,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bidj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,lee 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,braun1 ,mr4 ,vance1 and ,mr4 ,marshall7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require a comprehensive     
report that contains a strategy for     
,united ,states involvement in ,ukraine4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,define the ,mission ,act4 
#b4 ,report  7a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #cj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,president1 
in coordination with the ,secretary of  
,defense and the ,secretary of ,state1  
shall develop and submit to ,congress a 
comprehensive report that contains a    
strategy for ,united ,states involvement
 in ,ukraine4  7b7 ,elements ,the report
 required by subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7
 define the ,united ,states national    

interests at stake with respect to the  
conflict between the ,russian           
,federation and ,ukraine2  7#b7 identify
 specific objectives the ,president     
believes must be achieved in ,ukraine in
 order to protect the ,united ,states   
national interests defined in paragraph 
7#a71 and for each objective-- 7,a7 an  
estimate of the amount of time required 
to achieve the objective1 with an       
explanation2  7,b7 benchmarks to be used
 by the ,president to determine whether 
an objective has been met1 is in the    
progress of being met1 or cannot be met 
in the time estimated to be required in 
subparagraph 7,a72 and  7,c7 estimates  
of the amount of resources1 including   
,united ,states personnel1 materiel1 and
 funding1 required to achieve the       
objective2  7#c7 list the expected      
contribution for security assistance    
made by ,european member countries of   
the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty            
,organization within the next fiscal    
year2 and  7#d7 provide an assessment of

 the impact of the ,russian             
,federation's dominance of the natural  
gas market in ,europe on the ability to 
resolve the ongoing conflict with       
,ukraine4  7c7 ,requirements for        
strategy ,the strategy included in the  
report required under subsection 7a7--  
7#a7 shall be designed to achieve a     
cease-fire in which the ,russian        
,federation and ,ukraine agree to abide 
by the terms and conditions of such     
cease-fire2 and  7#b7 may not be        
contingent on ,united ,states           
involvement of funding of ,ukrainian    
reconstruction4  7d7 ,form ,the report  
required by subsection 7a7-- 7#a7 shall 
be submitted in an unclassified form2   
and  7#b7 shall include a classified    
annex if necessary to provide the most  
holistic picture of information to      
,congress as required under this        
section4  7e7 ,congress defined ,in this
 section1 the term ,congress means--    
7#a7 the ,committee on ,armed ,services 
and the ,committee on ,foreign          

,relations of the ,senate2  7#b7 the    
,committee on ,armed ,services and the  
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the  
,house of ,representatives2 and  7#c7   
any ,member of ,congress upon request4