I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4433 
To provide military assistance to Ukraine, to enhance the presence and 
capabilities of the United States military in Europe, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 9, 2014 
Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, and Mr. MCKEON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services and Select 
Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide military assistance to Ukraine, to enhance the 
presence and capabilities of the United States military 
in Europe, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; DEFINI-
TIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Forging Peace Through Strength in Ukraine and the 
Transatlantic Alliance Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; definitions. 
Sec. 2. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 3. Strategic framework for United States security force assistance and co-
operation in the European and Eurasian regions. 
Sec. 4. Requirement for plan to increase intelligence and cyber cooperation with 
Ukraine. 
Sec. 5. Enhancing presence and capabilities of United States military in Eu-
rope. 
Sec. 6. Enhancing readiness posture of United States military in Europe. 
Sec. 7. Posturing United States strategic capabilities. 
Sec. 8. Limitation on military contact and cooperation between the United 
States and the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 9. Limitation on non-proliferation activities between the United States and 
the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 10. Annual report on military and security developments involving the 
Russian Federation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Except as otherwise provided, the term ‘‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES.— 
The term ‘‘congressional defense committees’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) 
of title 10, United States Code. 
(3) NATO.—The term ‘‘NATO’’ means the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 
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(4) TREATIES DEFINED.— 
(A) CFE TREATY.—The term ‘‘CFE Trea-
ty’’ means the Treaty on Conventional Armed 
Forces in Europe, signed at Paris November 
19, 1990, and entered into force July 17, 1992. 
(B) INF TREATY.—The term ‘‘INF Trea-
ty’’ means the Treaty Between the United 
States of America and the Union of Soviet So-
cialist Republics on the Elimination of Their 
Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Mis-
siles, commonly referred to as the Intermediate- 
Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at 
Washington December 8, 1987, and entered 
into force June 1, 1988. 
(C) NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY.—The term 
‘‘North Atlantic Treaty’’ means the North At-
lantic Treaty signed at Washington, April 4, 
1949, and entered into force August 24, 1949. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) On March 1, 2014, Russian Federation 
President Vladimir Putin sought and received from 
the upper house of the Russian parliament the 
standing authorization of the use of military force to 
send Russian forces into Ukrainian territory. 
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