113 S2277 IS: Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014
U.S. Senate
2014-05-01
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Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the
Russian Aggression Prevention Act of 2014
.(b)Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Reinvigorating the NATO alliance
Sec. 101. Strengthening United States assistance and force posture in Europe and Eurasia.
Sec. 102. United States efforts to strengthen the NATO alliance.
Sec. 103. Expanded support for Poland and the Baltic states.
Sec. 104. Accelerating implementation of European and NATO missile defense efforts.
Sec. 105. Strengthened United States-German cooperation on global and European security issues.
TITLE II—Deterring further Russian aggression in Europe
Sec. 201. United States policy toward Russian aggression in Europe.
Sec. 202. Sanctions to address continuing aggression of the Russian Federation toward Ukraine.
Sec. 203. Additional sanctions in the event of increased aggression by the Russian Federation
toward Ukraine or other countries.
Sec. 204. Limitation on Russian access to United States oil and gas technology.
Sec. 205. Diplomatic measures with respect to the Russian Federation.
Sec. 206. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations.
TITLE III—Hardening Ukraine and other European and Eurasian states against Russian aggression
Sec. 301. Military assistance for Ukraine.
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress on intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Sec. 303. Major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.
Sec. 304. Expanded security force training, assistance and defense cooperation with key non-NATO
states.
Sec. 305. Expediting natural gas exports.
Sec. 306. European and Eurasian energy independence.
Sec. 307. Crimea annexation nonrecognition.
Sec. 308. Support for democracy and civil society organizations in countries of the former Soviet
Union.
Sec. 309. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union.
2.In this Act:(1)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 committeesThe term appropriate congressional committees means—(A)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed
Services, and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate; and(B)the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services,
and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.(3)Correspondent account; payable-through accountThe terms correspondent account and payable-through account have the meanings given those terms in section 5318A of title 31, United States Code.(4)Domestic financial institutionThe term domestic financial institution means a financial institution that is a United States person.(5)The term financial institution means a financial institution specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H),
(I), (J), (K), (M), (N), (R), or (Y) of section 5312(a)(2) of title 31,
United States Code.(6)The term NATO means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.(7)Russian financial institutionThe term Russian financial institution means—(A)a financial institution organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any jurisdiction
within the Russian Federation, including a foreign branch of such an
institution;(B)a financial institution substantially owned or controlled by one or more citizens of the Russian
Federation; and(C)a financial institution owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by the
Government of the Russian
Federation.(8)The term senior Russian official means—(A)the President of the Russian Federation;(B)any immediate advisor of the President of the Russian Federation;(C)any other senior official of
the Government of the Russian Federation, including the Prime Minister,
any deputy prime minister, and any federal minister; and(D)any
immediate advisor to such an official.(9)The term senior executive means a member of the board, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, chief financial
officer, secretary, treasurer, general counsel, or chief information
officer, or the functional equivalent thereof, of an entity.(10)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.<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reinvigorating the NATO alliance</header><section id="idbf2aa60f17fb4ddf9161876d7e63d79b"><enum>101.</enum><header>Strengthening United States assistance and force posture in Europe and Eurasia</header><subsection id="idE0178BDAF88A4E3C9C09E0208FA8FF53"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Strategic framework</header><paragraph id="iddcc3112de4bd466d84df094d459c6bdc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with
concurrence by the Secretary of State, shall develop and submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a strategic framework for United
States security assistance and cooperation in Europe and Eurasia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id676010b7a8904b49b146ed3f23500d1c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>The strategic framework required by paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id171f993236974c819b8a51180a830dc1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of the extent to which the threat to security and stability in Europe and Eurasia is
a threat to the national security of the United States and the security
interests of the NATO alliance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcbaa9bf42e5047ceb753690388d21923"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an identification of the primary objectives, priorities, and desired end-states of United States
security assistance and cooperation programs in Europe and Eurasia and an
assessment of the resources required to achieve such objectives,
priorities, and end-states;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4038b5a7ec9049e6b9dfb819767ec044"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a methodology for assessing the effectiveness of United States security assistance and cooperation
programs in such regions in making progress towards such objectives,
priorities, and end-states, including an identification of key measures
for such progress; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id381241fb94b8478a92e24b5ce469cb1e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>criteria for bilateral and multilateral partnerships in such regions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7751420fd0bd40ac9de7fe685b436138"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Immediate halt to current and planned redeployments from Europe</header><text>The President, consistent with the President's responsibilities as Commander in Chief, including
ensuring the
readiness of the United States Armed Forces, shall immediately
halt, for a 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act, all
current and planned redeployments of combat forces from Europe, other than
redeployments of forces for which replacement
forces are already in place or are planned to be in place, with the intent
to maintain force numbers at current levels for the 180-day period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb18fc8fe6fb54eeaab27454edde142d7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan for enhancing the ability of the United States military To respond to crises in Europe and
Eurasia</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, consistent with
the President's responsibilities as Commander in Chief, including ensuring
the readiness
of the United States Armed Forces, shall identify,
and develop a plan to correct, any deficiencies in the ability of the
Armed Forces to rapidly and fully respond, in
coordination with other NATO allies, to foreseeable contingencies in
Europe and Eurasia, including the ability to execute current United States
European Command contingency plans.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7cd9ee1044634edaa5ddc6000fa7dbe3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter,
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report detailing the specific deficiencies identified, the plan for
correcting such deficiencies, including a cost estimate, and the status
of corrective
actions being undertaken
pursuant to the plan required by subsection (c).</text></subsection></section><section id="ide17ef4d28e70481b9aa619ce09524246"><enum>102.</enum><header>United States efforts to strengthen the NATO alliance</header><subsection id="id48B0B3490B7E48838A0109B19599E838"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (in this Act referred to as the <quote>United States Permanent Representative to NATO</quote>), to use the voice,
vote, and influence of the United States to—</text><paragraph id="id6c06d0b265384fc7b4ec0f490383e969"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reaffirm the United States commitment to the NATO Alliance, including its Article V commitment to
all NATO member-states, regardless of size or duration of membership;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95c2cce748ba432fa5699da79359b1a0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strengthen NATO’s capabilities to deter and, as needed, to rapidly and appropriately respond,
including through the use of military force as necessary, to security
crises, including any crisis in Europe and Eurasia created by efforts of
any state to undermine the territorial, economic, or political sovereignty
or integrity of any NATO member-state;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id58a9eb56ee6743a29866422339433a58"><enum>(3)</enum><text>call on all NATO member-states to make substantial progress towards meeting the Alliance’s defense
spending requirements and national capability targets and seek to ensure
that such progress is in fact
made; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC55E7FDE42944F4EB2FDB23FC16AF06C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>encourage NATO member-states to work together to achieve energy independence for NATO member-states
and other NATO partners in Europe and Eurasia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1a03f88221e9498c92d54acc9799b234"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the NATO Alliance represents the single most successful collective
security agreement of the modern era and that a strong and revitalized
NATO is critical to maintaining peace and security in Europe and Eurasia
and ensuring
that the Russian Federation plays an appropriate role in the region.</text></subsection></section><section id="id5866d0e381db4b6fb5dc67e853e43b53"><enum>103.</enum><header>Expanded support for Poland and the Baltic states</header><subsection id="idCDC261EA52A242778F2A75287B80EB24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan</header><paragraph id="id1ADC31C41D3C4DB7878F6930C02E1A08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the
