Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4179
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-04-18
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4179 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 18, 2024 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Coons , and Mr. Scott of South Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To extend and modify the lend-lease authority to Ukraine.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2024 . 2. Extension and modification of lend-lease authority to Ukraine Section 2 of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 ( Public Law 117–118 ; 136 Stat. 1184) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking fiscal years 2022 and 2023 and inserting fiscal years 2022 through 2026 ; (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: (c) Report Not later than 90 days after the use of the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to Congress a report that includes— (1) a description of the defense articles loaned or leased to the Government of Ukraine, or to the government of an Eastern European country impacted by the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, under such authority; and (2) a strategy and timeline for recovery and return of such defense articles. .