[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5859 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.5859
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,
the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen
An Act
To impose sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation, to provide
additional assistance to Ukraine, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Ukraine Freedom
Support Act of 2014''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Statement of policy regarding Ukraine.
Sec. 4. Sanctions relating to the defense and energy sectors of the
Russian Federation.
Sec. 5. Sanctions on Russian and other foreign financial institutions.
Sec. 6. Increased military assistance for the Government of Ukraine.
Sec. 7. Expanded nonmilitary assistance for Ukraine.
Sec. 8. Expanded broadcasting in countries of the former Soviet Union.
Sec. 9. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations.
Sec. 10. Report on non-compliance by the Russian Federation of its
obligations under the INF Treaty.
Sec. 11. Rule of construction.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Account; correspondent account; payable-through account.--
The terms ``account'', ``correspondent account'', and ``payable-
through account'' have the meanings given those terms in section
5318A of title 31, United States Code.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
(3) Defense article; defense service; training.--The terms
``defense article'', ``defense service'', and ``training'' have the
meanings given those terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2794).
(4) Financial institution.--The term ``financial institution''
means a financial institution specified in subparagraph (A), (B),
(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (M), or (Y) of section
5312(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code.
(5) Foreign financial institution.--The term ``foreign
financial institution'' has the meaning given that term in section
561.308 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (or any
corresponding similar regulation or ruling).
(6) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means any
individual or entity that is not a United States citizen, a
permanent resident alien, or an entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States.
(7) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect to
conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a person has
actual knowledge, or should have known, of the conduct, the
circumstance, or the result.
(8) Russian person.--The term ``Russian person'' means--
(A) an individual who is a citizen or national of the
Russian Federation; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian
Federation.
(9) Special russian crude oil project.--The term ``special
Russian crude oil project'' means a project intended to extract
crude oil from--
(A) the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation
in waters more than 500 feet deep;
(B) Russian Arctic offshore locations; or
(C) shale formations located in the Russian Federation.
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING UKRAINE.
It is the policy of the United States to further assist the
Government of Ukraine in restoring its sovereignty and territorial
integrity to deter the Government of the Russian Federation from
further destabilizing and invading Ukraine and other independent
countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central
Asia. That policy shall be carried into effect, among other things,
through a comprehensive effort, in coordination with allies and
partners of the United States where appropriate, that includes economic
sanctions, diplomacy, assistance for the people of Ukraine, and the
provision of military capabilities to the Government of Ukraine that
will enhance the ability of that Government to defend itself and to
restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of
unlawful actions by the Government of the Russian Federation.
SEC. 4. SANCTIONS RELATING TO THE DEFENSE AND ENERGY SECTORS OF THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) Sanctions Relating to the Defense Sector.--
(1) Rosoboronexport.--Except as provided in subsection (d), not
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
President shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in
subsection (c) with respect to Rosoboronexport.
(2) Russian producers, transferors, or brokers of defense
articles.--Except as provided in subsection (d), on and after the
date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the President shall impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in
subsection (c) with respect to a foreign person the President
determines--
(A) is an entity--
(i) owned or controlled by the Government of the
Russian Federation or owned or controlled by nationals of
the Russian Federation; and
(ii) that--
(I) knowingly manufactures or sells defense
articles transferred into Syria or into the territory
of a specified country without the consent of the
internationally recognized government of that country;
(II) transfers defense articles into Syria or into
the territory of a specified country without the
consent of the internationally recognized government of
that country; or
(III) brokers or otherwise assists in the transfer
of defense articles into Syria or into the territory of
a specified country without the consent of the
internationally recognized government of that country;
or
(B) knowingly, on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act, assists, sponsors, or provides financial, material,
or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, an entity described in subparagraph (A) with
respect to an activity described in clause (ii) of that
subparagraph.
(3) Specified country defined.--
(A) In general.--In this subsection, the term ``specified
country'' means--
(i) Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; and
(ii) any other country designated by the President as a
country of significant concern for purposes of this
subsection, such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and
the Central Asia republics.
(B) Notice to congress.--The President shall notify the
appropriate congressional committees in writing not later than
15 days before--
(i) designating a country as a country of significant
concern under subparagraph (A)(ii); or
(ii) terminating a designation under that subparagraph,
including the termination of any such designation pursuant
to subsection (h).
