[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8958 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8958

 To amend certain authorities relating to human rights violations and 
               abuses in Ukraine, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2022

Mr. Fallon (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
    to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent 
Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend certain authorities relating to human rights violations and 
               abuses in 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ukraine Human Rights Policy Act of 
2022''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF MANDATORY IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS 
              WITH RESPECT TO TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 
              HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

    Section 11 of the Support for the Sovereignty, Integrity, 
Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act of 2014 (22 U.S.C. 
8910) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (e) and (f), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Congressional Oversight.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after receiving a 
        request from the chairman and ranking member of one of the 
        appropriate congressional committees with respect to whether a 
        person meets the criteria of a person described in subsection 
        (a), the President shall--
                    ``(A) determine if the person meets such criteria; 
                and
                    ``(B) submit a classified or unclassified report to 
                such chairman and ranking member with respect to such 
                determination that includes a statement of whether or 
                not the President imposed or intends to impose 
                sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to such 
                person.
            ``(2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In 
        this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional 
        committees' means--
                    ``(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                    ``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate.''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    Section 252 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through 
Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9542) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) the Government of the Russian Federation bears 
        responsibility for the continuing violence in Ukraine and 
        imposition onto Ukrainian sovereignty;'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively;
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) the Government of the Russian Federation's invasion 
        of Ukraine reflects years of disregard for territorial 
        integrity across the European continent;
            ``(3) paramilitary organizations are utilized by the 
        Government of the Russian Federation to execute foreign policy 
        goals, including through influence campaigns, economic 
        coercion, and violence;
            ``(4) ongoing violence from the Government of the Russian 
        Federation across Europe creates implications for allies and 
        partners of the United States outside of the European 
        continent, and a deterrence strategy therefore requires 
        coordination and cooperation with like-minded partners across 
        the globe;''; and
            (4) by amending subparagraph (A) of paragraph (12) (as 
        redesignated) to read as follows:
                    ``(A) to identify vulnerabilities to aggression, 
                information operations, in particular cyber warfare and 
                military information support operations, corruption, 
                and hybrid warfare by the Government of the Russian 
                Federation and its proxy forces;''.

SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to consider foreign persons 
who are involved in the forced relocation or detention of persons in 
Russian filtration camps as having committed gross violations of 
internationally recognized human rights for purposes of imposing 
sanctions with respect to such persons under the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note).

SEC. 5. REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN UKRAINE AND AGAINST UKRAINIAN 
              RESIDENTS FORCIBLY RELOCATED TO RUSSIA.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies and civil 
society organizations shall include in the report required by sections 
116(d) and 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2151n(d) and 2304) information on human rights abuses in Ukraine and 
against individuals who reside in Ukraine who are forcibly relocated.
    (b) Matters To Be Included.--The information required under 
subsection (a) shall include--
            (1) an assessment of Russian forces and Russia-affiliated 
        non-state groups involved in human rights abuses against 
        civilians in Ukraine;
            (2) an assessment of the number of individuals detained in 
        filtration camps in operated by the Russian Federation or its 
        proxies;
            (3) a description of the conditions in such camps for 
        detainees, including, to the extent practicable, an assessment 
        of--
                    (A) methods of abuse;
                    (B) efforts to force individuals to renounce their 
                faith; and
                    (C) other serious human rights abuses;
            (4) to the extent practicable, an assessment of staffing 
        levels at these camps, including at which military, 
        governmental, or other units are in charge;
            (5) a description, as appropriate, of United States 
        diplomatic efforts with allies and other nations and relevant 
        international organizations--
                    (A) to address the gross violations of human rights 
                against Ukrainians; and
                    (B) to prosecute individuals responsible for 
                committing human rights violations; and
            (6) the identification of the offices within the Department 
        of State that are responsible for leading and coordinating the 
        diplomatic efforts referred to in paragraph (5).

SEC. 6. CLASSIFIED REPORT.

    The Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, 
in consultation with such elements of the Intelligence Community as the 
Director deems appropriate, shall submit a classified report to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
Senate that assesses the ability of the United States Government to 
collect and analyze intelligence regarding--
            (1) the scope and scale of war crimes committed against 
        individuals who reside in Ukraine by the Russian Armed Forces 
        or Russia-affiliated non-state groups;
            (2) the scope and scale of the detention and forced labor 
        of Ukrainian nationals in Ukraine and Russia;
            (3) the gross abuses of human rights perpetrated inside the 
        filtration camps and other detention centers operated by the 
        Russian Federation or Russia-affiliated non-state groups; and
            (4) other actions of the Government of the Russian 
        Federation that constitute gross violations of human rights 
        related to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
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