appropriate congressional committees a plan, including a cost estimate,
for substantially increasing United
States and NATO support for the armed forces of the Republics of Poland,
Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, and other NATO member-states as determined
by the
President, including substantially increasing—</text><subparagraph id="idce8480d9ab4b4e59bba84b8ede3e3539"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the complement of forward-based NATO forces in those states, through appropriate bilateral
agreements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2ce94b85c4e545989a121b8b98153f21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>security assistance, including the provision of defense articles, services, and training by the
United States and NATO in those states.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id166aa89ae07c4a329dc48c4d2bfba7ec"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall begin
implementation of the
plan required under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id522d74086573438296d69b5a8f0ac05c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter,
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report detailing the specific efforts being undertaken and planned to be
undertaken by the United States Government to implement the plan required
by
subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="idfe924f29e6b446668a70ea3f8863b768"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $50,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2017 to carry out the activities described under
subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="idA5D6E47554064356BFBC2A6B838689AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authority for use of funds</header><text>Funds authorized to be appropriated pursuant to subsection (c) for the provision of defense
articles, services, and training may be used to procure such assistance
from the United States Government or other appropriate sources.</text></subsection><subsection id="id33341311cf134e89891fae3cfcc289a7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Permanent basing of NATO forces in Poland and the Baltic states</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to NATO to use the voice,
vote, and influence of the United States to seek consideration by NATO of
the wisdom and efficacy of permanently basing NATO forces on a rotational
basis in the Republics of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and
other
NATO member-states as determined by the President.</text></subsection></section><section id="idf999c18498d14876872f470d4d5f9420"><enum>104.</enum><header>Accelerating implementation of European and NATO missile defense efforts</header><subsection id="idB3730D6B42D6467E8A5745AB3824928E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Plan</header><paragraph id="id1CA127B52E7A474AAB20587B4C57D006"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the
appropriate congressional committees a plan, including a cost estimate,
for—</text><subparagraph id="ida5a79877955d41329c1b11d8a63258eb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>accelerating the implementation of phase three of the European Phased Adaptive Approach for
Europe-based missile defense, in order to complete such implementation of
phase three by no later than the end of calendar year 2016, or providing
alternative capabilities to protect key NATO allies in Europe and Eurasia,
including,
as appropriate, provision of PATRIOT, Terminal High Altitude Area
Defense, or other missile defense systems; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id56283bc85d3748eb9ad1f5a1a55e52f3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>accelerating NATO’s development of an alliance missile defense capability and its expansion of
current missile defense command, control, and communications capabilities
to protect NATO European and Eurasian populations, territory, and forces
against
increasing missile threats.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id318c2e44a84e4326b0207e95189e9ee0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall begin
implementation of
the
plan under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc3346a73fbce435e849b57db41f07cdc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter,
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report detailing the specific efforts being undertaken and planned to be
undertaken by the United States to implement the plan required by
subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id7e08b072c55645368567413b405eed93"><enum>105.</enum><header>Strengthened United States-German cooperation on global and European security issues</header><subsection id="idDE80FCEE81DD4289A1F023180325F432"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States Government to work closely with the Government of the Federal
Republic of
Germany on issues related to global and European security, particularly in
light of ongoing events in Europe and Eurasia.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7e3a965f920c4745a22ce245e7477a04"><enum>(b)</enum><header>United States-German Global and European Security Working Group</header><text>The President shall establish a United States-German Global and European Security Working Group to
focus on areas of mutual concern, including addressing the ongoing
situation in Ukraine and to increase the political, economic,
and military cooperation between the two states, including additional
intelligence
sharing between the two states.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb0aa0d12f83b4da284b757d958275cbe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regular meetings</header><text>The working group required to be established under subsection (b) shall meet not less than annually
at
the Secretary level or above, semi-annually at the Deputy Secretary level
or above, and quarterly at the Assistant Secretary level or above.</text></subsection><subsection id="id963cd2008cd14257bba6d0ee6442e710"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $5,000,000 for each of fiscal
years
2015 through 2017 to carry out the activities described under subsections
(b) and (c).</text></subsection><subsection id="idc949f6aafa654d60ac8d028280da00e5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report on the
meetings of the working group required to be established under subsection
(b), including a description of the specific issues discussed and
decisions made by the working group, and its efforts to improve, expand,
and deepen the relationship between the United States Government and the
Government of the Federal
Republic of Germany.</text></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deterring further Russian aggression in Europe</header><section id="id7cdab49e8ea0406e8e96b76d1d96f2c5"><enum>201.</enum><header>United States policy toward Russian aggression in Europe</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the policy of the United States—</text><paragraph id="id989a503e92ae4e62a17efa33b2f62785"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to use all appropriate elements of United States national power, in coordination with United States
allies, to protect the independence, sovereignty, and territorial and
economic integrity of Ukraine and other sovereign states in Europe and
Eurasia from Russian aggression;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c8237a3b1d0404880a11d574dc14dfa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to actively work to deter further Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other sovereign states in
Europe and Eurasia by imposing costs on the Russia Federation for its
ongoing activities, as well as to make clear the consequences for further
aggressive activities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2a48bcff9c7d4c9f83dd8578d23c376d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to work with United States partners in the European Union, NATO, and at the United Nations to
ensure that all states, including the Russian Federation, recognize and
not undermine, nor seek to undermine, the independence, sovereignty, or
territorial or economic integrity of Ukraine and other sovereign states in
Europe and Eurasia;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0a0e74bb38514ced8bbfe0eceaf3aaf2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to condemn the continuing and long-standing pattern and practice by the Government of the Russian
Federation of physical and economic aggression toward various countries in
Europe and Eurasia;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4aee08bac4bc4e5ca5f242d9cfecb723"><enum>(5)</enum><text>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 toward Ukraine and
other sovereign states in Europe and Eurasia, including the unnecessary
and destabilizing presence of tens of thousands of Russian troops along
the Ukrainian border;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ded61566cae48d59de4c83a0668be8f"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to condemn economic extortion by the Government of the Russian Federation against the governments
and people of Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, Georgia, 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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide8074f63cfb842d782518d6a003c7c43"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to, and to remind Russia of its ongoing obligations
under, and 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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd363488d8286442490d15bba7b81b0c3"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to not recognize the unlawful referendum that took place in Crimea on March 16, 2014, or the
Russian
Federation’s illegal annexation of Crimea, including to not recognize any
de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea, its
airspace, or its territorial waters, and to call for the immediate
reversal of the Russian Federation’s illegal annexation of Crimea;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf56e18d816e84ec8bda6481f8687d07d"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to condemn the unjustified activities of agents of the Russian Federation in eastern Ukraine
seeking to foment civil unrest and disturbance;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9afe945105234db492275a8057bfe60e"><enum>(10)</enum><text>to support the people of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia 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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida431c8d6924c4091b1fb019b2d950e13"><enum>(11)</enum><text>to enhance and extend United States security cooperation with, security assistance to, and military