(b) Sanctions Related to the Energy Sector.--
(1) Development of special russian crude oil projects.--Except
as provided in subsection (d), on and after the date that is 45
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President may
impose 3 or more of the sanctions described in subsection (c) with
respect to a foreign person if the President determines that the
foreign person knowingly makes a significant investment in a
special Russian crude oil project.
(2) Authorization for extension of licensing limitations on
certain equipment.--The President, through the Bureau of Industry
and Security of the Department of Commerce or the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, as appropriate,
may impose additional licensing requirements for or other
restrictions on the export or reexport of items for use in the
energy sector of the Russian Federation, including equipment used
for tertiary oil recovery.
(3) Contingent sanction relating to gazprom.--If the President
determines that Gazprom is withholding significant natural gas
supplies from member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, or further withholds significant natural gas supplies
from countries such as Ukraine, Georgia, or Moldova, the President
shall, not later than 45 days after making that determination,
impose the sanction described in subsection (c)(7) and at least one
additional sanction described in subsection (c) with respect to
Gazprom.
(c) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions the President may impose
with respect to a foreign person under subsection (a) or (b) are the
following:
(1) Export-import bank assistance.--The President may direct
the Export-Import Bank of the United States not to approve the
issuance of any guarantee, insurance, extension of credit, or
participation in the extension of credit in connection with the
export of any goods or services to the foreign person.
(2) Procurement sanction.--The President may prohibit the head
of any executive agency (as defined in section 133 of title 41,
United States Code) from entering into any contract for the
procurement of any goods or services from the foreign person.
(3) Arms export prohibition.--The President may prohibit the
exportation or provision by sale, lease or loan, grant, or other
means, directly or indirectly, of any defense article or defense
service to the foreign person and the issuance of any license or
other approval to the foreign person under section 38 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).
(4) Dual-use export prohibition.--The President may prohibit
the issuance of any license and suspend any license for the
transfer to the foreign person of any item the export of which is
controlled under the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2401 et seq.) (as in effect pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)) or the
Export Administration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII
of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.
(5) Property transactions.--The President may, pursuant to such
regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any person
from--
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using, transferring,
withdrawing, transporting, or exporting any property that is
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and with
respect to which the foreign person has any interest;
(B) dealing in or exercising any right, power, or privilege
with respect to such property; or
(C) conducting any transaction involving such property.
(6) Banking transactions.--The President may, pursuant to such
regulations as the President may prescribe, prohibit any transfers
of credit or payments between financial institutions or by,
through, or to any financial institution, to the extent that such
transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States and involve any interest of the foreign person.
(7) Prohibition on investment in equity or debt of sanctioned
person.--The President may, pursuant to such regulations as the
President may prescribe, prohibit any United States person from
transacting in, providing financing for, or otherwise dealing in--
(A) debt--
(i) of longer than 30 days' maturity of a foreign
person with respect to which sanctions are imposed under
subsection (a) or of longer than 90 days' maturity of a
foreign person with respect to which sanctions are imposed
under subsection (b); and
(ii) issued on or after the date on which such
sanctions are imposed with respect to the foreign person;
or
(B) equity of the foreign person issued on or after that
date.
(8) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa or
other documentation.--In the case of a foreign person who is an
individual, the President may direct the Secretary of State to deny
a visa to, and the Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from
the United States, the foreign person, subject to regulatory
exceptions 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.
(9) Sanctions on principal executive officers.--In the case of
a foreign person that is an entity, the President may impose on the
principal executive officer or officers of the foreign person, or
on individuals performing similar functions and with similar
authorities as such officer or officers, any of the sanctions
described in this subsection applicable to individuals.
(d) Exceptions.--
(1) Importation of goods.--
(A) In general.--The authority to block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in property under
subsection (c)(5) shall not include the authority to impose
sanctions on the importation of goods.
(B) Good defined.--In this paragraph, the term ``good'' 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 (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)).
