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant 

13 to the International Emergency Economic Powers 

14 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) or the Export Admin15 istration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter 

16 VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

17 (5) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

18 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

19 may prescribe, prohibit any person from— 

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

21 transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or ex22 porting any property that is subject to the ju23 risdiction of the United States and with respect 

24 to which the foreign person has any interest; 


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1 (B) dealing in or exercising any right, 

2 power, or privilege with respect to such prop3 erty; or 

4 (C) conducting any transaction involving 

5 such property. 

6 (6) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

7 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

8 may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 

9 payments between financial institutions or by, 

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

11 that such transfers or payments are subject to the 

12 jurisdiction of the United States and involve any in13 terest of the foreign person. 

14 (7) PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY

15 OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President 

16 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

17 may prescribe, prohibit any United States person 

18 from investing in or purchasing significant amounts 

19 of equity or debt instruments of the foreign person. 

20 (8) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

21 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA22 TION.—In the case of a foreign person who is an in23 dividual, the President may direct the Secretary of 

24 State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Home25 land Security to exclude from the United States, the 


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1 foreign person, subject to regulatory exceptions to 

2 permit the United States to comply with the Agree3 ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na4 tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

5 entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 

6 United Nations and the United States, or other ap7 plicable international obligations. 

8 (9) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF9 FICERS.—In the case of a foreign person that is an 

10 entity, the President may impose on the principal 

11 executive officer or officers of the foreign person, or 

12 on individuals performing similar functions and with 

13 similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of 

14 the sanctions described in this subsection applicable 

15 to individuals. 

16 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

17 (1) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 

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

19 and prohibit all transactions in all property and 

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

21 shall not include the authority to impose sanc22 tions on the importation of goods. 

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

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

25 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 


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1 Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin2 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

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

4 1701 et seq.)). 

5 (2) ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS.—The President 

6 shall not be required to apply or maintain the sanc7 tions under subsection (a) or (b)— 

8 (A) in the case of procurement of defense 

9 articles or defense services— 

10 (i) under existing contracts or sub11 contracts, including the exercise of options 

12 for production quantities to satisfy require13 ments essential to the national security of 

14 the United States; 

15 (ii) if the President determines in 

16 writing that— 

17 (I) the person to which the sanc18 tions would otherwise be applied is a 

19 sole source supplier of the defense ar20 ticles or services; 

21 (II) the defense articles or serv22 ices are essential; 

23 (III) alternative sources are not 

24 readily or reasonably available; and 


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1 (IV) the national interests of the 

2 United States would be adversely af3 fected by the application or mainte4 nance of such sanctions; or 

5 (iii) if the President determines in 

6 writing that— 

7 (I) such articles or services are 

8 essential to the national security 

9 under defense coproduction agree10 ments; and 

11 (II) the national interests of the 

12 United States would be adversely af13 fected by the application or mainte14 nance of such sanctions; 

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

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

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

18 2518(4)), of any foreign country or instrumen19 tality designated under section 301(b)(1) of 

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

21 (C) to products, technology, or services 

22 provided under contracts entered into before the 

23 date on which the President publishes in the 

24 Federal Register the name of the person with 


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1 respect to which the sanctions are to be im2 posed; 

3 (D) to— 

4 (i) spare parts that are essential to 

5 United States products or production; 

6 (ii) component parts, but not finished 

7 products, essential to United States prod8 ucts or production; or 

9 (iii) routine servicing and mainte10 nance of United States products, to the ex11 tent that alternative sources are not read12 ily or reasonably available; 

13 (E) to information and technology essential 

14 to United States products or production; or 

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

16 agricultural commodities (as those terms are 

17 defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive 

18 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

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

20 (e) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

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

22 the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 

23 (b) with respect to a person if the President— 


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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 

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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) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub5 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

6 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall 

7 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, or con8 spires to violate, or causes a violation of, subsection (a) 

9 or (b) of this section, or an order or regulation prescribed 

10 under either such subsection, to the same extent that such 

11 penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act 

12 described in section 206(a) of the International Emer13 gency Economic Powers Act. 