exercises
conducted with, states in Europe and Eurasia, including NATO member
countries, NATO aspirants, and appropriate Eastern Partnership countries;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb42ce959a1e34c16a0f50427ed012071"><enum>(12)</enum><text>to reaffirm United States defense commitments to its treaty allies under Article V of the North
Atlantic Treaty;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2d1db96183694cbf82079ee11c6f998c"><enum>(13)</enum><text>that the continued participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of Eight (G–8) states and
its receipt of assistance from the World Bank Group 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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddaf918f8488a4be1b3432d9d32dfde8c"><enum>(14)</enum><text>to support the people of Ukraine and Moldova in their efforts to conduct free and fair elections,
including the Presidential elections in Ukraine in May 2014 and the
parliamentary elections in Moldova in November 2014, as well as any
subsequent elections;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ad5d3cc830a478db8d70c4f94fea7af"><enum>(15)</enum><text>to support the May 2012 NATO Chicago Summit Declaration’s statement that <quote>[i]n accordance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty, NATO’s door will remain open to all
European democracies which share the values of our Alliance, which are
willing and able to assume the responsibilities and obligations of
membership, which are in a position to further the principles of the
Treaty, and whose inclusion can contribute to security in the North
Atlantic area,</quote> particularly those cases where the aspirant is able to meet appropriate defense spending
commitments and prepared to contribute to ongoing and future contingency
operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd06c0d38142049f3a2c704cda4c024e3"><enum>(16)</enum><text>to explore ways for the United States Government to assist the countries of Europe and Eurasia to
diversify their energy sources and achieve energy security, including
through the development of a transatlantic energy strategy.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idd34df5a417fd48c88605bc7ca3d5ca48"><enum>202.</enum><header>Sanctions to address continuing aggression of the Russian Federation toward Ukraine</header><subsection id="id2ba9f676024944099ced9ecc7886a24b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions</header><paragraph id="idF19940CB8BBE49AB8E95A14019EBF47F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions if Russian forces do not withdraw from Crimea</header><text>If the armed forces
of the Russian
Federation have not withdrawn from Crimea (other than military forces
present on military bases subject to agreements in force between the
Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Ukraine) by not
later than the date that is 7 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the
President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with
respect to—</text><subparagraph id="id85dc6e6f9beb45769d39ccd4cd221522"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any official or agent of the Government of the Russian Federation, and any close associate or
family member of an official of the Government of the Russian Federation,
that the President determines is responsible for, participating in,
complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or otherwise
directing—</text><clause id="id0d0cf83134ae4b23a99986f133c57f1d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine beginning in February 2014; or</text></clause><clause id="id7e6508dbbdbd405a8eac18003eea8059"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddaed95cdabd44594b599e395851f1a8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any individual that the President determines sponsored or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services in support of, the
commission of acts described in subparagraph (A);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4590aad08add4b1a8e0175c6638a6b46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any individual or entity with respect to which sanctions were imposed before the date of the
enactment of this Act pursuant to—</text><clause id="idf95964e24dbc4e55a42c93720977d5ec"><enum>(i)</enum><text>authority provided under any Executive order relating to violations of the territorial integrity
and sovereignty of Ukraine beginning in February 2014; or</text></clause><clause id="id1b1b4180da73462fa829a7890abb8624"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>authority provided under section 8 or 9 of the Support for the Sovereignty,
Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of
2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/95">Public Law 113–95</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02ac44c31e314cbd9850a028aa94d827"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any entity owned or controlled by an entity described in subparagraph (C) that is owned or
controlled by a citizen of the Russian Federation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id11034f8c32624c32857d0cd9b4eb4463"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any senior executive of an entity described in subparagraph (C) or (D) who is a citizen of
the Russian Federation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9615D283C3BE47A0942581FC6AE24C79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Imposition of sanctions if Russian forces do not withdraw from eastern border of Ukraine or do not
cease destabilizing activities</header><text>If the Government of the Russian Federation has not withdrawn substantially all of the armed forces
of the Russian
Federation from the immediate vicinity of the eastern border of Ukraine by
not
later than the date that is 7 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, or agents of the Russian Federation do not cease taking active
measures to destabilize the control of the Government of Ukraine over
eastern Ukraine on or after that date (including through active support of
efforts to unlawfully occupy facilities of the Government of Ukraine), the
President shall impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with
respect to—</text><subparagraph id="ide1d2c3d56f2d438881c6fe1841b2105d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sberbank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide529a99b39b346fb97ea7319c5e7aa0f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>VTB Bank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idee9f12ff11b64a508f45a49738b7f910"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Vnesheconombank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id380c76316e974b6ebe3b08bac185c5e3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Gazprombank;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0737fbfcc6d54bea9fb7488d20276eb9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Gazprom;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77834E754E1F4131B5A01177E50ADD8C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Novatek;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd8ae2d397d734f4895baf807742ebb99"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Rosneft;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddaf08a50552c48f3821f609b2e85eb3c"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Rosoboronexport;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3A850BA6E024928842BBA2F330B0AB9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any entity owned or controlled by an entity specified in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H) that
is owned or controlled by a citizen of the Russian Federation; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id941E9B6860164876B4CA42696DA0728D"><enum>(J)</enum><text>any senior executive of an entity specified in any of subparagraphs (A) through (I) who is a
citizen of
the Russian Federation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6f27590abf18445d84108d820634fa14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><paragraph id="id9caee3c48166426289bc37f23fcaca3e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text><subparagraph id="id5311871f79fa4476b214ca9eb4ba0200"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Asset blocking</header><text>The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) 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 come within the possession or control of a
United States person.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7651dda5d2e4b08a55eaecaa94e9708"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documentation</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), of any visa or other documentation of
the alien.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd05bf1f83d534385be20cc27bf288a8a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that
commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc82f8694ccf346dfa5b52163d547b75d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception relating to the importation of goods</header><subparagraph id="id5fc6bc478c6c4d11ab14edcbd93d4249"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8985016231f84630ab7799fb993634ac"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Good defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>good</term> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e3027d88dec41b2b8198f859190b9bf"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception to comply with United Nations Headquarters agreement</header><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb280e2a4b8cb41059292544bac601fa7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the application of sanctions under this section with respect to a person or
a transaction if the President—</text><paragraph id="id2f1dda4c91e74b249d2dee40d7cffe25"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf1cc5905e9014041a3ea2caee219f32f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits a notice of and a justification
for the waiver to—</text><subparagraph id="idDE42130747E9429090428827156D32FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6FA8D7ABEF9F45D08E8DFF028E32DEA5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idec120973c3af41b58d58d91d182db18d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication of list of sanctioned persons</header><text>Not later than 7 days after the imposition of sanctions pursuant to subsection (a), the President
shall publish a list of the persons with respect to which sanctions were
imposed pursuant to
that subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="idfd368970e91c44f5babf85d8bf9a9483"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header><text>The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id2b0bb5fcf19c49389bf933cf80b1f9ff"><enum>203.</enum><header>Additional sanctions in the event of increased aggression by the Russian Federation toward Ukraine