(2) Additional exceptions.--The President shall not be required
to apply or maintain the sanctions under subsection (a) or (b)--
(A) in the case of procurement of defense articles or
defense services under existing contracts, subcontracts, or
other business agreements, including ancillary or incidental
contracts for goods, or for services or funding (including
necessary financial services) associated with such goods, as
necessary to give effect to such contracts, subcontracts, or
other business agreements, and the exercise of options for
production quantities to satisfy requirements essential to the
national security of the United States--
(i) if the President determines in writing that--
(I) the foreign person to which the sanctions would
otherwise be applied is a sole source supplier of the
defense articles or services;
(II) the defense articles or services are
essential;
(III) alternative sources are not readily or
reasonably available; and
(IV) the national interests of the United States
would be adversely affected by the application or
maintenance of such sanctions; or
(ii) if the President determines in writing that--
(I) such articles or services are essential to the
national security under defense coproduction
agreements; and
(II) the national interests of the United States
would be adversely affected by the application or
maintenance of such sanctions;
(B) in the case of procurement, to eligible products, as
defined in section 308(4) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979
(19 U.S.C. 2518(4)), of any foreign country or instrumentality
designated under section 301(b)(1) of that Act (19 U.S.C.
2511(b)(1));
(C) to products, technology, or services provided under
contracts, subcontracts, or other business agreements
(including ancillary or incidental contracts for goods, or for
services or funding (including necessary financial services)
associated with such goods, as necessary to give effect to such
contracts, subcontracts, or other business agreements) entered
into before the date on which the President publishes in the
Federal Register the name of the foreign person with respect to
which the sanctions are to be imposed;
(D) to--
(i) spare parts that are essential to United States
products or production;
(ii) component parts, but not finished products,
essential to United States products or production; or
(iii) routine servicing and maintenance of United
States products, to the extent that alternative sources are
not readily or reasonably available;
(E) to information and technology essential to United
States products or production; or
(F) to food, medicine, medical devices, or agricultural
commodities (as those terms are defined in section 101 of the
Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment
Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8511)).
(e) National Security Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under subsection (a) or (b) with respect to a foreign
person if the President--
(A) determines that the waiver is in the national security
interest of the United States; and
(B) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the determination and the reasons for the
determination.
(2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1)(B)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(f) Transaction-specific National Security Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the application of
sanctions under subsection (a) or (b) with respect to a specific
transaction if the President--
(A) determines that the transaction is in the national
security interest of the United States; and
(B) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a
detailed report on the determination and the specific reasons
for the determination that a waiver with respect to the
transaction is necessary and appropriate.
(2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1)(B)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(g) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all authorities
provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out the
purposes of this section.
(2) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections (b)
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates,
attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes a violation
of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or an order or
regulation prescribed under either such subsection, to the same
extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an
unlawful act described in section 206(a) of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act.
(h) Termination.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this
section, and sanctions imposed under this section, shall terminate
on the date on which the President submits to the appropriate
congressional committees a certification that the Government of the
Russian Federation has ceased ordering, controlling, or otherwise
directing, supporting, or financing, significant acts intended to
undermine the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or
territorial integrity of Ukraine, including through an agreement
between the appropriate parties.
(2) Applicability with respect to syria.--The termination date
under paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to the provisions
of subsection (a) relating to the transfer of defense articles into
Syria or sanctions imposed pursuant to such provisions.
SEC. 5. SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN AND OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Facilitation of Certain Defense- and Energy-Related
Transactions.--The President may impose the sanction described in
subsection (c) with respect to a foreign financial institution that the
President determines knowingly engages, on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act, in significant transactions involving activities
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) or (B) of section 4(a)(2) or
paragraph (1) or (3) of section 4(b) for persons with respect to which
sanctions are imposed under section 4.
(b) Facilitation of Financial Transactions on Behalf of Specially
Designated Nationals.--The President may impose the sanction described
in subsection (c) with respect to a foreign financial institution if
the President determines that the foreign financial institution has, on
or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, knowingly facilitated a significant financial transaction on
behalf of any Russian person included on the list of specially
designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury, pursuant to--
(1) this Act;
(2) Executive Order No. 13660 (79 Fed. Reg. 13,493), 13661 (79
Fed. Reg. 15,535), or 13662 (79 Fed. Reg. 16,169); or
(3) any other Executive order addressing the crisis in Ukraine.
(c) Sanction Described.--The sanction described in this subsection
is, with respect to a foreign financial institution, 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 the foreign financial institution.
