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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 

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’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy regarding Ukraine. 


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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. 

1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY4 ABLE-THROUGH ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 

5 ‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac6 count’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec7 tion 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 

8 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT9 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com10 mittees’’ means— 

11 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 

12 and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

13 Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

15 the Committee on Financial Services of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

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

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

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

20 structure of the corporation; or 


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

2 interests representing at least 50 percent of the 

3 capital structure of the entity. 

4 (4) 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 (5) 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 (6) 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 (7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 

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

21 means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 

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

23 result. 

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

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


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

2 1101(a)). 

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

4 (A) an individual; 

5 (B) a corporation, business association, 

6 partnership, society, trust, any other non7 governmental entity, organization, or group, or 

8 any governmental entity operating as a business 

9 enterprise; or 

10 (C) any successor to any entity described 

11 in subparagraph (B). 

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

13 person’’ means— 

14 (A) an individual who is a citizen or na15 tional of the Russian Federation; or 

16 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

17 the Russian Federation. 

18 (11) SPECIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECT.— 

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

20 a project intended to extract crude oil from— 

21 (A) the exclusive economic zone of the 

22 Russian Federation in waters more than 500 

23 feet deep; 

24 (B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or 


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1 (C) shale formations located in the Rus2 sian Federation. 

3 (12) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

4 ‘‘United States person’’ means— 

5 (A) a United States citizen or an alien law6 fully admitted for permanent residence to the 

7 United States; or 

8 (B) an entity organized under the laws of 

9 the United States or of any jurisdiction within 

10 the United States, including a foreign branch of 

11 such an entity. 

12 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING UKRAINE. 

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

14 the Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty 

15 and territorial integrity to deter the Government of the 

16 Russian Federation from further destabilizing and invad17 ing Ukraine and other independent countries in Eastern 

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

19 effect, among other things, through a comprehensive ef20 fort, in coordination with allies and partners of the United 

21 States where appropriate, that includes economic sanc22 tions, diplomacy, assistance for the people of Ukraine, and 

23 the provision of military capabilities to the Government 

24 of Ukraine that will enhance the ability of that Govern25 ment to defend itself and to restore its sovereignty and 


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1 territorial integrity in the face of unlawful actions by the 

2 Government of the Russian Federation. 

3 SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE AND EN4 ERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA5 TION. 

6 (a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE SEC7 TOR.— 

8 (1) ROSOBORONEXPORT.—Except as provided 

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

10 date of the enactment of this Act, the President 

11 shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in 

12 subsection (c) with respect to Rosoboronexport. 

13 (2) RUSSIAN PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR

14 BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Except as pro15 vided in subsection (d), not later than 45 days after 

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

17 shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in 

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

19 determines— 

20 (A) is an entity— 

21 (i) owned by the Government of the 

22 Russian Federation or controlled by na23 tionals of the Russian Federation; and 

24 (ii) that— 


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1 (I) manufactures or sells defense 

2 articles transferred into Syria or into 

3 the territory of a specified country 

4 without the consent of the inter5 nationally recognized government of 

6 that country; 

7 (II) transfers defense articles 

8 into Syria or into the territory of a 

9 specified country without the consent 

10 of the internationally recognized gov11 ernment of that country; or 

12 (III) brokers or otherwise assists 

13 in the transfer of defense articles into 

14 Syria or into the territory of a speci15 fied country without the consent of 

16 the internationally recognized govern17 ment of that country; or 

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

19 enactment of this Act, assists, sponsors, or pro20 vides financial, material, or technological sup21 port for, or goods or services to or in support 

22 of, an entity described in subparagraph (A) 

23 with respect to an activity described in clause 

24 (ii) of that subparagraph. 

25 (3) SPECIFIED COUNTRY DEFINED.— 


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

2 term ‘‘specified country’’ means— 

3 (i) Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; 

4 and 

5 (ii) any other country designated by 

6 the President as a country of significant 

7 concern for purposes of this subsection, 

8 such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Esto9 nia, and the Central Asia republics. 

10 (B) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The Presi11 dent shall notify the appropriate congressional 

12 committees in writing not later than 15 days 

13 before— 

14 (i) designating a country as a country 

15 of significant concern under subparagraph 

16 (A)(ii); or 

17 (ii) terminating a designation under 

18 that subparagraph, including the termi19 nation of any such designation pursuant to 

20 subsection (g). 