14 (h) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im15 posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 

16 which the President submits to the appropriate congres17 sional committees a certification that the Government of 

18 the Russian Federation has ceased ordering, controlling, 

19 or otherwise directing, supporting, or financing, signifi20 cant acts intended to undermine the peace, security, sta21 bility, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, 

22 Georgia, and Moldova. 

23 (h) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im24 posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 

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1 sional committees a certification that the Government of the 

2 Russian Federation has ceased ordering, controlling, or oth3 erwise directing, supporting, or financing, significant acts 

4 intended to undermine the peace, security, stability, sov5 ereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, Georgia, and 

6 Moldova, including through an agreement between the ap7 propriate parties. 

8 SEC. 5. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FI9 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

10 (a) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE- AND EN11 ERGY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS.—The President may im12 pose the sanction described in subsection (c) with respect 

13 to a foreign financial institution that the President deter14 mines engages, on or after the date of the enactment of 

15 this Act, in significant transactions involving— 

16 (1) persons with respect to which sanctions are 

17 imposed under section 4; and 

18 (2) activities described in subsection (a) or (b) 

19 of that section. 

20 (b) FACILITATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON

21 BEHALF OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.—The 

22 President may impose the sanction described in subsection 

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

24 President determines that the foreign financial institution 

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1 of the enactment of this Act, knowingly facilitated a sig2 nificant financial transaction on behalf of any Russian 

3 person included on the list of specially designated nation4 als and blocked persons maintained by the Office of For5 eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, 

6 pursuant to— 

7 (1) this Act; 

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

9 13,493), 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), or 13662 

10 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169); or 

11 (3) any other executive order addressing the 

12 crisis in Ukraine. 

13 (c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.—The sanction described 

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

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

16 or the imposition of strict conditions on the maintaining, 

17 in the United States of a correspondent account or a pay18 able-through account by the foreign financial institution. 

19 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 

20 may waive the application of sanctions under this section 

21 with respect to a foreign financial institution if the Presi22 dent— 

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

24 security interest of the United States; and 


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1 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

2 committees a report on the determination and the 

3 reasons for the determination. 

4 (e) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im5 posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 

6 which the President submits to the appropriate congres7 sional committees the certification described in section 

8 4(h). 

9 SEC. 6. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ADDRESS10 ING THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—United StatesUnited States sanc12 tions with respect to the Russian Federation provided for 

13 in Executive Orders 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13,493), 13661 

14 (79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), and 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169), 

15 as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment 

16 of this Act, shall remain in effect until the date on which 

17 the President submits to the appropriate congressional 

18 committees the certification described in section 4(h). 

19 (b) EXCEPTIONS AND WAIVERS.—Sanctions referred to 

20 in subsection (a) shall, as appropriate, be subject to the ex21 ceptions and waivers provided for in subsections (d), (e), 

22 and (f) of section 4. 


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1 SEC. 7. MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY STATUS FOR UKRAINE, 

2 GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA. 

3 Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

4 (22 U.S.C. 2321k) is amended by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the 

8 enactment of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 

9 2014, Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are each des10 ignated as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of 

11 this Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 

12 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 

13 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF DESIGNA14 TION.—The President shall notify Congress in ac15 cordance with subsection (a)(2) before terminating 

16 the designation of a country specified in paragraph 

17 (1).’’. 

18 SEC. 8. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOV19 ERNMENT OF UKRAINE. 

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

21 provide defense articles, defense services, and training to 

22 the Government of Ukraine for the purpose of countering 

23 offensive weapons and reestablishing the sovereignty and 

24 territorial integrity of Ukraine, including anti-tank and 

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1 teries, fire control, range finder, and optical and guidance 

2 and control equipment, tactical troop-operated surveillance 

3 drones, and secure command and communications equip4 ment, pursuant to the provisions of the Arms Export Con5 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance 

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

7 provisions of law. 

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

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

10 shall submit a report detailing the anticipated defense ar11 ticles, defense services, and training to be provided pursu12 ant to this section and a timeline for the provision of such 

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

14 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

15 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

16 Armed Services of the Senate; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

18 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

19 Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

22 appropriated to the Secretary of State $350,000,000 

23 for fiscal year 2015 to carry out activities under this 

24 section. 


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1 (2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts au2 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

3 (1) shall remain available for obligation and expendi4 ture through the end of fiscal year 2017. 

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

6 funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for provi7 sion of defense articles, defense services, and training may 

8 be used to procure such articles, services, and training 

9 from the United States Government or other appropriate 

10 sources. 

11 SEC. 9. EXPANDED NONMILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR 

12 UKRAINE. 

13 (a) ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEO14 PLE IN UKRAINE.— 

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

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

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

18 United States Government, other governments, and 

19 international organizations, to meet the need for 

20 protection of and assistance for internally displaced 

21 persons in Ukraine, to— 

22 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

23 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

24 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

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1 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

2 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com3 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

4 of Representatives. 