or other countries</header><subsection id="idbd5a0b748c1c49a1a340c8065cc65203"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the armed forces of the Russian
Federation expand further into, or the Government of the Russian
Federation annexes, the sovereign territory of Ukraine
or any other country in Europe or Eurasia after the date of the enactment
of this Act without the consent of the legally recognized
government of that country—</text><paragraph id="id7fd1ed952c0e4026ac27eaf1db4476be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all of the sanctions described in subsection (b) shall be imposed the following business day by
action of law with respect to—</text><subparagraph id="id386408a9317b46c78dcec6526a785585"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any senior Russian official;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd1043610862e45a78b5b7924c1e6a9cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any entity owned or controlled by a senior Russian official; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44361ab1dc3d4a21b5216d22cc79807a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any close associate of a senior Russian official that provides significant support or resources to
that senior Russian official;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id07720f68dd7149cb98ba726799e11132"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the sanctions described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1) shall be imposed the
following
business day by action of law on—</text><subparagraph id="idd6f406470fe646fb9ce5fb17af535f63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any entity—</text><clause id="id9EAC99AFFAAA4A388736CA2041445289"><enum>(i)</enum><text>organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any jurisdiction
within the Russian Federation;</text></clause><clause id="idB15B07FC886B4E708E8F3F4EB3960625"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that is owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by—</text><subclause id="idae00d71093be47a7b28751ec66410890"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Government of the Russian Federation;</text></subclause><subclause id="idc0b393bf1d98427181ed70c6e40ff626"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any person with respect to which sanctions are imposed under section 202;</text></subclause><subclause id="id9ee7f56c65204e22bb0fdbe8d0a1fa62"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any person with respect to which sanctions are imposed under paragraph (1); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id3e06d078671541728f0ad4d64da4364f"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any person with respect to which sanctions are imposed pursuant to an Executive order or any other
provision of law in relation to violations of the territorial integrity
and sovereignty of Ukraine beginning in February 2014; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id7EE8612CA6C84479A9D80AD8BBC2C658"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that
operates in the arms, defense, energy, financial services, metals, or
mining sectors of the Russian Federation; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5f53efa4a9534c9e8a35fbcf1281dc17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any senior executive of an entity described in subparagraph (A) who is a citizen of the Russian
Federation; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id57ebac4fc6ab43a7a8f372a2e425fa11"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the President shall exercise all powers granted to the President pursuant to the International
Emergency
Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) to the extent necessary to
prohibit any transaction by a domestic financial institution with a
Russian
financial institution or with respect to an account held by a Russian
financial institution, other than routine interest and service fees.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida3348030b6bf4ddf9e7fc1cf14d3a230"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sanctions described</header><paragraph id="id5ecb34572f5440509c793135ad8a7c14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The sanctions described in this subsection are the following:</text><subparagraph id="id7df8874d55ab46269a394e437e1e08ed"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Asset blocking</header><text>The exercise of all powers granted to the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>) 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 come within the possession or control of a
United States person.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17df9faadd534011959b5b41698c9d4f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion from the United States and revocation of visa or other documentation</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1201">8 U.S.C. 1201(i)</external-xref>), of any visa or other documentation of
the alien.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd07893039f8408a9335fe80733aa95f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Sanctions with respect to foreign financial institutions</header><text>A prohibition on the
opening, and a prohibition or the imposition of strict conditions on the
maintaining, in
the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account
by a foreign financial institution that the President determines has
knowingly conducted, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act,
transactions with
a person determined by the President to be subject to subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b822bb3c454420f8a60162ab12e4d16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>A person that violates, attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of
subparagraph (A) or (C) of
paragraph (1) or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry out
either such subparagraph shall be subject to the penalties set forth in
subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1705">50 U.S.C. 1705</external-xref>) to the same extent as a person that
commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc6fc064c500418e9db15d070e001c71"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception relating to the importation of goods</header><subparagraph id="id52f2f679714745438b86bdb46911b50d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46ca457bcc864621a18792df86143b61"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Good defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>good</term> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/1701">50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c8a395ec60644b7beb5d0fbf7baae09"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception to comply with United Nations Headquarters agreement</header><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4303be80cd1f4d29954c83b53d116e1b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The President may waive the application of sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person
or transaction if the President—</text><paragraph id="id6ee413a4c1664c64ac6cac3a37340841"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such a waiver is in the vital national security interests of the United States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a98b7c6514e4beaaf1cf4781e2b2b7b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, submits a notice of and a justification
for the waiver to—</text><subparagraph id="id05D5FB5764B342FDA02DACAABF5A6E0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign
Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC0137224036B44309B65CA8DD7341799"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idB94995D121364F1E822684A384DB1887"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Publication of list of sanctioned persons</header><text>Not later than 7 days after the imposition of sanctions pursuant to subsection (a), the President
shall publish a list of the persons with respect to which sanctions were
imposed pursuant to that subsection.</text></subsection><subsection id="id038c3f0742dd4be981962050ac2939db"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header><text>The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id68b61e1cc3d64ff19fc3cc3dc5253758"><enum>204.</enum><header>Limitation on Russian access to United States oil and gas technology</header><subsection id="id544a6f378b5645dbba24385437699b52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Government of the Russian Federation has not withdrawn substantially all of the armed forces
of the Russian Federation from the immediate vicinity of the eastern
border of Ukraine by not later than the date that is 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, or agents of the Russian Federation do
not cease taking active measures to destabilize the control of the
Government of Ukraine over eastern Ukraine on or after that date
(including through active support of efforts to unlawfully occupy
facilities of the Government of Ukraine), the Secretary of Commerce, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall revise the Export
Administration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII of title 15,
Code of Federal Regulations, to strictly limit the transfer or export by
any
United States person of any advanced technology described in subsection
(b) to any person in the Russian Federation or any citizen of the Russian
Federation.</text></subsection><subsection id="idFEEBFA5343534709A2E44DCC6F564D67"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Advanced technology described</header><text>Advanced technology described in this subsection is advanced technology that—</text><paragraph id="id56A169D5FDE848D6989021D7ADB2933E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is developed or controlled by a United States person and is not available from a person that is
not a United States person; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1A8C01AE981046E4950511285394E660"><enum>(2)</enum><text>relates to the discovery,
exploration, or extraction of onshore or offshore oil or natural gas
deposits, including the discovery, exploration, or extraction of oil or
natural gas deposits in shale.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id499085384AEF4C61A781A8809BF22BB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limited exception</header><text>The President may authorize a transaction for the transfer or export by a United States person of
an advanced technology described in subsection (b) if the President
