[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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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

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                                           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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