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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3543 

To contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, to assist 

Ukraine’s democratic transition, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 9, 2016 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. COONS, Mr. DURBIN, and Mrs. SHAHEEN) 

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

Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression in 

Ukraine, to assist Ukraine’s democratic transition, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act’’ or ‘‘STAND 

6 for Ukraine Act’’. 

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

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Statements of policy. 


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TITLE I—CRIMEA ANNEXATION NONRECOGNITION 

Sec. 101. United States policy against recognition of territorial changes effected 

by force alone. 

Sec. 102. Prohibitions against United States recognition of the Russian Federation’s annexation of Crimea. 

Sec. 103. Determinations and codification of sanctions under Executive Order 

No. 13685. 

TITLE II—SANCTIONS PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Prohibiting certain transactions with foreign sanctions evaders and 

serious human rights abusers with respect to the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 202. Report on certain foreign financial institutions. 

Sec. 203. Requirements relating to transfers of defense articles and defense 

services to the Russian Federation. 

TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 301. Strategy to respond to Russian Federation-supported information and 

propaganda efforts directed toward Russian-speaking communities in countries bordering the Russian Federation. 

Sec. 302. Cost limitation. 

Sec. 303. Sunset. 

1 SEC. 2. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 

3 States to further assist the Government of Ukraine in re4 storing its sovereignty and territorial integrity to contain, 

5 reverse, and deter Russian aggression in Ukraine. That 

6 policy shall be carried into effect, among other things, 

7 through a comprehensive effort, in coordination with allies 

8 and partners of the United States where appropriate, that 

9 includes sanctions, diplomacy, and assistance, including le10 thal defensive weapons systems, for the people of Ukraine 

11 intended to enhance their ability to consolidate a rule of 

12 law-based democracy with a free market economy and to 

13 exercise their right under international law to self-defense. 


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1 (b) ADDITIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is fur2 ther the policy of the United States— 

3 (1) to use its voice, vote, and influence in inter4 national fora to encourage others to provide assist5 ance that is similar to assistance described in sub6 section (a) to Ukraine; and 

7 (2) to ensure that any relevant sanctions relief 

8 for the Russian Federation is contingent on timely, 

9 complete, and verifiable implementation of the Minsk 

10 Agreements, especially the restoration of Ukraine’s 

11 control of the entirety of its eastern border with the 

12 Russian Federation in the conflict zone. 

13 TITLE I—CRIMEA ANNEXATION 

14 NONRECOGNITION 

15 SEC. 101. UNITED STATES POLICY AGAINST RECOGNITION 

16 OF TERRITORIAL CHANGES EFFECTED BY 

17 FORCE ALONE. 

18 Between the years of 1940 and 1991, the United 

19 States did not recognize the forcible incorporation and an20 nexation of the three Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, 

21 and Estonia into the Soviet Union under a policy known 

22 as the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’. 


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1 SEC. 102. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES REC2 OGNITION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S 

3 ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with United States 

5 policy enumerated in section 101, no Federal department 

6 or agency should take any action or extend any assistance 

7 that recognizes or implies any recognition of the de jure 

8 or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Cri9 mea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 

10 (b) DOCUMENTS PORTRAYING CRIMEA AS PART OF

11 RUSSIAN FEDERATION.—In accordance with United 

12 States policy enumerated in section 101, the Government 

13 Printing Office should not print any map, document, 

14 record, or other paper of the United States portraying or 

15 otherwise indicating Crimea as part of the territory of the 

16 Russian Federation. 

17 SEC. 103. DETERMINATIONS AND CODIFICATION OF SANC18 TIONS UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 13685. 

19 (a) DETERMINATIONS.— 

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

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

22 shall submit to the appropriate congressional com23 mittees a report that contains the assessment de24 scribed in paragraph (2). 