(d) National Security Waiver.--The President may waive the
application of sanctions under this section with respect to a foreign
financial institution if the President--
(1) determines that the waiver is in the national security
interest of the United States; and
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the determination and the reasons for the determination.
(e) Implementation; Penalties.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all authorities
provided under sections 203 and 205 of the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out the
purposes of this section.
(2) Penalties.--The penalties provided for in subsections (b)
and (c) of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) shall apply to a person that violates,
attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, or causes a violation
of, subsection (a) or (b) of this section, or an order or
regulation prescribed under either such subsection, to the same
extent that such penalties apply to a person that commits an
unlawful act described in section 206(a) of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act.
(f) Termination.--This section, and sanctions imposed under this
section, shall terminate on the date on which the President submits to
the appropriate congressional committees the certification described in
section 4(h).
SEC. 6. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE.
(a) In General.--The President is authorized to provide defense
articles, defense services, and training to the Government of Ukraine
for the purpose of countering offensive weapons and reestablishing the
sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including anti-tank
and anti-armor weapons, crew weapons and ammunition, counter-artillery
radars to identify and target artillery batteries, fire control, range
finder, and optical and guidance and control equipment, tactical troop-
operated surveillance drones, and secure command and communications
equipment, pursuant to the provisions of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.), and other relevant provisions of law.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report detailing
the anticipated defense articles, defense services, and training to be
provided pursuant to this section and a timeline for the provision of
such defense articles, defense services, and training, to--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary of State $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2015, $125,000,000
for fiscal year 2016, and $125,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 to
carry out activities under this section.
(2) Availability of amounts.--Amounts authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available for
obligation and expenditure through the end of fiscal year 2018.
(d) Authority for the Use of Funds.--The funds made available
pursuant to subsection (c) for provision of defense articles, defense
services, and training may be used to procure such articles, services,
and training from the United States Government or other appropriate
sources.
(e) Protection of Civilians.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Government of Ukraine should take all appropriate steps to protect
civilians.
SEC. 7. EXPANDED NONMILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE.
(a) Assistance to Internally Displaced People in Ukraine.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a plan,
including actions by the United States Government, other
governments, and international organizations, to meet the need for
protection of and assistance for internally displaced persons in
Ukraine, to--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives.
(2) Elements.--The plan required by paragraph (1) should
include, as appropriate, activities in support of--
(A) helping to establish a functional and adequately
resourced central registration system in Ukraine that can
ensure coordination of efforts to provide assistance to
internally displaced persons in different regions;
(B) encouraging adoption of legislation in Ukraine that
protects internally displaced persons from discrimination based
on their status and provides simplified procedures for
obtaining the new residency registration or other official
documentation that is a prerequisite to receiving appropriate
social payments under the laws of Ukraine, such as pensions and
disability, child, and unemployment benefits; and
(C) helping to ensure that information is available to
internally displaced persons about--
(i) government agencies and independent groups that can
provide assistance to such persons in various regions; and
(ii) evacuation assistance available to persons seeking
to flee armed conflict areas.
(3) Assistance through international organizations.--The
President shall instruct the United States permanent representative
or executive director, as the case may be, to the relevant United
Nations voluntary agencies, including the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and other appropriate
international organizations, to use the voice and vote of the
United States to support appropriate assistance for internally
displaced persons in Ukraine.
(b) Assistance to the Defense Sector of Ukraine.--The Secretary of
State and the Secretary of Defense should assist entities in the
defense sector of Ukraine to reorient exports away from customers in
the Russian Federation and to find appropriate alternative markets for
those entities in the defense sector of Ukraine that have already
significantly reduced exports to and cooperation with entities in the
defense sector of the Russian Federation.
(c) Assistance To Address the Energy Crisis in Ukraine.--
(1) Emergency energy assistance.--
(A) Plan required.--The Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Energy, in collaboration with the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development and the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall
work with officials of the Government of Ukraine to develop a
short-term emergency energy assistance plan designed to help
Ukraine address the potentially severe short-term heating fuel
and electricity shortages facing Ukraine in 2014 and 2015.
