#aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #dif  ,,an ,,act  ,to oppose        
violations of religious freedom in      
,ukraine by ,russia and armed groups    
commanded or otherwise supported by or  
acting on behalf of ,russia4  #a4 ,short
 title ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,ukraine ,religious ,freedom ,support   
,act4  #b4 ,statement of policy ,it is  
the policy of the ,united ,states--     
7#a7 to never recognize the illegal1    
attempted annexation of ,crimea by the  
,government of the ,russia or the       
separation through the use of military  
force or recognition of independence of 
any portion of ,ukrainian territory2 and
  7#b7 to consider any alien who1 while 
serving as an official of the           
,government of ,russia1 was responsible 
for or directly carried out particularly
 severe violations of religious freedom 
in the sovereign territory of ,ukraine  
that ,russia illegally occupies1        
controls1 or recognizes as independent1 
including through non-state armed groups

 and illegal entities it commands or    
otherwise supports or which act on      
,russia's behalf1 to have committed     
particularly severe violations of       
religious freedom for purposes of       
applying section #bab7;a77#b77;,g7 of   
the ,immigration and ,nationality ,act  
7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;a77#b77;,g77 with  
respect to any such alien4  #c4         
,designation of ,russia as a country of 
particular concern for religious freedom
 ,for purposes of making a determination
 of whether to designate ,russia as a   
country of particular concern for       
religious freedom under section #djb of 
the ,international ,religious ,freedom  
,act of #aiih 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #fddb71 the
 ,president shall consider any          
particularly severe violation of        
religious freedom in the territory of   
,ukraine that ,russia illegally         
occupies1 controls1 or recognizes as    
independent1 including through non-state
 armed groups and illegal entities it   
commands or otherwise supports or which 

act on ,russia's behalf1 during the     
period of time that is the basis for the
 determination and designation1 to be a 
particularly severe violation of        
religious freedom that the ,government  
of ,russia has engaged in or tolerated4 
#d4 ,determination of budgetary effects 
,the budgetary effects of this ,act1 for
 the purpose of complying with the      
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj1 shall be determined by reference 
to the latest statement titled          
,budgetary ,effects of ,,paygo          
,legislation for this ,act1 submitted   
for printing in the ,congressional      
,record by the ,chairman of the ,house  
,budget ,committee1 provided that such  
statement has been submitted prior to   
the vote on passage4  ,passed the ,house
 of ,representatives ,april #bg1        
#bjbb4;,clerk4