determines that such authorization is in the national security interests
of the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="idaa82b2468ce5495b908e6b3264586b45"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duration of regulations</header><text>The prohibition under subsection (a) shall remain in effect until such time as the President—</text><paragraph id="id9C0109AA51B34684B77D9DE7EADB10D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines that such regulations are no longer warranted or appropriate; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74AD34A8A68A4F0FBB891ED7B3F1C328"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submits a notification of and justification for that determination to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5C017EB871754C9893163E629481CD62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy
and Natural Resources of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1B1BB91DE60C48BFA10C27D8A9105B14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84870f15a558492f91be1d1f8de8c24b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Regulatory authority</header><text>The President shall issue such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this
section.</text></subsection></section><section id="idb913f7395111417fb20561a8cee34c35"><enum>205.</enum><header>Diplomatic measures with respect to the Russian Federation</header><subsection id="id189D4A799DCF4F96AEEBF39425F3531B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limiting defense sales and defense industrial cooperation</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Commerce, shall work with United States allies in Europe and around the
world to strictly limit—</text><paragraph id="id8cf59c750e9f469591d068c401599247"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the sales of defense articles and services to the Government of the Russian
Federation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc505cb41994e4efda251700293c4a527"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the cooperation of the United States and its allies with the Government of the Russian
Federation on matters related to the production of defense articles and
services by Russian entities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id44add96d80314c4db177de03eee58f7b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duration of limits</header><text>The diplomatic measures required to be instituted pursuant to subsection (a) shall remain in effect
until such time as the President determines in writing to the appropriate
congressional committees that such
diplomatic measures are no longer warranted or appropriate, including a
justification for such determination.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8a40baa67e8f44b89b204d87241e2c5c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nuclear force reduction agreements</header><paragraph id="id654ba7bddb37492bbb2a5bd461ff69da"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>It is the policy of the United States to not engage in further negotiations with the
Russian Federation to reduce nuclear forces until the Russian Federation
is in full compliance with all existing bilateral nuclear agreements with
the United States,
including the Treaty Between the United States of
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the
Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed
at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into force June
1, 1988.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcbb1b5c36fc54dc59562898f021a92ee"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall not enter into any agreement with
the Government of the Russian Federation with respect to the reduction of
nuclear forces except with the advice and consent of the Senate pursuant
to article II, section 2, clause 2 of the United States Constitution.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0ebfab725ba74ffc9d029b2d9a1e3530"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Restriction on force posture adjustments pursuant to the new START Treaty</header><text>The President shall not take any steps to reduce the number of accountable deployed or non-deployed
launchers under
the Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian
Federation on Measures for the Further
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed at Prague
April 8, 2010, and entered into force February 5, 2011 (commonly referred
to as the <quote>New START Treaty</quote>), while the armed forces of the Russian Federation remain
prepositioned to strike Ukraine or are threatening the territorial
integrity or sovereignty of Ukraine or another European or Eurasian state.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5bb35596738749acadddc7aa4cc7c991"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations on missile defense cooperation</header><paragraph id="iddf1341af6d09481aa2ea4aad80a3b79f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall not permit any sharing of sensitive United States missile defense information
with the
Government of the Russian Federation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id336530257946465b81c31683993f9c87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Spending limitation</header><text>No amounts may be obligated or expended to integrate into any United States or NATO common-funded
missile defense system, including the NATO Air Defense Ground Environment,
any standalone radar or missile defense system manufactured, sold, or
exported by a Russian entity or by any person or entity currently
sanctioned or designated under United States law for missile technology
proliferation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0651cb2ef3634586a686d304598187d5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report on Russian violations of international agreements</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the
appropriate congressional committees a report detailing any and all
violations of international or bilateral arms control or other agreements
by the Russian Federation since the entry into force of the
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, including any
suspected or confirmed violations of that treaty and the implications of
the Russian suspension of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe, as
well as any steps taken by the President to hold the Russian Federation
accountable for any such violations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9041e446f2b54c4cb7401a5786c8dace"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations on Open Skies Treaty flights</header><text>The President shall not authorize any overflights of the territory of the United States or United
States Government facilities or installations by aircraft of the Russian
Federation pursuant to the Treaty on Open Skies, signed at Helsinki March
24, 1992, and entered into force January 1, 2002, that employ any
surveillance devices beyond those employed on such aircraft prior to
January 1, 2014.</text></subsection><subsection id="idee5e9ec3a2544e3da1898e4de25df794"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report on alternatives to Russian rocket engines</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to
the
appropriate congressional committees a report on alternatives to the
use of RD–180 rocket engines produced in the Russian Federation for
national security
launches and a recommendation on whether any domestic alternatives to the
use of such engines should be pursued in the next two fiscal years.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5384c0f1b00a4d47a4d1b29af6a578e7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Additional consular activities</header><text>The Secretary of State shall prioritize and undertake efforts to identify and provide access to
appropriate consular resources, including prioritized access to
applications for refugee and other appropriate immigration or travel
status to the United States, for journalists and political and civil
society activists and dissidents in the Russian Federation.</text></subsection><subsection id="ideae02181361e4443aed32016c7814aff"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Report on significant corruption in the Russian Federation and the effects of such corruption</header><paragraph id="id8e473d51e3dc46f9b84f5e60e91eafe2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter,
the Secretary
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit
to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on significant
corruption in the Russian Federation and the extent to which such
corruption undermines
political and economic development in the independent countries of the
former Soviet Union.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb729eb0350a48bc969740764fb37661"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required elements</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) may contain a classified annex, but shall include in
unclassified form the following elements:</text><subparagraph id="idfffe9ad25e914239a158756b332b4b2d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A detailed description of corruption among senior officials of the Government of the Russian
Federation and the connections between such corruption and business
leaders in the Russian Federation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8a43dabd120a41688c0e25de779ed31b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A detailed description of how the Government of the Russian Federation uses corruption to sustain
the power of specific individuals in government and business.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3e4a791018be4a1983b61a24b6487593"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An estimate in United States dollars of the personal net wealth of any senior Russian official, or
a family member or close associate of such official, who is responsible
for, or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or
otherwise directing, acts of significant corruption in Russia, including
the expropriation of private or state 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.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb27d2468234d43d9980ccc21a9b49b8b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An estimate in United States dollars of the amount of money derived from acts of significant
corruption in the Russian Federation that has been invested, laundered, or
otherwise
transferred into the sovereign jurisdiction of each of the independent
countries of the former Soviet Union.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideb483dceff4e4ae8b48e9acbc83b7d3a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Detailed descriptions of specific instances of significant corruption in the Russian Federation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddf587b84c00a418281db9427fbed0248"><enum>(F)</enum><text>A detailed description of how the Government of the Russian Federation uses corruption in other