25 (2) ASSESSMENT DESCRIBED.—The assessment 

26 described in this paragraph is— 


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1 (A) a review of each person designated 

2 pursuant to Executive Order No. 13660 (March 

3 6, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to block4 ing property of certain persons contributing to 

5 the situation in Ukraine) or Executive Order 

6 No. 13661 (March 16, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 

7 15535; relating to blocking property of addi8 tional persons contributing to the situation in 

9 Ukraine); and 

10 (B) a determination as to whether any 

11 such person meets the criteria for designation 

12 pursuant to Executive Order No. 13685 (De13 cember 19, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating 

14 to blocking property of certain persons and pro15 hibiting certain transactions with respect to the 

16 Crimea region of Ukraine). 

17 (3) FORM.—The assessment required by para18 graph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form but 

19 may contain a classified annex. 

20 (b) CODIFICATION.—United States sanctions pro21 vided for in Executive Order No. 13685, as in effect on 

22 the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 

23 remain in effect until the date on which the President sub24 mits to the appropriate congressional committees a certifi25 cation described in subsection (c). 


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1 (c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 

2 subsection is a certification of the President that 

3 Ukraine’s sovereignty over Crimea has been restored. 

4 (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion shall be construed to restrict the authority of the 

6 President to impose additional United States sanctions 

7 with specific respect to the Russian Federation’s occupa8 tion of Crimea pursuant to Executive Order No. 13685. 

9 (e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

10 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ means— 

12 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

13 Committee on Financial Services, and the Com14 mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep15 resentatives; and 

16 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

17 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af18 fairs, and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. 


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1 TITLE II—SANCTIONS 

2 PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 201. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 

4 FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS AND SERIOUS 

5 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS WITH RESPECT TO 

6 THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Support for the Sovereignty, 

8 Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine 

9 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) 

10 is amended by adding at the end the following new sec11 tions: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 10. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 

13 FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS WITH RE14 SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

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

16 impose with respect to a foreign person the sanctions de17 scribed in subsection (b) if the President determines that 

18 the foreign person knowingly— 

19 ‘‘(1) has materially violated, attempted to vio20 late, conspired to violate, or caused a violation of 

21 any license, order, regulation, or prohibition con22 tained in, or issued pursuant to any covered Execu23 tive order; or 

24 ‘‘(2) has facilitated significant deceptive or 

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1 son subject to United States sanctions concerning 

2 the Russian Federation. 

3 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

5 this subsection are the exercise of all powers granted 

6 to the President by the International Emergency 

7 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 

8 the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans9 actions in all property and interests in property of 

10 a person determined by the President to be subject 

11 to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 

12 property are in the United States, come within the 

13 United States, or are or come within the possession 

14 or control of a United States person. 

15 ‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at16 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 

17 violation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, 

18 or order issued to carry out that paragraph shall be 

19 subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 

20 and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer21 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

22 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 

23 act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

24 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica25 tion of sanctions under subsection (b) on a case-by-case 


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1 for a period of not more than 120 days, and may renew 

2 that waiver for additional periods of not more than 120 

3 days with respect to a person if the President determines 

4 that such a waiver is in the national interests of the 

5 United States and on or before the date on which the waiv6 er takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional 

7 committees a notice of and justification for the waiver. 

8 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

9 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

10 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer11 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

12 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

13 ‘‘(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 

14 issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec15 essary to carry out this section. 

16 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT18 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com19 mittees’ means— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

21 the Committee on Financial Services, and the 

22 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

23 Representatives; and 

24 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

25 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 


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1 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Finance 

2 of the Senate. 

3 ‘‘(2) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 

4 ‘covered Executive order’ means any of the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(A) Executive Order No. 13660 (March 

7 6, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to block8 ing property of certain persons contributing to 

9 the situation in Ukraine). 

10 ‘‘(B) Executive Order No. 13661 (March 

11 16, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to 

12 blocking property of additional persons contrib13 uting to the situation in Ukraine). 

