SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
Sec. 3. Statement of policy regarding Ukraine. 
Sec. 4. Sanctions relating to the defense and energy sectors of the Russian 
Federation. 
Sec. 5. Sanctions on Russian and other foreign financial institutions. 
Sec. 6. Increased military assistance for the Government of Ukraine. 
Sec. 7. Expanded nonmilitary assistance for Ukraine. 
Sec. 8. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union. 
Sec. 9. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations. 
Sec. 10. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its obligations 
under the INF Treaty. 
Sec. 11. Rule of construction. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ACCOUNT; CORRESPONDENT ACCOUNT; PAY-
ABLE-THROUGH
ACCOUNT.—The terms ‘‘account’’, 
‘‘correspondent account’’, and ‘‘payable-through ac-
count’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 5318A of title 31, United States Code. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives. 
(3) DEFENSE
ARTICLE; DEFENSE
SERVICE; 
TRAINING.—The terms ‘‘defense article’’, ‘‘defense 
service’’, and ‘‘training’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2794). 
(4) FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘fi-
nancial institution’’ means a financial institution 
specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), 
(F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section 
5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code. 
(5) FOREIGN
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘foreign financial institution’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 561.308 of title 31, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar 
regulation or ruling). 
(6) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ means any individual or entity that is not a 
United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or 
an entity organized under the laws of the United 
States or any jurisdiction within the United States. 
(7) KNOWINGLY.—The term ‘‘knowingly’’, with 
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result,
means that a person has actual knowledge, or should 
have known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the 
result. 
(8) RUSSIAN PERSON.—The term ‘‘Russian per-
son’’ means— 
(A) an individual who is a citizen or na-
tional of the Russian Federation; or 
(B) an entity organized under the laws of 
the Russian Federation. 
(9) SPECIAL RUSSIAN CRUDE OIL PROJECT.— 
The term ‘‘special Russian crude oil project’’ means 
a project intended to extract crude oil from— 
(A) the exclusive economic zone of the 
Russian Federation in waters more than 500 
feet deep; 
(B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or 
(C) shale formations located in the Rus-
sian Federation. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING UKRAINE. 
It is the policy of the United States to further assist 
the Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty 
and territorial integrity to deter the Government of the 
Russian Federation from further destabilizing and invad-
ing Ukraine and other independent countries in Central 
and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
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 appro-
priate, that includes economic sanctions, diplomacy, as-
sistance for the people of Ukraine, and the provision of 
military capabilities to the Government of Ukraine that 
will enhance the ability of that Government to defend itself 
and to restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity in 
the face of unlawful actions by the Government of the 
Russian Federation. 
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE AND EN-
ERGY SECTORS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERA-
TION. 
(a) SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE SEC-
TOR.— 
(1) ROSOBORONEXPORT.—Except as provided 
in subsection (d), not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in 
subsection (c) with respect to Rosoboronexport. 
(2) RUSSIAN
PRODUCERS, TRANSFERORS, OR 
BROKERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (d), on and after the date that 
is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the President shall impose 3 or more of the
sanctions described in subsection (c) with respect to 
a foreign person the President determines— 
(A) is an entity— 
(i) owned or controlled by the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation or owned 
or controlled by nationals of the Russian 
Federation; and 
(ii) that— 
(I) knowingly manufactures or 
sells defense articles transferred into 
Syria or into the territory of a speci-
fied country without the consent of 
the internationally recognized govern-
ment of that country; 
(II) transfers defense articles 
into Syria or into the territory of a 
specified country without the consent 
of the internationally recognized gov-
ernment of that country; or 
(III) brokers or otherwise assists 
in the transfer of defense articles into 
Syria or into the territory of a speci-
fied country without the consent of 
the internationally recognized govern-
ment of that country; or
(B) knowingly, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, assists, sponsors, or pro-
vides financial, material, or technological sup-
port for, or goods or services to or in support 
of, an entity described in subparagraph (A) 
with respect to an activity described in clause 
(ii) of that subparagraph. 
(3) SPECIFIED COUNTRY DEFINED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘specified country’’ means— 
(i) Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; 
and 
(ii) any other country designated by 
the President as a country of significant 
concern for purposes of this subsection, 
such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Esto-
nia, and the Central Asia republics. 
(B) NOTICE
TO
CONGRESS.—The Presi-
dent shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees in writing not later than 15 days 
before— 
(i) designating a country as a country 
of significant concern under subparagraph 
(A)(ii); or
(ii) terminating a designation under 
that subparagraph, including the termi-
nation of any such designation pursuant to 
subsection (h). 
