I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8156 
To authorize the Attorney General to transfer the proceeds of certain forfeited 
property to remediate the harms of Russian aggression towards Ukraine, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2022 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. MALINOWSKI, 
Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KEATING, and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To authorize the Attorney General to transfer the proceeds 
of certain forfeited property to remediate the harms of 
Russian aggression towards Ukraine, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oligarch Assets for 
Ukrainian Victory Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER 
FORFEITED 
RUSSIAN 
ASSETS 
TO 
ASSIST 
UKRAINE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General may 
transfer to the Secretary of State the proceeds of any cov-
ered forfeited property, for use by the Secretary of State 
to provide assistance to Ukraine to remediate the harms 
of Russian aggression towards Ukraine. Any such transfer 
shall be considered foreign assistance under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.). 
(b) REPORT.—The Attorney General, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 
State, shall provide a semiannual report the appropriate 
congressional committees on any transfers made pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered forfeited property’’ 
means property seized by the Department of Justice 
under chapter 46 or section 1963 of title 18, United 
States Code, which property belonged to or was pos-
sessed by a person or entity designated by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury or the Secretary of State, 
pursuant to Executive Order 14024, as subject to 
sanctions. 
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) the Committees on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
(C) the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and of the Sen-
ate; and 
(D) the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate. 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority under this section ex-
pires on May 1, 2025. 
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