[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5692 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5692

Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
                   30, 2024, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 26, 2023

    Mr. Kean of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
                   30, 2024, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely:

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                       OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

                Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Operations and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'', for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $300,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall be for the 
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative:  Provided, That such funds 
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including training; 
equipment; lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies and services; 
salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intelligence support to the 
military and national security forces of Ukraine, and to other forces 
or groups recognized by and under the authority of the Government of 
Ukraine, including governmental entities within Ukraine, engaged in 
resisting Russian aggression against Ukraine, for replacement of any 
weapons or articles provided to the Government of Ukraine from the 
inventory of the United States, and to recover or dispose of equipment 
procured using funds made available in this section in this or prior 
Acts:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less 
than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available in this section, 
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details 
of any such obligation:  Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Defense shall, not more than 60 days after such notification is made, 
inform such committees if such funds have not been obligated and the 
reasons therefor:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
shall consult with such committees in advance of the provision of 
support provided to other forces or groups recognized by and under the 
authority of the Government of Ukraine:  Provided further, That the 
United States may accept equipment procured using funds made available 
in this section in this or prior Acts transferred to the security 
forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces to the United States:  
Provided further, That equipment procured using funds made available in 
this section in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the 
military or national security forces of Ukraine or to other assisted 
entities, or returned by such forces or other assisted entities to the 
United States, may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense 
upon written notification to the congressional defense committees:  
Provided further, That any notification of funds made available in this 
section in this or prior Acts shall specify whether such funds support 
ongoing or new programs, the duration and expected cost over the life 
of each program, a timeline for the delivery of defense articles and 
defense services, and any equipment that requires enhanced end-use 
monitoring:  Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall 
provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on 
the use and status of funds made available in this section:  Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, $20,000,000 
shall be transferred to the Office of Special Inspector General for 
Ukraine Assistance, as established in section 103 of this Act.

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

    Sec. 101.  Each amount appropriated or made available by this Act 
is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 
involved.
    Sec. 102.  Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts 
shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to 
such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2024.
    Sec. 103.  There is established the Office of the Special Inspector 
General for Ukraine Assistance for the following:
    (1) To provide for the independent and objective conduct and 
supervision of audits and investigations, including within the 
territory of Ukraine, relating to the programs and operations funded 
with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the military 
and nonmilitary support of Ukraine.
    (2) To provide for the independent and objective leadership and 
coordination of, and recommendations on, policies designed to prevent 
and detect waste, fraud, and abuse in such programs and operations 
described in paragraph (1).
    (3) To provide for an independent and objective means of keeping 
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and Congress fully 
and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the 
administration of such programs and operations and the necessity for 
and progress on corrective action.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Ukraine Security Assistance and 
Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024''.
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