(b) SANCTIONS RELATED
TO
THE ENERGY SEC-
TOR.— 
(1) 
DEVELOPMENT
OF
SPECIAL
RUSSIAN 
CRUDE OIL PROJECTS.—Except as provided in sub-
section (d), on and after the date that is 45 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President may impose 3 or more of the sanctions de-
scribed in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign 
person if the President determines that the foreign 
person knowingly makes a significant investment in 
a special Russian crude oil project. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
FOR
EXTENSION
OF
LI-
CENSING LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.— 
The President, through the Bureau of Industry and 
Security of the Department of Commerce or the Of-
fice of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
the Treasury, as appropriate, may impose additional 
licensing requirements for or other restrictions on 
the export or reexport of items for use in the energy 
sector of the Russian Federation, including equip-
ment used for tertiary oil recovery.
(3) CONTINGENT
SANCTION
RELATING
TO 
GAZPROM.—If 
the 
President 
determines 
that 
Gazprom is withholding significant natural gas sup-
plies from member countries of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization, or further withholds significant 
natural gas supplies from countries such as Ukraine, 
Georgia, or Moldova, the President shall, not later 
than 45 days after making that determination, im-
pose the sanction described in subsection (c)(7) and 
at least one additional sanction described in sub-
section (c) with respect to Gazprom. 
(c) SANCTIONS
DESCRIBED.—The sanctions the 
President may impose with respect to a foreign person 
under subsection (a) or (b) are the following: 
(1) EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ASSISTANCE.—The 
President may direct the Export-Import Bank of the 
United States not to approve the issuance of any 
guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or partici-
pation in the extension of credit in connection with 
the export of any goods or services to the foreign 
person. 
(2) PROCUREMENT SANCTION.—The President 
may prohibit the head of any executive agency (as 
defined in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code) from entering into any contract for the pro-
curement of any goods or services from the foreign 
person. 
(3) ARMS EXPORT PROHIBITION.—The Presi-
dent may prohibit the exportation or provision by 
sale, lease or loan, grant, or other means, directly or 
indirectly, of any defense article or defense service to 
the foreign person and the issuance of any license or 
other approval to the foreign person under section 
38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2778). 
(4) DUAL-USE
EXPORT
PROHIBITION.—The 
President may prohibit the issuance of any license 
and suspend any license for the transfer to the for-
eign person of any item the export of which is con-
trolled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) or the Export Admin-
istration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter 
VII of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(5) PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS.—The President 
may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 
may prescribe, prohibit any person from— 
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, 
transferring, withdrawing, transporting, or ex-
porting any property that is subject to the ju-
risdiction of the United States and with respect 
to which the foreign person has any interest; 
(B) dealing in or exercising any right, 
power, or privilege with respect to such prop-
erty; or 
(C) conducting any transaction involving 
such property. 
(6) BANKING
TRANSACTIONS.—The President 
may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 
may prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or 
payments between financial institutions or by, 
through, or to any financial institution, to the extent 
that such transfers or payments are subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States and involve any in-
terest of the foreign person. 
(7) PROHIBITION ON INVESTMENT IN EQUITY 
OR DEBT OF SANCTIONED PERSON.—The President 
may, pursuant to such regulations as the President 
may prescribe, prohibit any United States person 
from transacting in, providing financing for, or oth-
erwise dealing in— 
(A) debt— 
(i) of longer than 30 days’ maturity of 
a foreign person with respect to which
sanctions are imposed under subsection (a) 
or of longer than 90 days’ maturity of a 
foreign person with respect to which sanc-
tions are imposed under subsection (b); 
and 
(ii) issued on or after the date on 
which such sanctions are imposed with re-
spect to the foreign person; or 
(B) equity of the foreign person issued on 
or after that date. 
(8) EXCLUSION
FROM
THE
UNITED
STATES 
AND REVOCATION OF VISA OR OTHER DOCUMENTA-
TION.—In the case of a foreign person who is an in-
dividual, the President may direct the Secretary of 
State to deny a visa to, and the Secretary of Home-
land Security to exclude from the United States, the 
foreign person, subject to regulatory exceptions to 
permit the United States to comply with the Agree-
ment regarding the Headquarters of the United Na-
tions, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and 
entered into force November 21, 1947, between the 
United Nations and the United States, or other ap-
plicable international obligations. 