14 ‘‘(C) Executive Order No. 13685 (Decem15 ber 19, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating to 

16 blocking property of certain persons and prohib17 iting certain transactions with respect to the 

18 Crimea region of Ukraine). 

19 ‘‘(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per20 son’ has the meaning given such term in section 

21 595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

22 in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

23 ‘‘(4) STRUCTURED.—The term ‘structured’, 

24 with respect to a transaction, has the meaning given 


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1 the term ‘structure’ in paragraph (xx) of section 

2 1010.100 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 ‘‘(5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

4 ‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 

5 term in section 589.312 of title 31, Code of Federal 

6 Regulations, as in effect on the date of the enact7 ment of this Act. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 11. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN AREAS 

9 CONTROLLED BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

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

11 impose with respect to a foreign person the sanctions de12 scribed in subsection (b) if the President determines that 

13 the foreign person, based on credible information— 

14 ‘‘(1) is responsible for, complicit in, or respon15 sible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, 

16 the commission of serious human rights abuses in 

17 any territory forcibly occupied or otherwise con18 trolled by the Government of the Russian Federa19 tion; 

20 ‘‘(2) has materially assisted, sponsored, or pro21 vided financial, material, or technological support 

22 for, or goods or services to, a foreign person that is 

23 responsible for, complicit in, or responsible for order24 ing, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commis25 sion of serious human rights abuses in any territory 


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1 forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled by the Gov2 ernment of the Russian Federation; or 

3 ‘‘(3) is owned or controlled by a foreign person, 

4 or has acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, 

5 directly or indirectly, a foreign person, that is re6 sponsible for, complicit in, or responsible for order7 ing, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commis8 sion of serious human rights abuses in any territory 

9 forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled by the Gov10 ernment of the Russian Federation. 

11 ‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 

13 this subsection are the exercise of all powers granted 

14 to the President by the International Emergency 

15 Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), 

16 without regard to section 202 of such Act, to the ex17 tent necessary to block and prohibit all transactions 

18 in all property and interests in property of a person 

19 determined by the President to be subject to sub20 section (a) if such property and interests in property 

21 are in the United States, come within the United 

22 States, or are or come within the possession or con23 trol of a United States person. 

24 ‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—A person that violates, at25 tempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a 


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1 violation of paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, 

2 or order issued to carry out that paragraph shall be 

3 subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) 

4 and (c) of section 206 of the International Emer5 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the 

6 same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 

7 act described in subsection (a) of that section. 

8 ‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica9 tion of sanctions under subsection (b) on a case-by-case 

10 for a period of not more than 120 days, and may renew 

11 that waiver for additional periods of not more than 120 

12 days with respect to a person if the President determines 

13 that such a waiver is in the national interests of the 

14 United States and on or before the date on which the waiv15 er takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional 

16 committees a notice of and justification for the waiver. 

17 ‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 

18 may exercise all authorities provided to the President 

19 under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer20 gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 

21 for purposes of carrying out this section. 

22 ‘‘(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 

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

25 ‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’ means— 

4 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

5 the Committee on Financial Services, and the 

6 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

7 Representatives; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

9 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

10 Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Finance 

11 of the Senate. 

12 ‘‘(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per13 son’ has the meaning given such term in section 

14 595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, as 

15 in effect on the date of enactment of this section. 

16 ‘‘(3) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term 

17 ‘United States person’ has the meaning given such 

18 term in section 589.312 of title 31, Code of Federal 

19 Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of 

20 this section.’’. 

21 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the 

22 Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and 

23 Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 

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1 by striking ‘‘In this Act:’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as other2 wise provided, in this Act:’’. 

3 SEC. 202. REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTI4 TUTIONS. 

5 The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ6 racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 

7 (Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 

8 by inserting after section 11 (as added by section 201 of 

9 this Act) the following new section: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 12. REPORT ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTI11 TUTIONS. 

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

13 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 

14 State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly sub15 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

16 on— 

17 ‘‘(1) foreign financial institutions that are in di18 rect control of assets owned or controlled by the 

19 Government of Ukraine in a manner determined by 

20 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

21 Treasury to be in violation of the sovereignty, inde22 pendence, or territorial integrity of Ukraine; 

23 ‘‘(2) foreign financial institutions that are di24 rectly or indirectly assisting or otherwise aiding the 


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1 violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial 

2 integrity of Ukraine; and 

3 ‘‘(3) foreign financial institutions determined by 

4 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 

5 Treasury to be complicit in illicit financial activity, 

6 including money laundering, financing of terrorism, 

7 transnational organized crime, or misappropriation 

8 of state assets, that are— 

9 ‘‘(A) organized under the laws of the Rus10 sian Federation; or 

11 ‘‘(B) owned or controlled by a foreign per12 son whose property or interests in property 

13 have been blocked pursuant to any covered Ex14 ecutive order. 

