,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhdi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #cj1     
#bjbd,mr4 ,rubio introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,state to seek to enter   
into negotiations with the ,government  
of ,ukraine for the establishment by    
that ,government of a foreign investment
 review mechanism4  #a4 ,negotiations   
with ,ukraine for establishment of      
foreign investment review mechanism  7a7
 ,in general ,the ,secretary of ,state  
shall seek to enter into negotiations   
with the ,government of ,ukraine for--  
7#a7 the establishment by that          
,government of a mechanism for reviewing
 foreign investment in ,ukraine1        
particularly foreign investment from the
 ,people's ,republic of ,china1         
including entities based in the         
,people's ,republic of ,china or subject
 to the jurisdiction of the ,people's   

,republic of ,china1 that is similar to 
reviews conducted by the ,committee on  
,foreign ,investment in the ,united     
,states under section #gba of the       
,defense ,production ,act of #aiej 7#ej 
,u4,s4,c4 #defe7 into foreign investment
 in the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 the  
provision of assistance by the ,united  
,states relating to establishing that   
mechanism1 including-- 7,a7 the         
provision of training to officials of   
the ,government of ,ukraine to develop  
the skillsets required to conduct       
reviews of foreign investment2  7,b7    
assistance with the purchase of         
equipment required by the entity that   
will be conducting the reviews2 and     
7,c7 sending staff of the ,committee on 
,foreign ,investment in the ,united     
,states to ,ukraine for consultations4  
7b7 ,direct hire authority ,to carry out
 subsection 7a71 the ,secretary may     
appoint1 without regard to the          
provisions of subchapter ,i of chapter  
#cc of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code  

7other than sections #ccjc and #ccbh of 
that title71 candidates with appropriate
 qualifications directly to positions   
within the ,department of ,state4  7c7  
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
are authorized to be appropriated       
#a1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal year #bjbe
 through #bjbi to provide assistance    
under subsection 7a77#b74  7d7          
,termination ,this section and the      
authorities provided under this section 
shall terminate on the date that is #e  
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4