5 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para6 graph (1) should include, as appropriate, activities 

7 in support of— 

8 (A) helping to establish a functional and 

9 adequately resourced central registration system 

10 in Ukraine that can ensure coordination of ef11 forts to provide assistance to internally dis12 placed persons in different regions; 

13 (B) encouraging adoption of legislation in 

14 Ukraine that protects internally displaced per15 sons from discrimination based on their status 

16 and provides simplified procedures for obtaining 

17 the new residency registration or other official 

18 documentation that is a prerequisite to receiv19 ing appropriate social payments under the laws 

20 of Ukraine, such as pensions, and disability, 

21 child, and unemployment benefits; and 

22 (C) helping to ensure that information is 

23 available to internally displaced persons 

24 about— 


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1 (i) government agencies and inde2 pendent groups that can provide assistance 

3 to such persons in various regions; and 

4 (ii) evacuation assistance available to 

5 persons seeking to flee armed conflict 

6 areas. 

7 (3) ASSISTANCE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL OR8 GANIZATIONS.—The President shall instruct the 

9 United States permanent representative or executive 

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

11 Nations voluntary agencies, including the United 

12 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 

13 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Hu14 manitarian Affairs, and other appropriate inter15 national organizations, to use the voice and vote of 

16 the United States to support appropriate assistance 

17 for internally displaced persons in Ukraine. 

18 (b) ASSISTANCE TO THE DEFENSE SECTOR OF

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

20 Defense should assist entities in the defense sector of 

21 Ukraine to reorient exports away from customers in the 

22 Russian Federation and to find appropriate alternative 

23 markets for those entities in the defense sector of Ukraine 

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1 operation with entities in the defense sector of the Russian 

2 Federation. 

3 (c) ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRISIS

4 IN UKRAINE.— 

5 (1) EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.— 

6 (A) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

7 State and the Secretary of Energy, in collabora8 tion with the Administrator of the United 

9 States Agency for International Development 

10 and the Administrator of the Federal Emer11 gency Management Agency, shall work with of12 ficials of the Government of Ukraine to develop 

13 a short-term emergency energy assistance plan 

14 designed to help Ukraine address the poten15 tially severe short-term, heating fuel and elec16 tricity shortages facing Ukraine in 2014 and 

17 2015. 

18 (B) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by 

19 subparagraph (A) should include strategies to 

20 address heating fuel and electricity shortages in 

21 Ukraine, including, as appropriate— 

22 (i) the acquisition of short-term, 

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1 mission of electricity or transportation of 

2 fuel; 

3 (iii) the prioritization of the transpor4 tation of fuel supplies to the areas where 

5 such supplies are needed most; 

6 (iv) streamlining emergency commu7 nications throughout national, regional, 

8 and local governments to manage the po9 tential energy crisis resulting from heating 

10 fuel and electricity shortages; 

11 (v) forming a crisis management team 

12 within the Government of Ukraine to spe13 cifically address the potential crisis, includ14 ing ensuring coordination of the team’s ef15 forts with the efforts of outside govern16 mental and nongovernmental entities pro17 viding assistance to address the potential 

18 crisis; and 

19 (vi) developing a public outreach 

20 strategy to facilitate preparation by the 

21 population and communication with the 

22 population in the event of a crisis. 

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

24 the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator 

25 of the United States Agency for International 


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1 Development are authorized to provide assist2 ance in support of, and to invest in short-term 

3 solutions for, enabling Ukraine to secure the 

4 energy safety of the people of Ukraine during 

5 2014 and 2015, including through— 

6 (i) procurement and transport of 

7 emergency fuel supplies, including reverse 

8 pipeline flows from Europe; 

9 (ii) provision of technical assistance 

10 for crisis planning, crisis response, and 

11 public outreach; 

12 (iii) repair of infrastructure to enable 

13 the transport of fuel supplies; 

14 (iv) repair of power generating or 

15 power transmission equipment or facilities; 

16 (v) procurement and installation of 

17 compressors or other appropriate equip18 ment to enhance short-term natural gas 

19 production; 

20 (vi) procurement of mobile electricity 

21 generation units; and 

22 (vii) conversion of natural gas heating 

23 facilities to run on other fuels, including 

24 alternative energy sources.; and 


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1 (viii) provision of emergency weather2 ization and winterization materials and 

3 supplies. 

4 (D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA5 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro6 priated to the Secretary of State, the Secretary 

7 of Energy, and the Administrator of the United 

8 States Agency for International Development 

9 $50,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal year 

10 2015 to carry out activities under this para11 graph. 