(9) SANCTIONS ON PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF-
FICERS.—In the case of a foreign person that is an
entity, the President may impose on the principal 
executive officer or officers of the foreign person, or 
on individuals performing similar functions and with 
similar authorities as such officer or officers, any of 
the sanctions described in this subsection applicable 
to individuals. 
(d) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) IMPORTATION OF GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The authority to block 
and prohibit all transactions in all property and 
interests in property under subsection (c)(5) 
shall not include the authority to impose sanc-
tions on the importation of goods. 
(B) GOOD DEFINED.—In this paragraph, 
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-
ued in effect pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701 et seq.)). 
(2) ADDITIONAL EXCEPTIONS.—The President 
shall not be required to apply or maintain the sanc-
tions under subsection (a) or (b)— 
(A) in the case of procurement of defense 
articles or defense services under existing con-
tracts, subcontracts, or other business agree-
ments, including ancillary or incidental con-
tracts for goods, or for services or funding (in-
cluding necessary financial services) associated 
with such goods, as necessary to give effect to 
such contracts, subcontracts, or other business 
agreements, and the exercise of options for pro-
duction quantities to satisfy requirements es-
sential to the national security of the United 
States— 
(i) if the President determines in writ-
ing that— 
(I) the foreign person to which 
the sanctions would otherwise be ap-
plied is a sole source supplier of the 
defense articles or services; 
(II) the defense articles or serv-
ices are essential; 
(III) alternative sources are not 
readily or reasonably available; and 
(IV) the national interests of the 
United States would be adversely af-
fected by the application or mainte-
nance of such sanctions; or
(ii) if the President determines in 
writing that— 
(I) such articles or services are 
essential to the national security 
under defense coproduction agree-
ments; and 
(II) the national interests of the 
United States would be adversely af-
fected by the application or mainte-
nance of such sanctions; 
(B) in the case of procurement, to eligible 
products, as defined in section 308(4) of the 
Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 
2518(4)), of any foreign country or instrumen-
tality designated under section 301(b)(1) of 
that Act (19 U.S.C. 2511(b)(1)); 
(C) to products, technology, or services 
provided under contracts, subcontracts, or other 
business agreements (including ancillary or inci-
dental contracts for goods, or for services or 
funding (including necessary financial services) 
associated with such goods, as necessary to give 
effect to such contracts, subcontracts, or other 
business agreements) entered into before the 
date on which the President publishes in the
Federal Register the name of the foreign person 
with respect to which the sanctions are to be 
imposed; 
(D) to— 
(i) spare parts that are essential to 
United States products or production; 
(ii) component parts, but not finished 
products, essential to United States prod-
ucts or production; or 
(iii) routine servicing and mainte-
nance of United States products, to the ex-
tent that alternative sources are not read-
ily or reasonably available; 
(E) to information and technology essential 
to United States products or production; or 
(F) to food, medicine, medical devices, or 
agricultural commodities (as those terms are 
defined in section 101 of the Comprehensive 
Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment 
Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511)). 
(e) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President may waive 
the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 
(b) with respect to a foreign person if the Presi-
dent—
(A) determines that the waiver is in the 
national security interest of the United States; 
and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on the determination 
and the reasons for the determination. 
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 
paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(f) TRANSACTION-SPECIFIC
NATIONAL
SECURITY 
WAIVER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The President may waive 
the application of sanctions under subsection (a) or 
(b) with respect to a specific transaction if the 
President— 
(A) determines that the transaction is in 
the national security interest of the United 
States; and 
(B) submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a detailed report on the de-
termination and the specific reasons for the de-
termination that a waiver with respect to the 
transaction is necessary and appropriate.
(2) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by 
paragraph (1)(B) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex. 
(g) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
the purposes of this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes 
a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 
or an order or regulation prescribed under either 
such subsection, to the same extent that such pen-
alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful 
act described in section 206(a) of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act. 
(h) TERMINATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section, and sanctions imposed under 
this section, shall terminate on the date on which 
the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a certification that the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation has ceased ordering, 
controlling, or otherwise directing, supporting, or fi-
nancing, significant acts intended to undermine the 
peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial 
integrity of Ukraine, including through an agree-
ment between the appropriate parties. 
(2) APPLICABILITY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA.— 
The termination date under paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to the provisions of subsection (a) 
relating to the transfer of defense articles into Syria 
or sanctions imposed pursuant to such provisions. 
SEC. 5. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FI-
NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
(a) FACILITATION OF CERTAIN DEFENSE- AND EN-
ERGY-RELATED TRANSACTIONS.—The President may im-
pose the sanction described in subsection (c) with respect 
to a foreign financial institution that the President deter-
mines knowingly engages, on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, in significant transactions involving 
activities described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B) of sec-
tion 4(a)(2) or paragraph (1) or (3) of section 4(b) for 
persons with respect to which sanctions are imposed under 
section 4.
