3.0.0 452 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z Senate S 2015-02-11 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-11T19:55:54Z 2015-02-11 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S928-929; text of measure as introduced: CR S929) IntroReferral 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2015-02-11 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2015-02-11 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2015-02-11 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2015-02-11 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-02-11 True M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2015-02-11 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2015-02-11 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2015-02-11 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2015-02-11 True T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2015-02-11 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2015-02-11 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2015-02-11 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2015-02-11 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-02-11 True R000605 Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] Mike Rounds R SD 2015-02-11 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2015-02-11 True International Affairs Conflicts and wars Congressional oversight Europe Foreign aid and international relief Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military operations and strategy Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Russia Ukraine International Affairs 00 2015-02-11 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-24T17:44:31Z Defense of Ukraine Act of 2015

This bill authorizes the President to provide lethal weapons to the government of Ukraine in order to defend itself against Russian-backed rebel separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The President is directed to submit to Congress: (1) a comprehensive U.S. strategy to provide lethal weapons to the government of Ukraine so that it may defend itself from Russian-backed rebels, and (2) a strategy implementation assessment every 90 days.

]]> Defense of Ukraine Act of 2015 Display Title Defense of Ukraine Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide lethal weapons to the Government of Ukraine in order to defend itself against Russian-backed rebel separatists in eastern Ukraine. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Defense of Ukraine Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s452is/xml/BILLS-114s452is.xml 2015-02-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S928-929; text of measure as introduced: CR S929) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.