12 (2) REDUCTION OF UKRAINE’S RELIANCE ON

13 ENERGY IMPORTS.— 

14 (A) PLANS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

15 State, in collaboration with the Secretary of 

16 Energy and the Administrator of the United 

17 States Agency for International Development, 

18 shall work with officials of the Government of 

19 Ukraine to develop medium- and long-term 

20 plans to increase energy production and effi21 ciency to increase energy security by helping 

22 Ukraine reduce its dependence on natural gas 

23 imported from the Russian Federation. 


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1 (B) ELEMENTS.—The medium- and long2 term plans required by subparagraph (A) 

3 should include strategies, as appropriate, to— 

4 (i) improve corporate governance and 

5 unbundling of state-owned oil and gas sec6 tor firms; 

7 (ii) increase production from natural 

8 gas fields and from other sources, includ9 ing renewable energy; 

10 (iii) license new oil and gas blocks 

11 transparently and competitively; 

12 (iv) modernize oil and gas upstream 

13 infrastructure; and 

14 (v) improve energy efficiency. 

15 (C) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary of 

16 State, the Administrator of the United States 

17 Agency for International Development, and the 

18 Secretary of Energy should, during fiscal years 

19 2015 through 2017, work with other donors, in20 cluding multilateral agencies and nongovern21 mental organizations, to prioritize, to the extent 

22 practicable and as appropriate, the provision of 

23 assistance from such donors to help Ukraine to 

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1 on energy imports from the Russian Federa2 tion, including natural gas. 

3 (D) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA4 TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro5 priated $50,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal 

6 years 2015 through 2017 to carry out activities 

7 under this paragraph. 

8 (3) SUPPORT FROM THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE

9 INVESTMENT CORPORATION.—The Overseas Private 

10 Investment Corporation shall— 

11 (A) prioritize, to the extent practicable, 

12 support for investments to help increase energy 

13 efficiency, develop domestic oil and natural gas 

14 reserves, improve and repair electricity infra15 structure, and develop renewable and other 

16 sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

17 (B) implement procedures for expedited re18 view and, as appropriate, approval, of applica19 tions by eligible investors (as defined in section 

20 238 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

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

22 insurance for such investments. 

23 (4) SUPPORT BY THE WORLD BANK GROUP AND

24 THE EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND

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1 practicable and as appropriate, direct the United 

2 States Executive Directors of the World Bank 

3 Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction 

4 and Development to use the voice, vote, and influ5 ence of the United States to encourage the World 

6 Bank Group and the European Bank for Recon7 struction and Development and other international 

8 financial institutions— 

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

10 to promote investment in, projects to improve 

11 energy efficiency, improve and repair electricity 

12 infrastructure, develop domestic oil and natural 

13 gas reserves, and develop renewable and other 

14 sources of energy in Ukraine; and 

15 (B) to stimulate private investment in such 

16 projects. 

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

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

19 the Administrator of the United States Agency for 

20 International Development shall, directly or through 

21 nongovernmental or international organizations orga22 nizations, such as the Organization for Security and 

23 Co-operation in Europe, the National Endowment for 

24 Democracy, and related organizations— 


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1 (A) strengthen the organizational and 

2 operational capacity of democratic civil society 

3 in Ukraine; 

4 (B) support the efforts of independent 

5 media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and 

6 share information in all regions of Ukraine; 

7 (C) counter corruption and improve trans8 parency and accountability of institutions that 

9 are part of the Government of Ukraine; and 

10 (D) provide support for democratic orga11 nizing and election monitoring in Ukraine. 

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

13 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

14 President shall submit a strategy to carry out the 

15 activities described in paragraph (1) to the commit16 tees specified in subsection (a)(1). to— 

17 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

18 and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 Senate; and 

20 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

21 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

22 Representatives. 

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1 retary of State $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 to 

2 carry out this subsection. 

3 (4) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any as4 sistance provided pursuant to this subsection shall be 

5 conducted in as transparent of a manner as possible, 

6 consistent with the nature and goals of this sub7 section. The President shall provide a briefing on the 

8 activities funded by this subsection at the request of 

9 the committees specified in paragraph (2). 

10 SEC. 10. EXPANDED BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF THE 

11 FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

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

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

14 Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to Con15 gress a plan, including a cost estimate, for immediately 

16 and substantially increasing, and maintaining through fis17 cal year 2017, the quantity of Russian-language broad18 casting into the countries of the former Soviet Union fund19 ed by the United States in order to counter Russian Fed20 eration propaganda. 

