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In the Senate of the United States,
March 27, 2014.
Amendment:
That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4152) entitled An Act to provide for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine., do pass with the following
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014.
2.
Definitions
In this Act:
(1)
Alien
The term alien has the meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)).
(2)
Appropriate congressional committees
The term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the majority leader and minority leader of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
(3)
Materially assisted
The term materially assisted means the provision of assistance that is significant and of a kind directly relevant to acts
described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 8(a) or acts described
in section 9(a)(1).
(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
(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.
3.
United states policy toward Ukraine
It is the policy of the United States—
(1) to condemn the unjustified military intervention of the Russian Federation in the Crimea region of
Ukraine and its concurrent occupation of that region, as well as any other
form of political, economic, or military aggression against Ukraine;
(2) to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to, and to remind Russia of its ongoing commitment
to, the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, which was
executed jointly with the Russian Federation and the United Kingdom and
explicitly secures the independence, sovereignty, and territorial
integrity and borders of Ukraine, and to demand the immediate cessation of
improper activities, including the seizures of airfields and other
locations, and the immediate return of Russian forces to their barracks;
(3) to work with United States partners in the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
and at the United Nations to ensure that all nations recognize and not
undermine, nor seek to undermine, the independence, sovereignty, or
territorial or economic integrity of Ukraine;
(4) to use all appropriate economic elements of United States national power, in coordination with
United States allies, to protect the independence, sovereignty, and
territorial and economic integrity of Ukraine;
(5) to support the people of Ukraine in their desire to forge closer ties with Europe, including
signing an Association Agreement with the European Union as a means to
address endemic corruption, consolidate democracy, and achieve sustained
prosperity;
(6) to use the voice and vote of the United States to secure sufficient resources through the
International Monetary Fund to support needed economic structural reforms
in Ukraine under conditions that will reinforce a sovereign decision by
the Government of Ukraine to sign and implement an association agreement
with the European Union;
(7) to help the Government of Ukraine prepare for the presidential election in May 2014;
(8) to reinforce the efforts of the Government of Ukraine to bring to justice those responsible for the
acts of violence against peaceful protestors and other unprovoked acts of
violence related to the antigovernment protests in that began on November
21, 2013;
(9) to support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine to recover and return to the Ukrainian state
funds stolen by former President Yanukovych, his family, and other current
and former members of the Ukrainian government and elites;
(10) to support the continued professionalization of the Ukrainian military;
(11) to condemn economic extortion by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, and
other countries in the region designed to obstruct closer ties between the
European Union and the countries of the Eastern Partnership and to reduce
the harmful consequences of such extortion;
(12) to condemn the continuing and long-standing pattern and practice by the Government of the Russian
Federation of physical and economic aggression toward neighboring
countries;
(13) to enhance and extend our security cooperation with, security assistance to, and military exercises
conducted with, states in Central and Eastern Europe, including North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries, NATO aspirants, and
appropriate Eastern Partnership countries;
(14) to reaffirm United States defense commitments to its treaty allies under Article V of the North
Atlantic Treaty;
(15) that the continued participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Eight (G–8) nations
should be conditioned on the Government of the Russian Federation
respecting the territorial integrity of its neighbors and accepting and
adhering to the norms and standards of free, democratic societies as
generally
practiced by every other member nation of the G–8 nations;
(16) to explore ways for the United States Government to assist the countries of Central and Eastern
Europe to diversify their energy sources and achieve energy security; and
(17) to ensure the United States maintains its predominant leadership position and influence within the
International Monetary Fund, and to guarantee the International Monetary
Fund has the resources and governance structure necessary to support
structural reforms in Ukraine and respond to and prevent a potentially
serious financial crisis in Ukraine or other foreign economic crises that
threatens United States national security.
4.
Provision of costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine
(a)
In general
From the unobligated balance of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under the heading Economic Support Fund under the heading Funds Appropriated to the President in title III of the Department of State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76) and in Acts making appropriations for the Department of
State, foreign operations, and related programs for preceding fiscal years
(other than amounts designated pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(A))), amounts shall be made available for the costs (as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of
loan guarantees for Ukraine that are hereby authorized to be provided
under this
Act.
(b)
Inapplicability of certain limitations
Amounts made available for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine pursuant to subsection (a)
shall not be considered assistance for the purpose of provisions of law limiting assistance to Ukraine.
5.
Recovery of assets linked to governmental corruption in Ukraine
(a)
Asset recovery
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of the
Treasury, shall assist, on an expedited basis as appropriate, the
Government of Ukraine to identify,
secure, and recover assets linked to acts of corruption by Viktor
Yanukovych, members of his family, or other former or current officials of
the Government of Ukraine or their accomplices in any jurisdiction through
appropriate programs, including the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative
of the Department of Justice.