21 (b) SANCTIONS RELATED TO THE ENERGY SEC22 TOR.— 

23 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL RUSSIAN

24 CRUDE OIL PROJECTS.—Except as provided in sub25 section (d), not later than 45 days after the date of 


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1 the enactment of this Act, the President shall im2 pose 3 or more of the sanctions described in sub3 section (c) with respect to a person if the President 

4 determines that the person knowingly makes a sig5 nificant investment in a special Russian crude oil 

6 project. 

7 (2) AUTHORIZATION FOR EXTENSION OF LI8 CENSING LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.— 

9 The President, through the Bureau of Industry and 

10 Security of the Department of Commerce or the Of11 fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 

12 the Treasury, as appropriate, may impose additional 

13 licensing requirements for or other restrictions on 

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

15 sector of the Russian Federation, including equip16 ment used for tertiary oil recovery. 

17 (3) CONTINGENT SANCTION RELATING TO

18 GAZPROM.—If the President determines that 

19 Gazprom is withholding significant natural gas sup20 plies from member countries of the North Atlantic 

21 Treaty Organization, or further withholds significant 

22 natural gas supplies from countries such as Ukraine, 

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

24 than 45 days after making that determination, im25 pose the sanction described in subsection (c)(7) and 


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1 at least one additional sanction described in sub2 section (c) with respect to Gazprom. 

3 (c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions the 

4 President may impose with respect to a foreign person 

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

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

7 President may direct the Export-Import Bank of the 

8 United States not to approve the issuance of any 

9 guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici10 pation in the extension of credit in connection with 

11 the export of any goods or services to the foreign 

12 person. 

13 (2) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The President 

14 may prohibit the head of any executive agency (as 

15 defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 

16 Code) from entering into any contract for the pro17 curement of any goods or services from the foreign 

18 person. 

19 (3) ARMS EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The Presi20 dent may prohibit the exportation or provision by 

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

22 indirectly, of any defense article or defense service to 

23 the foreign person and the issuance of any license or 

24 other approval to the foreign person under section 


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1 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

2 2778). 

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

4 President may prohibit the issuance of any license 

5 and suspend any license for the transfer to the for6 eign person of any item the export of which is con7 trolled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 

8 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant 

9 to the International Emergency Economic Powers 

10 Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) or the Export Admin11 istration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter 

12 VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 

13 (5) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

14 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

15 may prescribe, prohibit any person from— 

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

17 transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or ex18 porting any property that is subject to the ju19 risdiction of the United States and with respect 

20 to which the foreign person has any interest; 

21 (B) dealing in or exercising any right, 

22 power, or privilege with respect to such prop23 erty; or 

24 (C) conducting any transaction involving 

25 such property. 


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1 (6) BANKING TRANSACTIONS.—The President 

2 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

3 may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 

4 payments between financial institutions or by, 

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

6 that such transfers or payments are subject to the 

7 jurisdiction of the United States and involve any in8 terest of the foreign person. 

9 (7) PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY

10 OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President 

11 may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 

12 may prescribe, prohibit any United States person 

13 from investing in or purchasing significant amounts 

14 of equity or debt instruments of the foreign person. 

15 (8) EXCLUSION FROM THE UNITED STATES

16 AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA17 TION.—In the case of a foreign person who is an in18 dividual, the President may direct the Secretary of 

19 State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Home20 land Security to exclude from the United States, the 

21 foreign person, subject to regulatory exceptions to 

22 permit the United States to comply with the Agree23 ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na24 tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 

25 entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 


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1 United Nations and the United States, or other ap2 plicable international obligations. 

3 (9) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF4 FICERS.—In the case of a foreign person that is an 

5 entity, the President may impose on the principal 

6 executive officer or officers of the foreign person, or 

7 on individuals performing similar functions and with 

8 similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of 

9 the sanctions described in this subsection applicable 

10 to individuals. 

11 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

12 (1) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 

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

14 and prohibit all transactions in all property and 

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

16 shall not include the authority to impose sanc17 tions on the importation of goods. 

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

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

20 term in section 16 of the Export Administration 

21 Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin22 ued in effect pursuant to the International 

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

24 1701 et seq.)). 


