(ii) evacuation assistance available to 
persons seeking to flee armed conflict 
areas. 
(3) ASSISTANCE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL OR-
GANIZATIONS.—The President shall instruct the 
United States permanent representative or executive 
director, as the case may be, to the relevant United 
Nations voluntary agencies, including the United 
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Hu-
manitarian Affairs, and other appropriate inter-
national organizations, to use the voice and vote of 
the United States to support appropriate assistance 
for internally displaced persons in Ukraine. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
TO
THE DEFENSE SECTOR
OF 
UKRAINE.—The Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
Defense should assist entities in the defense sector of 
Ukraine to reorient exports away from customers in the 
Russian Federation and to find appropriate alternative 
markets for those entities in the defense sector of Ukraine 
that have already significantly reduced exports to and co-
operation with entities in the defense sector of the Russian 
Federation. 
(c) ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS THE ENERGY CRISIS 
IN UKRAINE.—
(1) EMERGENCY ENERGY ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) PLAN
REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
State and the Secretary of Energy, in collabora-
tion with the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development 
and the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, shall work with of-
ficials of the Government of Ukraine to develop 
a short-term emergency energy assistance plan 
designed to help Ukraine address the poten-
tially severe short-term heating fuel and elec-
tricity shortages facing Ukraine in 2014 and 
2015. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by 
subparagraph (A) should include strategies to 
address heating fuel and electricity shortages in 
Ukraine, including, as appropriate— 
(i) the acquisition of short-term, 
emergency fuel supplies; 
(ii) the repair or replacement of infra-
structure that could impede the trans-
mission of electricity or transportation of 
fuel;
(iii) the prioritization of the transpor-
tation of fuel supplies to the areas where 
such supplies are needed most; 
(iv) streamlining emergency commu-
nications throughout national, regional, 
and local governments to manage the po-
tential energy crisis resulting from heating 
fuel and electricity shortages; 
(v) forming a crisis management team 
within the Government of Ukraine to spe-
cifically address the potential crisis, includ-
ing ensuring coordination of the team’s ef-
forts with the efforts of outside govern-
mental and nongovernmental entities pro-
viding assistance to address the potential 
crisis; and 
(vi) developing a public outreach 
strategy to facilitate preparation by the 
population and communication with the 
population in the event of a crisis. 
(C) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State, 
the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International 
Development are authorized to provide assist-
ance in support of, and to invest in short-term
solutions for, enabling Ukraine to secure the 
energy safety of the people of Ukraine during 
2014 and 2015, including through— 
(i) procurement and transport of 
emergency fuel supplies, including reverse 
pipeline flows from Europe; 
(ii) provision of technical assistance 
for crisis planning, crisis response, and 
public outreach; 
(iii) repair of infrastructure to enable 
the transport of fuel supplies; 
(iv) repair of power generating or 
power transmission equipment or facilities; 
(v) procurement and installation of 
compressors or other appropriate equip-
ment to enhance short-term natural gas 
production; 
(vi) procurement of mobile electricity 
generation units; 
(vii) conversion of natural gas heating 
facilities to run on other fuels, including 
alternative energy sources; and 
(viii) provision of emergency weather-
ization and winterization materials and 
supplies.
(2) REDUCTION OF UKRAINE’S RELIANCE ON 
ENERGY IMPORTS.— 
(A) PLANS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
State, in collaboration with the Secretary of 
Energy and the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, 
shall work with officials of the Government of 
Ukraine to develop medium- and long-term 
plans to increase energy production and effi-
ciency to increase energy security by helping 
Ukraine reduce its dependence on natural gas 
imported from the Russian Federation. 
(B) ELEMENTS.—The medium- and long- 
term plans required by subparagraph (A) 
should include strategies, as appropriate, to— 
(i) improve corporate governance and 
unbundling of state-owned oil and gas sec-
tor firms; 
(ii) increase production from natural 
gas fields and from other sources, includ-
ing renewable energy; 
(iii) license new oil and gas blocks 
transparently and competitively; 
(iv) modernize oil and gas upstream 
infrastructure; and
(v) improve energy efficiency. 
(C) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary of 
State, the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, and the 
Secretary of Energy should, during fiscal years 
2015 through 2018, work with other donors, in-
cluding multilateral agencies and nongovern-
mental organizations, to prioritize, to the extent 
practicable and as appropriate, the provision of 
assistance from such donors to help Ukraine to 
improve energy efficiency, increase energy sup-
plies produced in Ukraine, and reduce reliance 
on energy imports from the Russian Federa-
tion, including natural gas. 
(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated $50,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal 
years 2016 through 2018 to carry out activities 
under this paragraph. 
(3) SUPPORT
FROM
THE
OVERSEAS
PRIVATE 
INVESTMENT CORPORATION.—The Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation shall— 
(A) prioritize, to the extent practicable, 
support for investments to help increase energy 
efficiency, develop domestic oil and natural gas