(B) Elements.--The plan required by subparagraph (A) should
include strategies to address heating fuel and electricity
shortages in Ukraine, including, as appropriate--
(i) the acquisition of short-term, emergency fuel
supplies;
(ii) the repair or replacement of infrastructure that
could impede the transmission of electricity or
transportation of fuel;
(iii) the prioritization of the transportation of fuel
supplies to the areas where such supplies are needed most;
(iv) streamlining emergency communications throughout
national, regional, and local governments to manage the
potential energy crisis resulting from heating fuel and
electricity shortages;
(v) forming a crisis management team within the
Government of Ukraine to specifically address the potential
crisis, including ensuring coordination of the team's
efforts with the efforts of outside governmental and
nongovernmental entities providing assistance to address
the potential crisis; and
(vi) developing a public outreach strategy to
facilitate preparation by the population and communication
with the population in the event of a crisis.
(C) Assistance.--The Secretary of State, the Secretary of
Energy, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development are authorized to provide assistance
in support of, and to invest in short-term solutions for,
enabling Ukraine to secure the energy safety of the people of
Ukraine during 2014 and 2015, including through--
(i) procurement and transport of emergency fuel
supplies, including reverse pipeline flows from Europe;
(ii) provision of technical assistance for crisis
planning, crisis response, and public outreach;
(iii) repair of infrastructure to enable the transport
of fuel supplies;
(iv) repair of power generating or power transmission
equipment or facilities;
(v) procurement and installation of compressors or
other appropriate equipment to enhance short-term natural
gas production;
(vi) procurement of mobile electricity generation
units;
(vii) conversion of natural gas heating facilities to
run on other fuels, including alternative energy sources;
and
(viii) provision of emergency weatherization and
winterization materials and supplies.
(2) Reduction of ukraine's reliance on energy imports.--
(A) Plans required.--The Secretary of State, in
collaboration with the Secretary of Energy and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, shall work with officials of the Government of
Ukraine to develop medium- and long-term plans to increase
energy production and efficiency to increase energy security by
helping Ukraine reduce its dependence on natural gas imported
from the Russian Federation.
(B) Elements.--The medium- and long-term plans required by
subparagraph (A) should include strategies, as appropriate,
to--
(i) improve corporate governance and unbundling of
state-owned oil and gas sector firms;
(ii) increase production from natural gas fields and
from other sources, including renewable energy;
(iii) license new oil and gas blocks transparently and
competitively;
(iv) modernize oil and gas upstream infrastructure; and
(v) improve energy efficiency.
(C) Prioritization.--The Secretary of State, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development, and the Secretary of Energy should, during fiscal
years 2015 through 2018, work with other donors, including
multilateral agencies and nongovernmental organizations, to
prioritize, to the extent practicable and as appropriate, the
provision of assistance from such donors to help Ukraine to
improve energy efficiency, increase energy supplies produced in
Ukraine, and reduce reliance on energy imports from the Russian
Federation, including natural gas.
(D) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated $50,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal
years 2016 through 2018 to carry out activities under this
paragraph.
(3) Support from the overseas private investment corporation.--
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall--
(A) prioritize, to the extent practicable, support for
investments to help increase energy efficiency, develop
domestic oil and natural gas reserves, improve and repair
electricity infrastructure, and develop renewable and other
sources of energy in Ukraine; and
(B) implement procedures for expedited review and, as
appropriate, approval, of applications by eligible investors
(as defined in section 238 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2198)) for loans, loan guarantees, and
insurance for such investments.
(4) Support by the world bank group and the european bank for
reconstruction and development.--The President shall, to the extent
practicable and as appropriate, 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 and other
international financial institutions--
(A) to invest in, and increase their efforts to promote
investment in, projects to improve energy efficiency, improve
and repair electricity infrastructure, develop domestic oil and
natural gas reserves, and develop renewable and other sources
of energy in Ukraine; and
(B) to stimulate private investment in such projects.
(d) Assistance to Civil Society in Ukraine.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State and the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development shall,
directly or through nongovernmental or international organizations,
such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe,
the National Endowment for Democracy, and related organizations--
(A) strengthen the organizational and operational capacity
of democratic civil society in Ukraine;
(B) support the efforts of independent media outlets to
broadcast, distribute, and share information in all regions of
Ukraine;
(C) counter corruption and improve transparency and
accountability of institutions that are part of the Government
of Ukraine; and
(D) provide support for democratic organizing and election
monitoring in Ukraine.