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1 (2) ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS.—The President 

2 shall not be required to apply or maintain the sanc3 tions under subsection (a) or (b)— 

4 (A) in the case of procurement of defense 

5 articles or defense services— 

6 (i) under existing contracts or sub7 contracts, including the exercise of options 

8 for production quantities to satisfy require9 ments essential to the national security of 

10 the United States; 

11 (ii) if the President determines in 

12 writing that— 

13 (I) the person to which the sanc14 tions would otherwise be applied is a 

15 sole source supplier of the defense ar16 ticles 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 (iii) 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 entered into before the 

19 date on which the President publishes in the 

20 Federal Register the name of the person with 

21 respect to which the sanctions are to be im22 posed; 

23 (D) to— 

24 (i) spare parts that are essential to 

25 United States products or production; 


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1 (ii) component parts, but not finished 

2 products, essential to United States prod3 ucts or production; or 

4 (iii) routine servicing and mainte5 nance of United States products, to the ex6 tent that alternative sources are not read7 ily or reasonably available; 

8 (E) to information and technology essential 

9 to United States products or production; or 

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

11 agricultural commodities (as those terms are 

12 defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive 

13 Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 

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

15 (e) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 

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

17 the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 

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

19 (A) determines that the waiver is in the 

20 national security interest of the United States; 

21 and 

22 (B) submits to the appropriate congres23 sional committees a report on the determination 

24 and the reasons for the determination. 


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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 (f) TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC NATIONAL SECURITY

5 WAIVER.— 

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

7 the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 

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

9 President— 

10 (A) determines that the transaction is in 

11 the national security interest of the United 

12 States; and 

13 (B) submits to the appropriate congres14 sional committees a detailed report on the de15 termination and the specific reasons for the de16 termination that a waiver with respect to the 

17 transaction is necessary and appropriate. 

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

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

20 form, but may include a classified annex. 

21 (g) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in sub22 sections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International 

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

24 apply to a person that violates, attempts to violate, or con25 spires to violate, or causes a violation of, subsection (a) 


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

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

3 penalties apply to a person that commits an unlawful act 

4 described in section 206(a) of the International Emer5 gency Economic Powers Act. 

6 (h) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im7 posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 

8 which the President submits to the appropriate congres9 sional committees a certification that the Government of 

10 the Russian Federation has ceased ordering, controlling, 

11 or otherwise directing, supporting, or financing, signifi12 cant acts intended to undermine the peace, security, sta13 bility, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, 

14 Georgia, and Moldova. 

15 SEC. 5. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FI16 NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

17 (a) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE- AND EN18 ERGY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS.—The President may im19 pose the sanction described in subsection (c) with respect 

20 to a foreign financial institution that the President deter21 mines engages, on or after the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act, in significant transactions involving— 

23 (1) persons with respect to which sanctions are 

24 imposed under section 4; and 


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

2 of that section. 

3 (b) FACILITATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON

4 BEHALF OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.—The 

5 President may impose the sanction described in subsection 

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

7 President determines that the foreign financial institution 

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

9 of the enactment of this Act, knowingly facilitated a sig10 nificant financial transaction on behalf of any Russian 

11 person included on the list of specially designated nation12 als and blocked persons maintained by the Office of For13 eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, 

14 pursuant to— 

15 (1) this Act; 

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

17 13,493), 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), or 13662 

18 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169); or 

19 (3) any other Executive order addressing the 

20 crisis in Ukraine. 

21 (c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.—The sanction described 

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

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

24 or the imposition of strict conditions on the maintaining, 


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1 in the United States of a correspondent account or a pay2 able-through account by the foreign financial institution. 

3 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 

4 may waive the application of sanctions under this section 

5 with respect to a foreign financial institution if the Presi6 dent— 

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

8 security interest of the United States; and 

9 (2) submits to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees a report on the determination and the 

11 reasons for the determination. 

12 (e) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im13 posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 

14 which the President submits to the appropriate congres15 sional committees the certification described in section 

16 4(h). 

17 SEC. 6. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS ADDRESS18 ING THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE. 

19 United States sanctions with respect to the Russian 

20 Federation provided for in Executive Orders 13660 (79 

21 Fed. Reg. 13,493), 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), and 

22 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169), as in effect on the day be23 fore the date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain 

24 in effect until the date on which the President submits 


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1 to the appropriate congressional committees the certifi2 cation described in section 4(h). 