states in order to create and maintain a dependence on the Russian
Federation and on
specific Russian government officials, entities, and business leaders.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31ef2ae40f8e456cb4adc87dd2dbf041"><enum>(G)</enum><text>A detailed description of the extent to which the flow of money described in subparagraph (D)
contributes to public or private corruption, non-transparent or
unaccountable government or private sector decisionmaking, or the
weakening, subversion, or undermining of sovereignty, democratic
institutions, rule of law, or economic or financial systems in each of the
independent countries of the former Soviet Union.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idccc82b3892e74dffac73dba1b4c357e4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A detailed description of the political and financial networks and other mechanisms through which
the money described in subparagraph (D) contributes to the malign effects
in the independent countries of the former Soviet Union as described in
subparagraph (G).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id10446d795a2645a1b70bd9d8814fb089"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Interagency working group</header><text>The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall convene an
interagency working group, including representatives of the United States
intelligence community, to coordinate the production of the report
required by this subsection, prioritize the collection and analysis of
intelligence and financial information required for such report, and
support efforts to address the effects of corruption in the Russian
Federation on Russian
citizens, the United States, and United States allies and partners in
Europe and Eurasia, including increasing public awareness of such issues
in the Russian Federation and other countries.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b6c63072dff4987817a816f34165811"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor $2,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017
to
support the efforts of the interagency working group described in
paragraph (3), including the hiring of staff as appropriate, and to
produce the report required by paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4567c11cd4624f48b264eee1d24cf48c"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Report on russian economy</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter,
the Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make publically
available a report on the state of economic activity and government-owned
enterprises in the Russian Federation. The report shall analyze relevant
economic indicators, including gross domestic product (GDP) and the amount
of GDP derived from government spending, money supply, inflation,
unemployment, capital flows, and foreign direct investment.</text></subsection></section><section id="id0b972353a5af4444b121c4712c0e1245"><enum>206.</enum><header>Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations</header><subsection id="id6F2D2982F5904A2BA33918DADFA89386"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall increase efforts, directly or through
nongovernmental organizations, to—</text><paragraph id="id0a925f74d0ad4a6f9bedd915d7fc82b0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improve democratic governance, transparency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corruption
efforts in the Russian Federation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id917ceb09691e4666b7d09e67012950d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>strengthen democratic institutions and political and civil society organizations in the Russian
Federation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb960648580794d0ab315e4bf3421be31"><enum>(3)</enum><text>expand uncensored Internet access in Russia; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f1ff28cee9a42828ede4dea07a5e9e4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>expand free and unfettered access to independent media of all kinds in Russia, including through
increasing United States Government-supported
broadcasting activities, and to assist with the protection of journalists
and
civil society activists who have been targeted for free speech activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id62b9f915978e4f748753104c3b3fc3c6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2017 to carry out the activities set forth in
subsection
(a).</text></subsection><subsection id="id2285ea5bc538419ea9b7dedc7f1edcdb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header><text>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).</text></subsection><subsection id="id24858eac6b98464cb29b7f7a74ae2ed2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><paragraph id="ided0039ce10c44020998a7049e3362277"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf9fbe521df84972a686c476862705c2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hardening Ukraine and other European and Eurasian states against Russian aggression</header><section id="id03d3d448d2c9498cba193c9d1a2ed746"><enum>301.</enum><header>Military assistance for Ukraine</header><subsection id="id130190F6D62341468930BC7EC2E0258A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting the assistance to be provided under this
section, beginning on the date following the date of completion of the
assessment
required by subsection (b), the President is authorized to provide to the
Government of Ukraine upon that Government's request, as appropriate and
in a
manner consistent with the capabilities and needs of the armed
forces of Ukraine identified in such assessment, the following defense
articles, services, and training:</text><paragraph id="id76ef85631d334a23b99d133f34f5a6f5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Anti-tank weapons and ammunition.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfede54acddb542849eb1e1ca260b84b3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida0bdd5c336e34a6ca9e1e62f40151fa5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Crew weapons and ammunition.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4044266e89ea4e8c80802d74d2c51572"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Small arms and ammunition, including pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, grenade launchers,
machine guns, and sniper rifles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id796933b1cc5c4557864bda29e760c994"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9c5aa45bdbd478ebefda7a48d0e7873"><enum>(6)</enum><text>High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id997c6ddfcb6347248a7fd0c48e6ad146"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Inflatable boats.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id489d8407162f4c77897cc21dc78eb412"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Body armor.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id26215f158d7b4c72a7c624123d5c329e"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Fire control, range finder, optical and guidance and control equipment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9e9c344ed76e4c8b8fa3bb4c6ac2e4c5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Explosive disposal and improvised explosive device detection equipment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id30b788dadd92409a9bdee2b13544b5de"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Mine detection equipment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0740563d06574ef19dbcc8c8a16e1e39"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Chemical, biological, radiation, and nuclear detection, testing, and protection equipment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ae83b3e4d9b4b5eb5399959979e5b5f"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Communications, logistic, combat support, medical equipment, rations, specialized equipment, and
other defense articles, services, and training requested by the Government
of Ukraine that the President determines to be appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbc959d472416459f9e08d794ffce7391"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Required assessment</header><text>No later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
conduct an
assessment, or complete any ongoing assessment, of the capabilities and
needs of the armed forces of Ukraine and shall ensure that it includes—</text><paragraph id="id05033d499bc54af299283852cea2b5ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the releasability of the equipment set forth in subsection (a), equipment
requested by the Government of Ukraine, or equipment that may foreseeably
be requested based on the current state of the armed forces of Ukraine;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide2ac8ed6f3f749b9b0b13a6b8ac777bf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of the need for, appropriateness of, and force protection concerns of any United
States military advisors to be made available to the armed forces of
Ukraine.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5e954dabbee7445f9d7fc036bc87a755"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2014
to carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="id0cf61343314941068963667cde806327"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authority for use of funds</header><text>The funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for the provision of defense articles,
services, and training may be used to procure such assistance from the
United States Government or other appropriate sources.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb658caedd8a54bf99b9452aabdf63bb1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Provision of assessment to Congress</header><text>Not later than 7 days following the completion of the assessment required by subsection (b), the
President shall provide such assessment to the appropriate congressional
committees.</text></subsection></section><section id="id38343923403f4ddfb944b4aec3eb93a4"><enum>302.</enum><header>Sense of Congress on intelligence sharing with Ukraine</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the President, subject to the discretion of the President protect
sources
and methods of intelligence collection and to protect the capabilities of
the intelligence community and the United States Armed Forces, should—</text><paragraph id="id364F54E62EFA4380A67A8AF9FAA02074"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the Government of Ukraine with appropriate intelligence and other information to assist
