I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5094 
To contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, to assist 
Ukraine’s democratic transition, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2016 
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 
FITZPATRICK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. COSTA, Mr. WEBER of 
Texas, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. 
KEATING, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. RIBBLE) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, 
and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To contain, reverse, and deter Russian aggression in 
Ukraine, to assist Ukraine’s democratic transition, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Stability and Democracy for Ukraine Act’’ or ‘‘STAND 
for Ukraine Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Statements of policy. 
TITLE I—CRIMEA ANNEXATION NON-RECOGNITION 
Sec. 101. United States policy against recognition of territorial changes effected 
by force alone. 
Sec. 102. Prohibitions against United States recognition of the Russian Federa-
tion’s annexation of Crimea. 
Sec. 103. Codification of sanctions under certain Executive orders relating to 
Ukraine. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Prohibiting certain transactions with foreign sanctions evaders with 
respect to the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 202. Reports on certain foreign financial institutions. 
Sec. 203. Requirements relating to transfers of defense articles and defense 
services to the Russian Federation. 
Sec. 204. Amendments to Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 
2012. 
TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 301. Consortium to support increased private investment in Ukraine. 
Sec. 302. Strategy to respond to Russian Federation-supported information and 
propaganda efforts directed toward Russian-speaking commu-
nities in countries bordering the Russian Federation. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENTS OF POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 
States to further assist the Government of Ukraine in re-
storing its sovereignty and territorial integrity to contain, 
reverse, and deter Russian aggression in Ukraine. That 
policy shall be carried into effect, among other things, 
through a comprehensive effort, in coordination with allies 
and partners of the United States where appropriate, that 
includes sanctions, diplomacy, and assistance for the peo-
ple of Ukraine intended to enhance their ability to consoli-
date a rule of law-based democracy with a free market 
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economy and to exercise their right under international 
law to self-defense. 
(b) ADDITIONAL STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is fur-
ther the policy of the United States— 
(1) to use its voice, vote, and influence in inter-
national fora to encourage others to provide assist-
ance that is similar to assistance described in sub-
section (a) to Ukraine; and 
(2) to ensure that any relevant sanctions relief 
for the Russian Federation is contingent on timely, 
complete, and verifiable implementation of the Minsk 
Agreements, especially the restoration of Ukraine’s 
control of the entirety of its eastern border with the 
Russian Federation in the conflict zone. 
TITLE I—CRIMEA ANNEXATION 
NON-RECOGNITION 
SEC. 101. UNITED STATES POLICY AGAINST RECOGNITION 
OF TERRITORIAL CHANGES EFFECTED BY 
FORCE ALONE. 
Between the years of 1940 and 1991, the United 
States did not recognize the forcible incorporation and an-
nexation of the three Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, 
and Estonia into the Soviet Union under a policy known 
as the ‘‘Stimson Doctrine’’. 
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SEC. 102. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST UNITED STATES REC-
OGNITION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S 
ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with United States 
policy enumerated in section 101, no Federal department 
or agency should take any action or extend any assistance 
that recognizes or implies any recognition of the de jure 
or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Cri-
mea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. 
(b) DOCUMENTS PORTRAYING CRIMEA AS PART OF 
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION.—In accordance with United 
States policy enumerated in section 101, the Government 
Publishing Office should not print any map, document, 
record, or other paper of the United States portraying or 
otherwise indicating Crimea as part of the territory of the 
Russian Federation. 
SEC. 103. CODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS UNDER CERTAIN 
EXECUTIVE ORDERS RELATING TO UKRAINE. 
(a) CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS.— 
(1) EXECUTIVE
ORDERS 13660, 13661, AND 
13662.—United States sanctions provided for in the 
Executive orders described in subsection (b), im-
posed on or before April 6, 2014, and as in effect 
on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, shall remain in effect until the date on which 
the President submits to the appropriate congres-
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sional committees a certification described in sub-
section (c). 
(2) EXECUTIVE ORDER 13685.—United States 
sanctions provided for in Executive Order 13685 
(December 19, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating 
to blocking property of certain persons and prohib-
iting certain transactions with respect to the Crimea 
region of Ukraine), as in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, shall remain in 
effect until the date on which the President submits 
to the appropriate congressional committees a cer-
tification described in subsection (c). 