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

4 GEORGIA, AND MOLDOVA. 

5 Section 517 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

6 (22 U.S.C. 2321k) is amended by adding at the end the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS.— 

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

10 enactment of the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 

11 2014, Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova are each des12 ignated as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of 

13 this Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 

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

15 ‘‘(2) NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF DESIGNA16 TION.—The President shall notify Congress in ac17 cordance with subsection (a)(2) before terminating 

18 the designation of a country specified in paragraph 

19 (1).’’. 

20 SEC. 8. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOV21 ERNMENT OF UKRAINE. 

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

23 provide defense articles, defense services, and training to 

24 the Government of Ukraine for the purpose of countering 

25 offensive weapons and reestablishing the sovereignty and 


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1 territorial integrity of Ukraine, including anti-tank and 

2 anti-armor weapons, crew weapons and ammunition, 

3 counter-artillery radars to identify and target artillery bat4 teries, fire control, range finder, and optical and guidance 

5 and control equipment, tactical troop-operated surveillance 

6 drones, and secure command and communications equip7 ment, pursuant to the provisions of the Arms Export Con8 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance 

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

10 provisions of law. 

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

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

13 shall submit a report detailing the anticipated defense ar14 ticles, defense services, and training to be provided pursu15 ant to this section and a timeline for the provision of such 

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

17 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

18 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

19 Armed Services of the Senate; and 

20 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

21 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

22 Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 

23 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

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


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1 for fiscal year 2015 to carry out activities under this 

2 section. 

3 (2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts au4 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

5 (1) shall remain available for obligation and expendi6 ture through the end of fiscal year 2017. 

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

8 funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for provi9 sion of defense articles, defense services, and training may 

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

11 from the United States Government or other appropriate 

12 sources. 

13 SEC. 9. EXPANDED NONMILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR 

14 UKRAINE. 

15 (a) ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEO16 PLE IN UKRAINE.— 

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

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

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

20 United States Government, other governments, and 

21 international organizations, to meet the need for 

22 protection of and assistance for internally displaced 

23 persons in Ukraine, to— 

24 (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

25 the Committee on Appropriations, and the 


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1 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

2 the Senate; and 

3 (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

4 Committee on Appropriations, and the Com5 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

6 of Representatives. 

7 (2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para8 graph (1) should include, as appropriate, activities 

9 in support of— 

10 (A) helping to establish a functional and 

11 adequately resourced central registration system 

12 in Ukraine that can ensure coordination of ef13 forts to provide assistance to internally dis14 placed persons in different regions; 

15 (B) encouraging adoption of legislation in 

16 Ukraine that protects internally displaced per17 sons from discrimination based on their status 

18 and provides simplified procedures for obtaining 

19 the new residency registration or other official 

20 documentation that is a prerequisite to receiv21 ing appropriate social payments under the laws 

22 of Ukraine, such as pensions, and disability, 

23 child, and unemployment benefits; and 


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1 (C) helping to ensure that information is 

2 available to internally displaced persons 

3 about— 

4 (i) government agencies and inde5 pendent groups that can provide assistance 

6 to such persons in various regions; and 

7 (ii) evacuation assistance available to 

8 persons seeking to flee armed conflict 

9 areas. 

10 (3) ASSISTANCE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL OR11 GANIZATIONS.—The President shall instruct the 

12 United States permanent representative or executive 

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

14 Nations voluntary agencies, including the United 

15 Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 

16 United Nations Office for the Coordination of Hu17 manitarian Affairs, and other appropriate inter18 national organizations, to use the voice and vote of 

19 the United States to support appropriate assistance 

20 for internally displaced persons in Ukraine. 

21 (b) ASSISTANCE TO THE DEFENSE SECTOR OF

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

23 Defense should assist entities in the defense sector of 

24 Ukraine to reorient exports away from customers in the 

25 Russian Federation and to find appropriate alternative 


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1 markets for those entities in the defense sector of Ukraine 

2 that have already significantly reduced exports to and co3 operation with entities in the defense sector of the Russian 

4 Federation. 

5 (c) ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRISIS

6 IN UKRAINE.— 

7 (1) EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.— 

8 (A) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 

9 State and the Secretary of Energy, in collabora10 tion with the Administrator of the United 

11 States Agency for International Development 

12 and the Administrator of the Federal Emer13 gency Management Agency, shall work with of14 ficials of the Government of Ukraine to develop 

15 a short-term emergency energy assistance plan 

16 designed to help Ukraine address the poten17 tially severe short-term, heating fuel and elec18 tricity shortages facing Ukraine in 2014 and 

19 2015. 