15 ‘‘(b) FORM.—The report required to be submitted 

16 under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified 

17 form but may include a classified annex. 

18 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT20 TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com21 mittees’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

23 the Committee on Financial Services, the Com24 mittee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 


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1 on the Judiciary of the House of Representa2 tives; and 

3 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 

4 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

5 Urban Affairs, the Committee on Finance, and 

6 the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 

7 ‘‘(2) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 

8 ‘covered Executive order’ has the meaning given the 

9 term in section 10(f) of this Act.’’. 

10 SEC. 203. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANSFERS OF 

11 DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES 

12 TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 

13 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

14 United States to oppose the transfer of defense articles 

15 and defense services from any country that is a member 

16 of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to, or 

17 on behalf of, the Russian Federation, during any period 

18 in which the Russian Federation forcibly occupies the ter19 ritory of Ukraine or of a NATO member country. 

20 (b) ADOPTION OF NATO POLICY.—The President 

21 shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 

22 States in NATO to seek the adoption of a policy by NATO 

23 that is consistent with the policy of the United States 

24 specified in subsection (a). 


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1 (c) MONITORING AND IDENTIFICATION OF TRANS2 FERS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct 

4 the heads of the appropriate departments and agen5 cies of the United States to identify those transfers 

6 of defense articles and defense services described in 

7 subsection (a) that are contrary to the policy of the 

8 United States specified in subsection (a). 

9 (2) REPORT.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall 

11 submit a written report to the chairmen and 

12 ranking members of the appropriate committees 

13 of Congress within 5 days of the receipt of in14 formation indicating that a transfer described 

15 in paragraph (1) has occurred. 

16 (B) FORM.—The report required under 

17 subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas18 sified form but may include a classified annex. 

19 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON21 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con22 gress’’ means— 

23 (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

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1 nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 

2 House of Representatives; and 

3 (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

4 Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 

5 Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 

6 (2) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERV7 ICES.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’ and ‘‘defense 

8 service’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec9 tion 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

10 2794). 

11 TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 

12 SEC. 301. STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO RUSSIAN FEDERA13 TION-SUPPORTED INFORMATION AND PROP14 AGANDA EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD RUS15 SIAN-SPEAKING COMMUNITIES IN COUN16 TRIES BORDERING THE RUSSIAN FEDERA17 TION. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 

19 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

20 shall develop and implement a strategy to respond to Rus21 sian Federation-supported disinformation and propaganda 

22 efforts directed toward persons in countries bordering the 

23 Russian Federation. 

24 (b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re25 quired under subsection (a) should include the following: 


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1 (1) Development of a response to propaganda 

2 and disinformation campaigns as an element of the 

3 ongoing crisis in Ukraine, specifically— 

4 (A) assistance in building the capacity of 

5 the Ukrainian military to document conflict 

6 zones and disseminate information in real time; 

7 (B) assistance in enhancing broadcast ca8 pacity with terrestrial television transmitters in 

9 Eastern Ukraine; and 

10 (C) media training for officials of the Gov11 ernment of Ukraine. 

12 (2) Establishment of a partnership with partner 

13 governments and private-sector entities to provide 

14 Russian language entertainment and news content 

15 to broadcasters in Russian-speaking communities 

16 bordering the Russian Federation. 

17 (3) Assessment of the extent of Russian Fed18 eration influence in political parties, financial insti19 tutions, media organizations, and other entities seek20 ing to exert political influence and sway public opin21 ion in favor of Russian Federation policy across Eu22 rope. 

23 (c) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 

24 the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 


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1 strategy required under subsection (a) and its implemen2 tation. 

3 (d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 

4 In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com5 mittees’’ means— 

6 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

7 Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep8 resentatives; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

10 the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 

11 SEC. 302. COST LIMITATION. 

12 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

13 requirements of this Act and the amendments made by 

14 this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 

15 amounts otherwise authorized. 

16 SEC. 303. SUNSET. 

17 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

18 cease to be effective beginning on the date that is 5 years 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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