(b)
Coordination
Any asset recovery efforts undertaken pursuant to subsection (a) shall be coordinated through the
relevant bilateral or multilateral entities, including, as appropriate,
the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, the Stolen Asset
Recovery Initiative of the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime, the Camden Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network, and
the Global Focal Point Initiative of the International Criminal Police
Organization (INTERPOL).
(c)
Investigative assistance
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall assist the
Government of Ukraine, the European Union, and other appropriate
countries, on an expedited basis, with formal and informal investigative
assistance and training, as appropriate, to support the identification,
seizure, and return to the Government of Ukraine of assets linked to acts
of corruption.
(d)
Priority assigned
The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure that the
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury
assists the Government of Ukraine, the European
Union, and other appropriate countries under section 314(a) of the Uniting
and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5311 note).
6.
Democracy, civil society, governance, and technical assistance for ukraine and other states in
Central and Eastern Europe
(a)
In general
The Secretary of State shall, subject to the availability of appropriations, directly or through
nongovernmental organizations—
(1) improve democratic governance, transparency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corruption
efforts in Ukraine;
(2) support efforts by the Government of Ukraine to foster greater unity among the people and regions
of the country;
(3) support the people and Government of Ukraine in preparing to conduct and contest free and fair
elections, including through domestic and international election
monitoring;
(4) assist in diversifying Ukraine's economy, trade, and energy supplies, including at the national,
regional, and local levels;
(5) strengthen democratic institutions and political and civil society organizations in Ukraine;
(6) expand free and unfettered access to independent media of all kinds in Ukraine and assist with the
protection of journalists and civil society activists who have been
targeted for free speech activities;
(7) support political and economic reform initiatives by Eastern Partnership countries; and
(8) support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine, civil society, and international organizations to
enhance the economic and political empowerment of women in Ukraine and to
prevent and address violence against women and girls in Ukraine, and
support the inclusion of women in Ukraine in any negotiations to restore
Ukraine’s security, independence, sovereignty, or territorial or economic
integrity.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2015
to
carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a). Amounts
appropriated for the activities set forth in subsection (a) shall be
used pursuant to the authorization and requirements contained in this
section. Additional amounts may be authorized to be appropriated under
other provisions of law.
(c)
Strategy requirement
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to carry out the
activities set forth in subsection (a).
(d)
Notification requirement
(1)
In general
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to subsection (b) may not be obligated
until 15 days after the date on which the President has provided notice of
intent to obligate such funds to the appropriate congressional committees.
(2)
Waiver
The President may waive the notification requirement under paragraph (1) if the President
determines that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human
health or welfare, in which case notification shall be provided as early
as practicable, but in no event later than three days after taking the
action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the
context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver.
7.
Enhanced security cooperation with Ukraine and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe
(a)
In general
The President shall, subject to the availability of appropriations—
(1) enhance security cooperation efforts and relationships amongst countries in Central and Eastern
Europe and
among the United States, the European Union, and countries in Central and
Eastern Europe;
(2) provide additional security assistance, including defense articles and defense services (as
those terms are defined in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2794)) and military training, to countries in Central and Eastern
Europe, including Ukraine; and
(3) support greater reform, professionalism, and capacity-building efforts within the military,
intelligence, and security services in Central and Eastern Europe,
including Ukraine.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations
There is authorized to be appropriated to the President a total of $100,000,000 for fiscal years
2015 through 2017 to carry
out this section. Amounts appropriated for the activities set forth in
subsection (a) shall be used pursuant to the authorization and
requirements contained in this section. Additional amounts may be
authorized to be appropriated under other provisions of law.
(c)
Strategy requirement
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the appropriate
congressional committees a strategy to carry out the activities set forth
in subsection (a).
(d)
Notification requirement
(1)
In general
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to subsection (b) may not be obligated
until 15 days after the date on which the President has provided notice of
intent to obligate such funds to the appropriate congressional committees
and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives.
(2)
Waiver
The President may waive the notification requirement under paragraph (1) if the President
determines that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human
health or welfare, in which case notification shall be provided as early
as practicable, but in no event later than three days after taking the
action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the
context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver.
8.
Sanctions on persons responsible for violence or undermining the peace, security, stability,
sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine
(a)
In general
The President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with respect to—
(1) any person, including a current or former official of the Government of Ukraine or a person acting
on behalf of that Government, that the President
determines has perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering, controlling,
or otherwise directing, significant acts of violence or gross human
rights abuses in Ukraine against persons associated with the
antigovernment protests in Ukraine that began on November 21, 2013;
(2) any person that the President determines has perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering,
controlling, or otherwise directing, significant acts that are intended to
undermine the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial
integrity of Ukraine, including acts of economic extortion;
(3) any official of the Government of the Russian Federation, or a close associate or family
member of such an official, that the President determines is responsible
for, complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise
directing, acts of significant corruption in Ukraine, including the
expropriation of private or public assets for personal gain, corruption
related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources,
bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to
foreign jurisdictions; and
(4) any individual that the President determines materially assisted, sponsored, or
provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in
support of, the commission of acts described in paragraph (1), (2), or
(3).
