Ukraine Lend-Lease Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-2721
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-19
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-04-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Ukraine Lend-Lease Accountability Act</b></p> <p>This bill imposes certain requirements on the President's authority to lend or lease defense articles to Ukraine and other Eastern European countries affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill removes two exemptions from the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022. (The act, which authorizes lending or leasing of defense articles to Ukraine and other countries affected by the invasion, exempts from such transactions certain requirements that typically apply to lend-lease transactions.) </p> <p>By removing these exemptions, the bill subjects the act's lend-lease authority to certain statutory requirements including that (1) the loan period be of a fixed duration not exceeding five years, during which the defense article may be recalled for any reason; and (2) the recipient country agrees to pay all costs incurred in leasing such defense articles, including costs associated with replacing lost or destroyed articles. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2721 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 19, 2023 Mr. Ogles (for himself and Mr. Weber of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 to remove certain exclusions provided for under that Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the “ Ukraine Lend-Lease Accountability Act ”. 2. Amendments to Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 Section 2(a) of the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 ( Public Law 117–118 ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (2); and (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.