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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3992
To prohibit foreign assistance to Russia unless certain requirements relating
to Russian intelligence activities, relations between Russia and certain
neighboring countries, and the reform of the Russian economy are met.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 9, 1994
Mr. SOLOMON introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Foreign Affairs and Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit foreign assistance to Russia unless certain re-
quirements relating to Russian intelligence activities, re-
lations between Russia and certain neighboring countries,
and the reform of the Russian economy are met.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO
RUSSIA UNLESS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
RELATING TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AC-
TIVITIES, RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND
CERTAIN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES, AND RE-
FORM OF RUSSIAN ECONOMY ARE MET.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Foreign assistance may not be
provided to Russia for any fiscal year beginning after fis-
cal year 1995 unless the President certifies to Congress
for such fiscal year that—
(1) the United States Government has received
satisfactory assurances from the Government of
Russia that Russia’s intelligence activities in the
United States are confined to what is considered
routine, non-adversarial information gathering ac-
tivities;
(2) the Government of Russia has concluded
written agreements with the Governments of Latvia,
Estonia, and Moldova on the unconditional with-
drawal of Russian troops from those 3 nations and
is making continual progress toward fulfilling the
agreements;
(3) Russian troops in the Kaliningrad region of
Russia are respecting the sovereign territory of Lith-
uania and other neighboring countries and that such
troops are not offensively postured against any other
countries;
(4) the activities of the Government of Russia
in the independent states of the former Soviet Union
do not represent an attempt by Russia to diminish
the sovereignty and independence of such states;
(5) the Government of Russia is not pursuing
policies in the former Yugoslavia that are contrary
to the interests of the United States and its allies;
and
(6) the Government of Russia is committed to
reforming the Russian economy along free-market
lines, and is taking concrete steps in this direction.
(b) CERTIFICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1995.—In
addition to the requirements contained in subsection (a),
with respect to fiscal year 1995, foreign assistance may
not be provided to Russia unless the President certifies
to the Congress for such fiscal year that the Government
of Russia has provided the United States Government with
a full and accurate accounting of the espionage activities
related to the case of Aldrich Hazen Ames of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
(c) REPORT.—For any fiscal year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall provide to
the Congress a report containing the following informa-
tion:
(1) The amount of foreign assistance provided
to Russia for the preceding fiscal year, including the
purpose for which such assistance was provided and
an assessment of its effectiveness.
(2) A detailed accounting of the amount of for-
eign assistance appropriated which has not been ex-
pended and the status of such assistance.
(3) An estimate of the total amount of capital
exported from Russia during the previous fiscal
year.
(d) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
the Congress that the United States Government should
oppose all lending to Russia by the international financial
institutions to which the United States is a member unless
the Government of Russia is in compliance with the re-
quirements contained in subsection (a) or subsection (b),
as the case may be.
(e) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘foreign assistance’’ means assist-
ance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the
Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies
and Open Markets Support Act of 1992, except that such
term does not include—
(1) humanitarian assistance;
(2) educational and cultural exchanges between
the United States and Russia;
(3) assistance provided by the National Endow-
ment for Democracy; and
(4) assistance for the purpose of destroying nu-
clear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weap-
ons, and related assistance.
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