[House Document 117-115]
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REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2022 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR
CRITICAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE
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COMMUNICATION
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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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A REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2022 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR
CRITICAL SECURITY AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE, PURSUANT TO
PUBLIC LAW 117-31, SEC. 606; (135 STAT. 320)
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April 28, 2022.--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
29-012 WASHINGTON : 2022
The White House,
Washington, April 28, 2022.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: I am writing to provide you with my
request for fiscal year (FY) 2022 emergency supplemental
funding for critical security and economic assistance to
Ukraine.
I appreciate the Congress' continued bipartisan support for
Ukraine, NATO, and other partner countries affected by Russia's
War in Ukraine. My Administration is committed to providing the
Ukrainian people the assistance they need. Our assistance to
date has made a difference on the battlefield, helping Ukraine
win the battle for Kyiv. This $33.0 billion request for
additional funding and authority builds on the Congress'
supplemental appropriation of $13.6 billion on March 15, 2022,
and seeks to address immediate and near-term security and
economic needs. Additional security assistance will put
urgently needed equipment into the hands of Ukraine's military
and police, including ammunition, armored vehicles, small arms,
demining assistance, and unmanned aircraft systems. Economic
assistance will provide Direct Budget Support to provide rapid,
flexible funds to assist the Government of Ukraine in
responding to the immediate crisis and continue to provide
basic citizen services. Additional food security and
humanitarian assistance will provide wheat and other
commodities to people in need, build countries' resilience to
global food supply and price shocks, and provide lifesaving aid
to people displaced by or otherwise impacted by Russia's War in
Ukraine. Additionally, the request includes funding to support
the production of United States food crops that are
experiencing a global shortage due to the war in Ukraine, for
example, wheat and soybeans helping to address rising food
prices here at home and around the world. The request also
would help increase domestic production for strategic minerals
and materials produced in Russia or Ukraine and respond to
global shortfalls and reduce price pressures. The request also
outlines a number of authorities needed to support Ukraine, our
European allies and partners, and address other emergent global
needs. The details of this request are set forth in an enclosed
addendum.
Though we expect our NATO allies and EU partners will be
making even larger collective contributions than the United
States, there is no doubt that continuing to support Ukraine in
this war against Russian aggression will require a substantial
additional investment on our part. What I want to make clear to
the Congress and the American people is this: the cost of
failing to stand up to violent aggression in Europe has always
been higher than the cost of standing firm against such
attacks. That is as it always has been, and as it always will
be. America must meet this moment, and do its part.
In addition to the legislative proposals in this package,
my Administration is also sending a proposal to the Congress to
enhance the United States' ability to hold Russia accountable
financially for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. These
proposals would strengthen our whole-of-government approach--
along with those of our international partners--by providing
for expanded and expedited measures for investigating,
prosecuting, and forfeiting assets of Russian oligarchs to be
used for the benefit of Ukraine.
Finally, I also appreciate the Congress' bipartisan support
for ensuring we can continue to provide the American people
with the tools they need to protect themselves from COVID-19,
and again urge the Congress to act promptly to provide the
$22.5 billion I requested on March 2, 2022. Without additional
funding, we are unable to purchase additional life-saving
treatments for the American people, and we are losing our spot
in line to other countries for vaccines that may provide better
and more durable protection against multiple variants. We also
must stop the spread of possible new variants from around the
world as every COVID variant has emerged from overseas. We have
to keep vaccinating the world to save lives here at home and
protect our economy from further supply chain disruptions, but
we need funding to help get shots into arms. To avoid needless
deaths in the United States and around the world, I urge the
Congress to include this much needed, life-saving COVID funding
as part of this supplemental funding request.
I urge the Congress to address these critical and urgent
needs promptly. The amounts included in this request are
requested to be designated by the Congress as being for an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and
section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for FY 2022.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
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