(b) FACILITATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ON 
BEHALF OF SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS.—The 
President may impose the sanction described in subsection 
(c) with respect to a foreign financial institution if the 
President determines that the foreign financial institution 
has, on or after the date that is 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, knowingly facilitated a sig-
nificant financial transaction on behalf of any Russian 
person included on the list of specially designated nation-
als and blocked persons maintained by the Office of For-
eign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, 
pursuant to— 
(1) this Act; 
(2) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 
13,493), 13661 (79 Fed. Reg. 15,535), or 13662 
(79 Fed. Reg. 16,169); or 
(3) any other Executive order addressing the 
crisis in Ukraine. 
(c) SANCTION DESCRIBED.—The sanction described 
in this subsection is, with respect to a foreign financial 
institution, a prohibition on the opening, and a prohibition 
or the imposition of strict conditions on the maintaining, 
in the United States of a correspondent account or a pay-
able-through account by the foreign financial institution.
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY WAIVER.—The President 
may waive the application of sanctions under this section 
with respect to a foreign financial institution if the Presi-
dent— 
(1) determines that the waiver is in the national 
security interest of the United States; and 
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the determination and the 
reasons for the determination. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION; PENALTIES.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION.—The President may ex-
ercise all authorities provided under sections 203 
and 205 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out 
the purposes of this section. 
(2) PENALTIES.—The penalties provided for in 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates, 
attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes 
a violation of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, 
or an order or regulation prescribed under either 
such subsection, to the same extent that such pen-
alties apply to a person that commits an unlawful
act described in section 206(a) of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act. 
(f) TERMINATION.—This section, and sanctions im-
posed under this section, shall terminate on the date on 
which the President submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees the certification described in section 
4(h). 
SEC. 6. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOV-
ERNMENT OF UKRAINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to 
provide defense articles, defense services, and training to 
the Government of Ukraine for the purpose of countering 
offensive weapons and reestablishing the sovereignty and 
territorial integrity of Ukraine, including anti-tank and 
anti-armor weapons, crew weapons and ammunition, 
counter-artillery radars to identify and target artillery bat-
teries, fire control, range finder, and optical and guidance 
and control equipment, tactical troop-operated surveillance 
drones, and secure command and communications equip-
ment, pursuant to the provisions of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), and other relevant 
provisions of law. 
(b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit a report detailing the anticipated defense ar-
ticles, defense services, and training to be provided pursu-
ant to this section and a timeline for the provision of such 
defense articles, defense services, and training, to— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of State $100,000,000 
for fiscal year 2015, $125,000,000 for fiscal year 
2016, and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 to 
carry out activities under this section. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 
(1) shall remain available for obligation and expendi-
ture through the end of fiscal year 2018. 
(d) AUTHORITY
FOR
THE USE
OF FUNDS.—The 
funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for provi-
sion of defense articles, defense services, and training may 
be used to procure such articles, services, and training
from the United States Government or other appropriate 
sources. 
(e) PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS.—It is the sense of 
Congress that the Government of Ukraine should take all 
appropriate steps to protect civilians. 
SEC. 
7. 
EXPANDED 
NONMILITARY 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
UKRAINE. 
(a) ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEO-
PLE IN UKRAINE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of State shall submit a plan, including actions by the 
United States Government, other governments, and 
international organizations, to meet the need for 
protection of and assistance for internally displaced 
persons in Ukraine, to— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, 
the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 
the Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 
Committee on Appropriations, and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives.
(2) ELEMENTS.—The plan required by para-
graph (1) should include, as appropriate, activities 
in support of— 
(A) helping to establish a functional and 
adequately resourced central registration system 
in Ukraine that can ensure coordination of ef-
forts to provide assistance to internally dis-
placed persons in different regions; 
(B) encouraging adoption of legislation in 
Ukraine that protects internally displaced per-
sons from discrimination based on their status 
and provides simplified procedures for obtaining 
the new residency registration or other official 
documentation that is a prerequisite to receiv-
ing appropriate social payments under the laws 
of Ukraine, such as pensions and disability, 
child, and unemployment benefits; and 
(C) helping to ensure that information is 
available 
to 
internally 
displaced 
persons 
about— 
(i) government agencies and inde-
pendent groups that can provide assistance 
to such persons in various regions; and