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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5962 
To authorize the Department of Justice and the Department of State to 
provide law enforcement and intelligence technical assistance, training, 
capacity building, and advisory support to the Government of Ukraine 
to achieve the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian 
detainees, and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2025 
Mr. LANDSMAN (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. WIL-
SON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To authorize the Department of Justice and the Department 
of State to provide law enforcement and intelligence tech-
nical assistance, training, capacity building, and advisory 
support to the Government of Ukraine to achieve the 
exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian de-
tainees, and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian 
children, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SUPPORTING THE IDENTIFICATION AND RE-
COVERY OF ABDUCTED UKRAINIAN CHIL-
DREN. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Abducted Ukrainian Children Recovery and Account-
ability Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to a White House press release, 
dated March, 2025, ‘‘The United States and 
Ukraine agreed that the United States remains com-
mitted to helping achieve the exchange of prisoners 
of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the re-
turn of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children.’’. 
(2) To implement the commitment referred to 
in paragraph (1), the United States Government re-
quires an organized and resourced policy approach 
to assist Ukraine with— 
(A) investigations of Russia’s abduction of 
Ukrainian children; 
(B) the rehabilitation and reintegration of 
children returned to Ukraine; and 
(C) justice and accountability for perpetra-
tors of the abductions. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 
AND ADVISORY SUPPORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Department of Justice 
and the Department of State are authorized— 
(A) to provide law enforcement and intel-
ligence technical assistance, training, capacity 
building, and advisory support to the Govern-
ment of Ukraine in support of the commitment 
described in subsection (b)(1); and 
(B) to advance the objectives described in 
subsection (b)(2). 
(2) TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.—The law enforce-
ment and intelligence technical assistance authorized 
under paragraph (1)(A) may include— 
(A) training regarding the utilization of bi-
ometric identification technologies in abduction 
and trafficking in persons investigations; 
(B) assistance with respect to collecting 
and analyzing open source intelligence informa-
tion; 
(C) assistance in the development and use 
of secure communications technologies; and 
(D) assistance with respect to managing 
and securing relevant databases. 
(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 30 days after 
the determination to provide assistance in any cat-
egory identified in this subsection, the Secretary of 
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State shall brief the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives on— 
(A) the amount of assistance determined to 
be obligated; 
(B) the type of assistance to be utilized; 
and 
(C) any information on the technology 
operationalized to support the means identified 
in this subsection. 
(d) COORDINATION.— 
(1) NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—The 
Department of Justice and the Department of State 
may coordinate with, and provide grants to, non-
governmental organizations to carry out the assist-
ance authorized under subsection (c). 
(2) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The National Secu-
rity Council may coordinate with appropriate rep-
resentatives from the Department of Justice, the 
Department of State, the intelligence community (as 
defined in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), and other Federal agen-
cies, as needed, to carry out the assistance author-
ized under subsection (c). 
(e) REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION.— 
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(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The 
Secretary of State is authorized to provide support 
to the Government of Ukraine and nongovernmental 
organizations and local civil society groups in 
Ukraine for the purpose of providing Ukrainian chil-
dren (including teenagers) who have been abducted, 
forcibly transferred, or held against their will by the 
Russian Federation with— 
(A) medical and psychological rehabilita-
tion services; 
(B) family reunification and support serv-
ices; and 
(C) services in support of the reintegration 
of such children into Ukrainian society, includ-
ing case management, legal aid, and edu-
cational screening and placement. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
that describes all current or planned foreign assist-
ance programs that will provide the assistance au-
thorized under paragraph (1). 
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(f) ATROCITY
CRIMES
ADVISORY
GROUP
FOR 
UKRAINE.—The Department of State is authorized to 
support the Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine 
by providing technical assistance, capacity building, and 
advisory support to the Government of Ukraine’s Office 
of the Prosecutor General, and other relevant components 
of the Government of Ukraine, for the purpose of inves-
tigating and prosecuting cases involving abducted chil-
dren, and other atrocity crimes. 
(g) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—The Department of 
Justice is authorized to provide technical assistance, ca-
pacity building, and advisory support to the Government 
of Ukraine through its Office of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and Training, which shall be co-
ordinated by the Resident Legal Adviser at the United 
States Embassy in Kyiv, for the purpose of investigating 
and prosecuting cases involving abducted children, and 
other atrocity crimes. 
(h) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) the Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Attorney General, shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
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resentatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives that describes current 
and planned United States Government support for 
the Government of Ukraine’s work to investigate 
and prosecute atrocity crimes; and 
(2) the Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit a report 
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
Representatives that outlines— 
(A) any discrepancies between the sanc-
tions regimes of the United States, the United 
Kingdom, and the European Union with respect 
to those responsible for the abduction of 
Ukrainian children; and 
(B) efforts made by the United States 
Government to better align such sanction re-
gimes. 
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