the Government of Ukraine—</text><subparagraph id="id3b924a1b538542bdb570a667f074ce39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to determine the location, strength, and capabilities of the military and intelligence forces of
the
Russian Federation located on the eastern border of Ukraine and within the
territorial borders of Ukraine, including Crimea; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3df4101d3b08400f8f5f35ad89a62119"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to respond effectively to further aggression by military and intelligence forces of the Russian
Federation; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b053d31eb194958b2c8ae530a05143f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take steps to ensure that such intelligence information is fully and appropriately protected from
further disclosure, including limiting, as appropriate, the provision and
nature of such intelligence information.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id1ae6b2183f314e9facb8f2bbe5480117"><enum>303.</enum><header>Major non-NATO ally status for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova</header><subsection id="id84E57429067B4FBBBB4CCA8BF88CB00E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>During the period in which Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova meet the criteria set forth in subsection
(b), notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the
transfer or possible transfer of defense articles or defense services
under the Arms Export Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2751">22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.</external-xref>), the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.</external-xref>), or any other provision of
law, Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia shall be treated as though each were
designated a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 644(q) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2403">22 U.S.C. 2403(q)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="idece5b7c29c1c491cadd9f7b34a963f6f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria for treatment as a major non-NATO ally</header><text>In order to be treated as a major non-NATO ally pursuant to subsection (a), a country must—</text><paragraph id="ide0c93cbf861f4f8dad26f757fd7a025e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>have a democratically elected government that came to power pursuant to free and fair elections;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb8a386e7a4504dd1a0a054ebbf442dcb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cooperate fully with the United States on matters of mutual security concern, including
counterterrorism matters; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf84678973fb64b0fa66dfbb0b3eab01b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>respect the political and legal rights of its citizens, including maintaining the right of its
citizens to democratically elect their government.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1fbc6eaf7004474ba4fde4e9c884cb7b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
President shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a
report
assessing whether Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova should continue to be
treated, for purposes of the transfer or possible transfer of defense
articles or defense services, as major non-NATO allies and whether the
treatment should be expanded or reduced.</text></subsection></section><section id="idba42ebe2e97843a9bace9f76a1f7d263"><enum>304.</enum><header>Expanded security force training, assistance and defense cooperation with key non-NATO states</header><subsection id="id9D32FC20EF524067819AC4F1C0A52165"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expanded training and assistance</header><text>The President shall take steps, consistent with the President's responsibility as Commander in
Chief, to
substantially increase, within one year after the date of the enactment
of this
Act—</text><paragraph id="id65418b868efe4f33b9ed5d26c5d26cf2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the military-to-military interactions of the United States Armed Forces with the armed forces of
Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,
Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, including
specifically increasing the current tempo of military exercises and
training efforts and exchanges with such armed forces; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idad5fc5e2f4f447b5ab6a28aad38e41f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>United States and NATO security assistance to such states.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id67c07529b2ec4e3a9031193fc5d73c63"><enum>(b)</enum><header>NATO European Partners Security Fund</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Permanent Representative to NATO to use the voice,
vote, and influence of the United States to encourage NATO to create a
European Partners Security Fund with appropriate contributions from all
member-states to support the provision of expanded NATO training,
exercises, assistance to, and exchanges with, the armed forces of Ukraine,
Georgia, Moldova,
Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and
Serbia.</text></subsection><subsection id="id79c308d617d042af99d94d2ce8b59f9e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Bilateral and multilateral defense cooperation agreements</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall seek to enter into
negotiations with Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia to establish new, or
strengthen existing,
bilateral and multilateral
defense cooperation agreements, including agreements related to cyber
defense cooperation.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6f795a48faff4f909a6dbcbf36c9eeeb"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter,
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
country-by-country report detailing the specific efforts being undertaken
and planned to be undertaken by the United States Government to implement
the
increased military-to-military interactions and security assistance
required by subsection (a) and to undertake the negotiations required by
subsection (c).</text></subsection></section><section id="idE3841592671D416DAF92E4D0D2FED319"><enum>305.</enum><header>Expediting natural gas exports</header><subsection id="id854460E25BF645EF92A8BEF6F6B572DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(c) of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717b">15 U.S.C. 717b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf29cf011b7ca4f94b95d29a027d6fb43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(c) For purposes</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BCF854484EC4E1A9BFE1086F804B3C1" style="OLC"><subsection id="id120DC2CE7A6843EBBB3807013F496353"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited application and approval</header><paragraph id="id0CF7D45DD883406EBE9D0C9671A35FF9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of World Trade Organization member nation</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>World Trade Organization member nation</quote> means a country described in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3501(10)).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53938E0DC0F544EEA5A50395E4B9AEC8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expedited application and approval process</header><text>For purposes</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id21830A5007E44387A221351B0FFF1E41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) (as so designated), by striking <quote>a nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for
trade in natural gas</quote> and inserting <quote>a World Trade Organization member nation</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id60263ee45f7a48eb86d47a29c12bb5d1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pending applications</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to applications for authorization to export
natural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/717b">15 U.S.C. 717b</external-xref>) that
are pending on, or filed on or after, the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="id4b049b0ed75a4caba3e8396147e379ee"><enum>306.</enum><header>European and Eurasian energy independence</header><subsection id="ida4b26a9657b94c2184866af119ba42c5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance from the United States Agency for International Development</header><text>The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development should prioritize—</text><paragraph id="id33ad5bc3dc934b8fadd349b71b60bc7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>loan, lease, and bond guarantees to appropriate financial institutions and other eligible borrowers
through the Development Credit Authority to facilitate the involvement of
such institutions and borrowers in financing efforts in Ukraine to help
exploit
existing natural gas reserves, to conduct additional exploration for oil
and gas, to develop alternative sources of
energy, including oil and gas, and to encourage energy efficiency, for
Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova,
including the development of associated transportation, storage, and
refinement facilities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7703d5e5d2348ab897532a9c04d2677"><enum>(2)</enum><text>direct assistance to expand efforts in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova to help exploit existing
natural gas reserves, to conduct additional exploration for oil and gas,
and to develop alternative sources of energy, including oil and gas, and
to encourage energy efficiency, for
Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, including the development of associated
transportation, storage, and refinement facilities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idaeeecf81899645c98ca06fe82c808185"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Promotion of United States private sector participation in energy
development in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova</header><text>The Director of the Trade and Development Agency should promote United States private sector
efforts to help exploit existing natural gas reserves, to conduct
additional exploration for oil and gas, and to develop alternative sources
of energy, including oil and gas, for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova,
including the development of associated transportation, storage, and
refinement facilities, by conducting and
funding project preparation activities for projects in Ukraine, Georgia,