(2) Strategy required.--Not later than 60 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a strategy
to carry out the activities described in paragraph (1) to--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized to
be appropriated to the Secretary of State $20,000,000 for fiscal
year 2016 to carry out this subsection.
(4) Transparency requirements.--Any assistance provided
pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in as transparent of
a manner as possible, consistent with the nature and goals of this
subsection. The President shall provide a briefing on the
activities funded by this subsection at the request of the
committees specified in paragraph (2).
SEC. 8. EXPANDED BROADCASTING IN COUNTRIES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of
Governors shall submit to Congress a plan, including a cost estimate,
for immediately and substantially increasing, and maintaining through
fiscal year 2017, the quantity of Russian-language broadcasting into
the countries of the former Soviet Union funded by the United States in
order to counter Russian Federation propaganda.
(b) Prioritization of Broadcasting Into Ukraine, Georgia, and
Moldova.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall prioritize
broadcasting into Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova by the Voice of America
and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
(c) Additional Priorities.--In developing the plan required by
subsection (a), the Chairman shall consider--
(1) near-term increases in Russian-language broadcasting for
countries of the former Soviet Union (other than the countries
specified in subsection (b)), including Latvia, Lithuania, and
Estonia; and
(2) increases in broadcasting in other critical languages,
including Ukrainian and Romanian languages.
(d) Broadcasting Defined.--In this section, the term
``broadcasting'' means the distribution of media content via radio
broadcasting, television broadcasting, and Internet-based platforms,
among other platforms.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Broadcasting Board of Governors $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2016 through 2018 to carry out activities under this section.
(2) Supplement not supplant.--Amounts authorized to be
appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall supplement and not
supplant other amounts made available for activities described in
this section.
SEC. 9. SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall, directly or through
nongovernmental or international organizations, such as the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the National
Endowment for Democracy, and related organizations--
(1) improve democratic governance, transparency,
accountability, rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in the
Russian Federation;
(2) strengthen democratic institutions and political and civil
society organizations in the Russian Federation;
(3) expand uncensored Internet access in the Russian
Federation; and
(4) expand free and unfettered access to independent media of
all kinds in the Russian Federation, including through increasing
United States Government-supported broadcasting activities, and
assist with the protection of journalists and civil society
activists who have been targeted for free speech activities.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary of State $20,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2016 through 2018 to carry out the activities set forth in
subsection (a).
(c) Strategy Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a strategy to
carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a) to--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(d) Transparency Requirements.--Any assistance provided pursuant to
this section shall be conducted in as transparent of a manner as
possible, consistent with the nature and goals of this section. The
President shall provide a briefing on the activities funded by this
section at the request of the committees specified in subsection (c).
SEC. 10. REPORT ON NON-COMPLIANCE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF ITS
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE INF TREATY.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Russian Federation is in violation of its obligations
under 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 (commonly
referred to as the ``Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty'' or
``INF Treaty'').
(2) This behavior poses a threat to the United States, its
deployed forces, and its allies.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the President should hold the Russian Federation
accountable for being in violation of its obligations under the INF
Treaty; and
(2) the President should demand the Russian Federation
completely and verifiably eliminate the military systems that
constitute the violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the President
shall submit to the committees specified in subsection (d) a report
that includes the following elements:
(A) A description of the status of the President's efforts,
in cooperation with United States allies, to hold the Russian
Federation accountable for being in violation of its
obligations under the INF Treaty and obtain the complete and
verifiable elimination of its military systems that constitute
the violation of its obligations under the INF Treaty.
(B) The President's assessment as to whether it remains in
the national security interests of the United States to remain
a party to the INF Treaty, and other related treaties and
agreements, while the Russian Federation is in violation of its
obligations under the INF Treaty.
(C) Notification of any deployment by the Russian
Federation of a ground launched ballistic or cruise missile
system with a range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.
(D) A plan developed by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), to verify that the
Russian Federation has fully and completely dismantled any
ground launched cruise missiles or ballistic missiles with a
range of between 500 and 5,500 kilometers, including details on
facilities that inspectors need access to, people inspectors
need to talk with, how often inspectors need the accesses for,
and how much the verification regime would cost.
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
(d) Committees Specified.--The committees specified in this
subsection are--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed
Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate;
and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed
Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.
SEC. 11. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this Act shall be
construed as an authorization for the use of military force.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.