(b)
Sanctions described
(1)
In general
The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
(A)
Asset blocking
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 transactions 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.
(B)
Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa or other documentation
In the case of an alien determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of a
visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and
revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation of
the alien.
(2)
Penalties
A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out
paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that
commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.
(3)
Exception relating to the importation of goods
(A)
In general
The requirement to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property
under paragraph (1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose sanctions
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 continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).
(4)
Exception to comply with United Nations Headquarters Agreement
Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into
the United States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with
the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at
Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947,
between the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable
international obligations.
(c)
Waiver
The President may waive the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person
if the President—
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and
(2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives a notice of and a justification
for the waiver.
(d)
Regulatory authority
The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this
section.
9.
Sanctions on persons in the Russian Federation complicit in or responsible for significant
corruption
(a)
In general
The President is authorized and encouraged to impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with
respect to—
(1) any official of the Government of the Russian Federation, or a close associate or family member of
such an official, that the President determines is responsible for, or
complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise
directing, acts of significant corruption in the Russian Federation,
including the expropriation of private or public assets for personal gain,
corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural
resources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of
corruption to foreign jurisdictions; and
(2) any individual who has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services in support of, an act
described in paragraph (1).
(b)
Sanctions described
(1)
In general
The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:
(A)
Asset blocking
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 transactions 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.
(B)
Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa or other documentation
In the case of an alien determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of a
visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, and
revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any visa or other documentation of
the alien.
(2)
Penalties
A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out
paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the penalties set forth in
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that
commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.
(3)
Exception relating to the importation of goods
(A)
In general
The authority to block and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests in property
under paragraph (1)(A) shall not include the authority to impose sanctions
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 continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).
(4)
Exception to comply with United Nations headquarters agreement
Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the alien into the United
States is necessary to permit the United States to comply with the
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between
the United Nations and the United States, or other applicable
international obligations.
(c)
Waiver
The President may waive the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person
if the President—
(1) determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and
(2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits to the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives a notice of and a justification
for the waiver.
(d)
Regulatory authority
The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this
section.
10.
Annual report on military and security developments involving the Russian Federation
(a)
Report
Not later than June 1, 2015, and June 1 of each year thereafter through 2020, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the specified congressional committees a report,
in both classified and unclassified form, on the current and future
military power of the Russian Federation (in this section referred to as Russia). The report shall address the current and probable future course of military-technological
development of the Russian military, the tenets and probable development
of the security strategy and military strategy of the Government of
Russia, and military
organizations and operational concepts, for the 20-year period following
submission of such report.
(b)
Matters To be included
The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the security situation in regions neighboring Russia.
(2) The goals and factors shaping the security strategy and military strategy of the Government of
Russia.
(3) Trends in Russian security and military behavior that would be designed to achieve, or that are
consistent with, the goals described in paragraph (2).
(4) An assessment of the global and regional security objectives of the Government of Russia, including
objectives that would
affect the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Middle East, or the
People's Republic of China.
(5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, locations, and capabilities of the nuclear, special
operations, land, sea, and air forces of the Government of Russia.
(6) Developments in Russian military doctrine and training.
(7) An assessment of the proliferation activities of the Government of Russia and Russian entities, as
a supplier of
materials, technologies, or expertise relating to nuclear weapons or other
weapons of mass destruction or missile systems.
(8) Developments in the asymmetric capabilities of the Government of Russia, including its strategy and
efforts to develop and
deploy cyberwarfare and electronic warfare capabilities, details on the
number of malicious cyber incidents originating from Russia against
Department of Defense infrastructure, and associated activities
originating or suspected of originating from Russia.
(9) The strategy and capabilities of space and counterspace programs in Russia, including trends,
global
and regional activities, the involvement of military and civilian
organizations, including state-owned enterprises, academic institutions,
and commercial entities, and efforts to develop, acquire, or gain access
to advanced technologies that would enhance Russian military capabilities.
(10) Developments in Russia's nuclear program, including the size and state of Russia's stockpile, its
nuclear strategy and associated doctrines, its civil and military
production capacities, and projections of its future arsenals.
(11) A description of the anti-access and area denial capabilities of the Government of Russia.
(12) A description of Russia's command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance modernization program and its applications for Russia's
precision guided weapons.
(13) In consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State, developments regarding
United States-Russian engagement and cooperation on security matters.
(14) Other military and security developments involving Russia that the Secretary of Defense considers
relevant to United States national security.
(c)
Specified congressional committees defined
In this section, the term specified congressional committees means—
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee on
Intelligence, and the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate;
and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence, and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
Secretary