and Moldova, including feasibility studies, technical assistance, pilot
projects, reverse trade missions, conferences, and workshops.</text></subsection><subsection id="id81542829ff0a49b4bec848f71b8acffd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Support from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation</header><text>The Overseas Private Investment Corporation—</text><paragraph id="id147CA063DF9C4691BF772AE3E00E0E82"><enum>(1)</enum><text>should prioritize support for investments to help exploit existing natural gas reserves, to conduct
additional exploration for oil and gas, to develop alternative sources
of energy, including oil and gas, and to encourage energy efficiency, for
Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova,
including the development of associated transportation, storage, and
refinement facilities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4800016DC8874ED5917AB05F8C23DF1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall implement procedures for expedited review of and, where appropriate,
approval of, applications by eligible investors (as defined in section 238
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2198">22 U.S.C. 2198</external-xref>)) for loans, loan
guarantees, and insurance for such investments.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3e876cbf7b6a469da8500d2844540f75"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prioritization of energy projects in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova by the World Bank Group and the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development</header><text>The President shall direct the United States Executive Directors of the World Bank Group and the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to use the voice, vote,
and influence of the United States to encourage the World Bank Group and
the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to invest in, and
increase their
efforts to promote investment in, efforts to help exploit existing natural
gas reserves, to conduct additional exploration for oil and gas, to
develop alternative sources of energy, including oil and gas, and to
encourage energy efficiency, for Ukraine,
Georgia, and Moldova, including the development of associated
transportation, storage, and refinement facilities, and to stimulate
private investment in such projects.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0bad67f14c114913b846baba67981c7f"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effectiveness measurement</header><text>In providing loan guarantees, assistance, and support as described in this section and in
prioritizing the projects as described in this section, the President and
the heads and other appropriate officials of the United States Agency for
International Development, the Trade and Development Agency, and the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall ensure that the
effectiveness of
such guarantees, assistance, support, and projects is measured through the
use of clear, accountable, and
metric-based targets aimed at achieving energy independence for Ukraine,
Georgia, and Moldova.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf13b08c43f0d4bc680ae792d05a41872"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report on additional European gas pipeline</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
costs, benefits, and economic viability of a gas pipeline
extending from the border of Turkey into Eastern Europe and interconnected
to the proposed Trans-Anatolian pipeline.</text></subsection><subsection id="id46fa2890619b44b1aa70b854f22596fa"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report and plan on nuclear power in Ukraine</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in
coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the
appropriate
congressional committees a report—</text><paragraph id="id615D757506CE42C6BC8086D28A70D81F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifying the nuclear fuel
requirements of the power sector of Ukraine; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1F19288030334626BCDC5915858819AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>including a plan for—</text><subparagraph id="id3429A74B53564AB88FBAEA99EF07EAA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>supporting
commercial production capabilities to provide alternative nuclear fuel
supplies for Ukraine; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7CD4C50C9B29412BB183A0F2F71DBCEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing such support as the Secretary of
the Energy deems appropriate for Ukraine to maintain the safe, secure, and
sustainable operation of nuclear reactors in Ukraine.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id29914ca32aa34beda638040891053021"><enum>307.</enum><header>Crimea annexation nonrecognition</header><subsection id="idD3F376798F724B96B4967678DF08E1D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No Federal department or agency may take any action that recognizes sovereignty of the Russian
Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters or
otherwise endorses the Russian Federation’s illegal annexation of Crimea.</text></subsection></section><section id="id8b987c7dfd6042ba8b4b3f6998632041"><enum>308.</enum><header>Support for democracy and civil society organizations in countries of the former Soviet Union</header><subsection id="id6625b658fe6448cb949e5fab735de980"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Democratic governance support</header><paragraph id="id1A343BE2FFDB479A84D6CEF7636E4557"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of State shall increase efforts, directly or through
nongovernmental organizations, to—</text><subparagraph id="id81d350fa17da40a8b0cb55e721e6b10b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve democratic governance, transparency, accountability, rule of law, and anti-corruption
efforts in countries of the former Soviet Union;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idedbb259875a843eead9a6c5cb3eeee3b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strengthen democratic institutions and political and civil society organizations in countries of
the former Soviet Union;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd298d2fcc8c94354a9545ce370b5a3de"><enum>(C)</enum><text>expand uncensored Internet access in countries of the former Soviet Union; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida0a4ebf427194e40b3b9c57a3d357774"><enum>(D)</enum><text>expand free and unfettered access to independent media of all kinds in countries of the former
Soviet Union, including through increasing United States
Government-supported broadcasting activities, and to assist with the
protection of journalists and civil society activists who have been
targeted for free speech activities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c67eebcbb9c41019523a7e1e7300f44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $25,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2015 through 2017 to carry out the activities set forth in paragraph
(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcc045b1a338548fb8bdeab53b8f61b92"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increased support for exchanges and public affairs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall substantially
increase—</text><paragraph id="id3f96f6afdbdf44fe957d5ebcd5cef124"><enum>(1)</enum><text>educational and cultural exchanges with countries of the former Soviet Union; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18e1b651c7684ab19aea75e0ca7d5011"><enum>(2)</enum><text>public affairs grants and activities in countries of the former Soviet Union.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5729168a23194a6e8fa037b90774ae64"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Strategy requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 subsections (a) and (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="id849068fb64f7405e9c23b6bc4541dfcc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notification requirement</header><paragraph id="ide3647bf69a8d48ffbfdf46e6999fbf8f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to subsection (a) 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idab61ace2277d49299172ee6137f108b1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ide83b0e99b9524f6697b89ae8e7fc26a0"><enum>309.</enum><header>Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union</header><subsection id="id2C676F2294FD42BFB45891F06E476D72"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the
Broadcasting
Board of Governors and the Director of Voice of America shall provide
Congress with a plan, including a cost estimate, for immediately and
substantially
increasing and maintaining through fiscal year 2017 the quantity of
United States-funded
Russian-language broadcasting into countries of the former Soviet Union.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbc4a2be63f40484cadf2a8dc11cc8b60"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prioritization and focus of programming</header><text>The plan required by subsection (a) shall prioritize broadcasting into Ukraine, Georgia, and
Moldova and shall ensure that the increased broadcasting content required
by subsection (a) is focused on conveying the perspective of the United
States Government and public regarding ongoing events in those states to
Russian language audiences.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4bfa5dc92fc84cc1af329ec811fce8e2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional priorities</header><text>The plan required by subsection (a) should also consider—</text><paragraph id="idf97f59058e854fb78e9b7b6fc7d2a84b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>near-term increases in Russian-language broadcasting in other priority countries including Estonia,
Lithuania, and Latvia;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6377C73F6EA24CEFAFC36CBAF15BA5F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>increases in broadcasting in other
critical languages, including Ukrainian and Romanian languages; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id57ACCDFFEB8A4942BCC41E25413977C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>prioritizing work by the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Voice of
America with European and Eurasian allies to increase their broadcasting
and communications content directed into countries of the former Soviet
Union.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id59b0bcec20f0424887f78ed84be1bf2d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $7,500,000 for each of fiscal
years 2014 through 2017 to carry out the activities required by
subsections
(a) through (c).</text></subsection></section>