20 (B) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by 

21 subparagraph (A) should include strategies to 

22 address heating fuel and electricity shortages in 

23 Ukraine, including, as appropriate— 

24 (i) the acquisition of short-term, 

25 emergency fuel supplies; 


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1 (ii) the repair or replacement of infra2 structure that could impede the trans3 mission of electricity or transportation of 

4 fuel; 

5 (iii) the prioritization of the transpor6 tation of fuel supplies to the areas where 

7 such supplies are needed most; 

8 (iv) streamlining emergency commu9 nications throughout national, regional, 

10 and local governments to manage the po11 tential energy crisis resulting from heating 

12 fuel and electricity shortages; 

13 (v) forming a crisis management team 

14 within the Government of Ukraine to spe15 cifically address the potential crisis, includ16 ing ensuring coordination of the team’s ef17 forts with the efforts of outside govern18 mental and nongovernmental entities pro19 viding assistance to address the potential 

20 crisis; and 

21 (vi) developing a public outreach 

22 strategy to facilitate preparation by the 

23 population and communication with the 

24 population in the event of a crisis. 


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

2 the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator 

3 of the United States Agency for International 

4 Development are authorized to provide assist5 ance in support of, and to invest in short-term 

6 solutions for, enabling Ukraine to secure the 

7 energy safety of the people of Ukraine during 

8 2014 and 2015, including through— 

9 (i) procurement and transport of 

10 emergency fuel supplies, including reverse 

11 pipeline flows from Europe; 

12 (ii) provision of technical assistance 

13 for crisis planning, crisis response, and 

14 public outreach; 

15 (iii) repair of infrastructure to enable 

16 the transport of fuel supplies; 

17 (iv) repair of power generating or 

18 power transmission equipment or facilities; 

19 (v) procurement and installation of 

20 compressors or other appropriate equip21 ment to enhance short-term natural gas 

22 production; 

23 (vi) procurement of mobile electricity 

24 generation units; and 


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1 (vii) conversion of natural gas heating 

2 facilities to run on other fuels, including 

3 alternative energy sources. 

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 

24 improve energy efficiency, increase energy sup25 plies produced in Ukraine, and reduce reliance 


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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— 

22 (A) strengthen the organizational and 

23 operational capacity of democratic civil society 

24 in Ukraine; 


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1 (B) support the efforts of independent 

2 media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and 

3 share information in all regions of Ukraine; 

4 (C) counter corruption and improve trans5 parency and accountability of institutions that 

6 are part of the Government of Ukraine; and 

7 (D) provide support for democratic orga8 nizing and election monitoring in Ukraine. 

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

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

11 President shall submit a strategy to carry out the 

12 activities described in paragraph (1) to the commit13 tees specified in subsection (a)(1). 

14 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec16 retary of State $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 to 

17 carry out this subsection. 

18 SEC. 10. EXPANDED BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF THE 

19 FORMER SOVIET UNION. 

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

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

22 Broadcasting Board of Governors shall submit to Con23 gress a plan, including a cost estimate, for immediately 

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1 casting into the countries of the former Soviet Union fund2 ed by the United States in order to counter Russian Fed3 eration propaganda. 

4 (b) PRIORITIZATION OF BROADCASTING INTO

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

6 by subsection (a) shall prioritize broadcasting into 

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

8 and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 

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

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

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

12 broadcasting for countries of the former Soviet 

13 Union (other than the countries specified in sub14 section (b)), including Latvia, Lithuania, and Esto15 nia; and 

16 (2) increases in broadcasting in other critical 

17 languages, including Ukrainian and Romanian lan18 guages. 

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

20 term ‘‘broadcasting’’ means the distribution of media con21 tent via radio broadcasting, television broadcasting, and 

22 Internet-based platforms, among other platforms. 

23 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

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1 2015 through 2017 to carry out activities under this 

2 section. 

3 (2) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 

4 authorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

5 (1) shall supplement and not supplant other 

6 amounts made available for activities described in 

7 this section. 

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