(b) EXECUTIVE ORDERS DESCRIBED.—The Execu-
tive orders described in this subsection are the following: 
(1) Executive Order 13660 (March 6, 2014; 79 
Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking property of 
certain persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine). 
(2) Executive Order 13661 (March 16, 2014; 
79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking property of 
additional persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine). 
(3) Executive Order 13662 (March 20, 2014; 
79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking property of 
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additional persons contributing to the situation in 
Ukraine). 
(c) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
subsection is a certification of the President that— 
(1) Ukraine’s sovereignty over Crimea has been 
restored; or 
(2) the status of Crimea has been resolved, 
through an internationally supervised process, to the 
satisfaction of a democratically elected Government 
of Ukraine. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to restrict the authority of the 
President to impose additional United States sanctions 
with specific respect to the Russian Federation’s occupa-
tion of Crimea pursuant to the Executive orders described 
in subsections (a)(2) and (b). 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
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(2) Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
of the Senate. 
TITLE II—SANCTIONS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 
FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ-
racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 10. PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH 
FOREIGN SANCTIONS EVADERS WITH RE-
SPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
impose with respect to a foreign person the sanctions de-
scribed in subsection (b) if the President determines that 
the foreign person knowingly— 
‘‘(1) has materially violated, attempted to vio-
late, conspired to violate, or caused a violation of 
any license, order, regulation, or prohibition con-
tained in, or issued pursuant to any covered Execu-
tive order; or 
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‘‘(2) has facilitated significant deceptive or 
structured transactions for or on behalf of any per-
son subject to United States sanctions concerning 
the Russian Federation. 
‘‘(b) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The sanctions described in 
this subsection are the exercise of all powers granted 
to the President by the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to 
the extent necessary to block and prohibit all trans-
actions in all property and interests in property of 
a person determined by the President to be subject 
to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 
property are in the United States, come within the 
United States, or are or come within the possession 
or control of a United States person. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The authority to im-
pose sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not 
include the authority to impose sanctions relat-
ing to the importation of goods. 
‘‘(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In paragraph (A), 
the term ‘good’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 16 of the Export Administration 
Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415) (as contin-
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ued in effect pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.)). 
‘‘(3) PENALTIES.—A person that is subject to 
sanctions described in paragraph (1) shall be subject 
to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 206 of the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same ex-
tent as a person that commits an unlawful act de-
scribed in subsection (a) of that section. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The President may waive the applica-
tion of sanctions under subsection (b) on a case-by-case 
for a period of not more than 120 days, and may renew 
that waiver for additional periods of not more than 120 
days with respect to a person if the President determines 
that such a waiver is in the national interests of the 
United States and on or before the date on which the waiv-
er takes effect, submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a notice of and justification for the waiver. 
‘‘(d) IMPLEMENTATION AUTHORITY.—The President 
may exercise all authorities provided to the President 
under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) 
for purposes of carrying out this section. 
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‘‘(e) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The President shall 
issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are nec-
essary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Financial Services, and the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(2) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 
‘covered Executive order’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Executive Order 13660 (March 6, 
2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 13493; relating to blocking 
property of certain persons contributing to the 
situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(B) Executive Order 13661 (March 16, 
2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 15535; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to 
the situation in Ukraine). 
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‘‘(C) Executive Order 13662 (March 20, 
2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 16169; relating to blocking 
property of additional persons contributing to 
the situation in Ukraine). 
‘‘(D) Executive Order 13685 (December 
19, 2014; 79 Fed. Reg. 77357; relating to 
blocking property of certain persons and prohib-
iting certain transactions with respect to the 
Crimea region of Ukraine). 
‘‘(3) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘foreign per-
son’ means— 
‘‘(A) an individual who is not a United 
States person; 
‘‘(B) a corporation, partnership, or other 
nongovernmental entity which is not a United 
States person; 
‘‘(C) any official, representative, agent, or 
instrumentality of, or an individual working on 
behalf of a foreign government; or 
‘‘(D) a foreign government. 
‘‘(4) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘United States person’ means— 
‘‘(A) a United States citizen or an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence to 
the United States; or 
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‘‘(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or of any jurisdiction within 
the United States, including a foreign branch of 
such an entity, or any person in the United 
States.’’. 
SEC. 202. REPORTS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS. 
The Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democ-
racy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–95; 22 U.S.C. 8901 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 10 (as added by section 201 of 
this Act) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 11. REPORTS ON CERTAIN FOREIGN FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, and every 180 days 
thereafter for a period not to exceed 2 years, the Secretary 
of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on— 
‘‘(1) foreign financial institutions that are in di-
rect control of Government of Ukraine state-owned 
or controlled assets in a manner determined by the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury 
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to be in violation of the sovereignty, independence, 
or territorial integrity of Ukraine; 
‘‘(2) foreign financial institutions determined by 
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the 
Treasury to be complicit in illicit financial activity, 
including money laundering, terrorism and prolifera-
tion financing, transnational organized crime, or 
misappropriation of state assets, that are— 
‘‘(A) organized under the laws of the Rus-
sian Federation and have a capitalization of not 
less than $20,000,000,000; or 
‘‘(B) owned or controlled by a foreign per-
son whose property or interests in property 
have been blocked pursuant to any covered Ex-
ecutive order; and 
‘‘(3) foreign financial institutions that are di-
rectly or indirectly assisting or otherwise aiding the 
violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial 
integrity of Ukraine. 
‘‘(b) FORM.—The report required to be submitted 
under this subsection shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may include a classified annex. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
the Committee on Financial Services, the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
‘‘(B) Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(2) COVERED EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The term 
‘covered Executive order’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 10(f) of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 203. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO TRANSFERS OF 
DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES 
TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States to oppose the transfer of defense articles 
and defense services from any country that is a member 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to, or 
on behalf of, the Russian Federation, during any period 
in which the Russian Federation forcibly occupies the ter-
ritory of Ukraine or of a NATO member country. 
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(b) ADOPTION OF NATO POLICY.—The President 
shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 
States in NATO to seek the adoption of a policy by NATO 
that is consistent with the policy of the United States 
specified in subsection (a). 
(c) MONITORING AND IDENTIFICATION OF TRANS-
FERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct 
the heads of the appropriate departments and agen-
cies of the United States to monitor all transfers of 
defense articles and defense services from NATO 
member countries to the Russian Federation and 
identify those transfers that are contrary to the pol-
icy of the United States specified in subsection (a). 
(2) REPORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
submit a written report to the chairmen and 
ranking members of the appropriate committees 
of Congress within 5 days of the receipt of in-
formation indicating that a transfer described 
in paragraph (1) has occurred. 
(B) FORM.—The report required under 
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclas-
sified form but may include a classified annex. 
(d) RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If a NATO member country 
transfers, or allows a transfer by a person subject to 
its national jurisdiction of, a defense article or de-
fense service on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act that is intended for a military end-use or 
end-user and which makes a significant contribution 
to the military capabilities of the Russian Federation 
in contravention of the policy of the United States 
specified in subsection (a) and is identified pursuant 
to subsection (c), an application for a license or 
other authorization required under the Arms Export 
Control Act for the transfer of any defense article or 
defense service to, or on behalf of, that NATO mem-
ber country shall be subject to a presumption of de-
nial. 
(2) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—A presumption of de-
nial shall apply to an application for a license or 
other authorization under paragraph (1) only during 
a period in which the President determines that the 
Russian Federation has forcibly occupied the terri-
tory of Ukraine or of a NATO member country. 
(3) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The Presi-
dent may waive the restriction on the transfer of any 
defense article or defense service to, or on behalf of, 
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a NATO member country in paragraph (1) if the 
President— 
(A) determines that the waiver is in the 
national security interest of the United States; 
and 
(B) submits to the appropriate committees 
of Congress a report on the determination and 
the reasons for the determination. 
(4) AMENDMENT TO ITAR.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of State shall amend the International 
Trafficking in Arms Regulations for purposes of im-
plementing this subsection. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Perma-
nent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select 
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
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(2) DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERV-
ICES.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’ and ‘‘defense 
service’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec-
tion 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2794 note). 
SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO SERGEI MAGNITSKY RULE OF 
LAW ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2012. 
(a) LIST OF PERSONS.—Section 404 of the Sergei 
Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (22 
U.S.C. 5811 note) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘GROSS 
VIOLATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘SERIOUS ABUSES’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘gross violations’’ and inserting 
‘‘serious abuses’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
after ‘‘Russia’’ the following: ‘‘or in any terri-
tory forcibly occupied or otherwise controlled by 
the Government of the Russian Federation’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and apply with respect to updates of the list 
required to be submitted under section 404 of the Sergei 
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Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 on or 
after such date of enactment. 
TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 301. CONSORTIUM TO SUPPORT INCREASED PRIVATE 
INVESTMENT IN UKRAINE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Private investment in Ukraine is essential 
for Ukraine’s long-term economic recovery, employ-
ment, and fiscal stability. 
(2) Private investment in Ukraine requires the 
availability of insurance to protect investors against 
loss due to armed conflict, political violence, expro-
priation, and other risks that constitute an obstacle 
to private investment. 
(3) It is in the United States national security 
interest to seek to establish an international consor-
tium, with other national governments, multilateral 
organizations, and investors and insurers, to in-
crease the availability of insurance to support in-
creased private investment in Ukraine. 
(4) An international consortium would be an ef-
fective mechanism to spread the risk against loss 
among a broad group of governmental and private 
insurers. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State, after 
consultation with the Government of Ukraine, shall seek 
to establish an international consortium to support in-
creased private investment in Ukraine and to provide for 
participation by the Government of the United States in 
such consortium. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The consortium established pur-
suant to subsection (b) should be composed of the fol-
lowing members: 
(1) The Government of the United States, to 
include the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion. 
(2) The national governments of other inter-
ested countries. 
(3) Appropriate multilateral organizations. 
(4) Private insurance companies and other ap-
propriate private sector entities. 
(d) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The consortium established 
pursuant to subsection (b) should issue insurance, 
upon such terms and conditions as the consortium 
may determine, to protect investors against the risk 
of loss of private investments in Ukraine. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
DUTIES.—The consortium 
should— 
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(A) ensure that members of the consortium 
share in issuing insurance and are liable for 
payments of claims by investors in proportion 
to each member’s agreed-upon share; 
(B) at a minimum, ensure that members of 
the consortium provide insurance against the 
risk of loss due to armed conflict, political vio-
lence, and expropriation in Ukraine; 
(C) provide reinsurance to entities that 
have issued or underwritten insurance to inves-
tors in Ukraine against the risk of loss; and 
(D) establish a procedure for processing, 
negotiating, and settling claims for losses in-
curred and should utilize, to the maximum ex-
tent possible, the resources of the members of 
the consortium to carry out such functions. 
(e) ROLE OF OPIC.—Upon the request of the Sec-
retary of State, the Overseas Private Investment Corpora-
tion should— 
(1) assist the Secretary of State in securing 
membership of private insurance companies and 
other appropriate private sector entities in the con-
sortium; 
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(2) participate in underwriting insurance con-
sistent with the statutory provisions applicable to 
the Corporation; and 
(3) provide staff with relevant expertise to as-
sist in establishing and administering the consor-
tium, on a reimbursable basis. 
SEC. 302. STRATEGY TO RESPOND TO RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION-SUPPORTED INFORMATION AND PROP-
AGANDA EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD RUS-
SIAN-SPEAKING 
COMMUNITIES 
IN 
COUN-
TRIES BORDERING THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Broadcasting Board of Governors shall es-
tablish Crimean Tatar services subordinate to the Ukrain-
ian language services and shall broadcast and direct Cri-
mean Tatar language content into Crimea. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall develop and implement a strategy to respond to Rus-
sian Federation-supported disinformation and propaganda 
efforts directed toward persons in countries bordering the 
Russian Federation. 
(c) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—The strategy re-
quired under subsection (b) should include the following: 
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(1) Development of a response to propaganda 
and disinformation campaigns as an element of the 
ongoing crisis in Ukraine, specifically— 
(A) assistance in building the capacity of 
the Ukrainian military to document conflict 
zones and disseminate information in real time; 
(B) assistance in enhancing broadcast ca-
pacity with terrestrial television transmitters in 
Eastern Ukraine; and 
(C) media training for officials of the Gov-
ernment of Ukraine. 
(2) Establishment of a partnership with partner 
governments and private-sector entities to provide 
Russian-language entertainment and news content to 
broadcasters in Russian-speaking communities bor-
dering the Russian Federation. 
(3) Assessment of the extent of Russian Fed-
eration influence in political parties, financial insti-
tutions, media organizations, and other entities seek-
ing to exert political influence and sway public opin-
ion in favor of Russian Federation policy across Eu-
rope. 
(d) REPORT.—The Secretary of State shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
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strategy required under subsection (b) and its implemen-
tation. 
(e) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
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