21 (b) PRIORITIZATION OF BROADCASTING INTO

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

23 by subsection (a) shall prioritize broadcasting into 

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

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

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

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

4 broadcasting for countries of the former Soviet 

5 Union (other than the countries specified in sub6 section (b)), including Latvia, Lithuania, and Esto7 nia; and 

8 (2) increases in broadcasting in other critical 

9 languages, including Ukrainian and Romanian lan10 guages. 

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

12 term ‘‘broadcasting’’ means the distribution of media con13 tent via radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and 

14 Internet-based platforms, among other platforms. 

15 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

17 appropriated to the Broadcasting Board of Governors 

18 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

19 2017 to carry out activities under this section. 

20 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

21 authorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

22 (1) shall supplement and not supplant other 

23 amounts made available for activities described in 

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1 SEC. 11. SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL 

2 SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall, di4 rectly or through nongovernmental or international organi5 zations, such as the Organization for Security and Co-oper6 ation in Europe, the National Endowment for Democracy, 

7 and related organizations— 

8 (1) improve democratic governance, trans9 parency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corrup10 tion efforts in the Russian Federation; 

11 (2) strengthen democratic institutions and polit12 ical and civil society organizations in the Russian 

13 Federation; 

14 (3) expand uncensored Internet access in the 

15 Russian Federation; and 

16 (4) expand free and unfettered access to inde17 pendent media of all kinds in the Russian Federation, 

18 including through increasing United States Govern19 ment-supported broadcasting activities, and assist 

20 with the protection of journalists and civil society ac21 tivists who have been targeted for free speech activi22 ties. 

23 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

24 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

25 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017 to 

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1 (c) STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 60 days 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

3 shall submit a strategy to carry out the activities set forth 

4 in subsection (a) to— 

5 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

6 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

7 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

8 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives. 

10 (d) TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Any assistance 

11 provided pursuant to this section shall be conducted in as 

12 transparent of a manner as possible, consistent with the na13 ture and goals of this section. The President shall provide 

14 a briefing on the activities funded by this section at the 

15 request of the committees specified in subsection (c). 

16 SEC. 12. REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN 

17 FEDERATION OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER 

18 THE INF TREATY. 

19 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 

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

21 obligations under the Treaty between the United 

22 States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist 

23 Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate24 Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at Wash25 ington December 8, 1987, and entered into force June 


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1 1, 1988 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Intermediate2 Range Nuclear Forces Treaty’’ or ‘‘INF Treaty’’). 

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

4 States, its deployed forces, and its allies. 

5 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

6 that— 

7 (1) the President should hold the Russian Fed8 eration accountable for being in violation of its obli9 gations under the INF Treaty; and 

10 (2) the President should demand the Russian 

11 Federation completely and verifiably eliminate the 

12 military systems that constitute the violation of its 

13 obligations under the INF Treaty. 

14 (c) REPORT.— 

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

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

17 days thereafter, the President shall submit to the com18 mittees specified in subsection (d) a report that in19 cludes the following elements: 

20 (A) A description of the status of the Presi21 dent’s efforts, in cooperation with United States 

22 allies, to hold the Russian Federation account23 able for being in violation of its obligations 

24 under the INF Treaty and obtain the complete 

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1 that constitute the violation of its obligations 

2 under the INF Treaty. 

3 (B) The President’s assessment as to wheth4 er it remains in the national security interests 

5 of the United States to remain a party to the 

6 INF Treaty, and other related treaties and agree7 ments, while the Russian Federation is in viola8 tion of its obligations under the INF Treaty. 

9 (C) Notification of any deployment by the 

10 Russian Federation of a ground launched bal11 listic or cruise missile system with a range of be12 tween 500 and 5,500 kilometers. 

13 (D) A plan developed by the Secretary of 

14 State, in consultation with the Director of Na15 tional Intelligence and the Defense Threat Re16 duction Agency (DTRA), to verify that the Rus17 sian Federation has fully and completely dis18 mantled any ground launched cruise missiles or 

19 ballistic missiles with a range of between 500 

20 and 5,500 kilometers, including details on facili21 ties that inspectors need access to, people inspec22 tors need to talk with, how often inspectors need 

23 the accesses for, and how much the verification 

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1 (2) FORM.—The report required under para2 graph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

3 may contain a classified annex. 

4 (d) COMMITTEES SPECIFIED.—The committees speci5 fied in this subsection are— 

6 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

7 Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Com8 mittee on Intelligence of the Senate; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Com10 mittee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select 

11 Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representa12 tives. 


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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2828 

A BILL 

To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian 

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

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 

Reported with amendments 


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