[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 1, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H2752-H2756]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           PROVISION OF COSTS OF LOAN GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE

  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in the 
Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4152) to provide for the costs of 
loan guarantees for Ukraine.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the Senate amendment is as follows:
  Senate amendment:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Support for the Sovereignty, 
     Integrity, Democracy, and Economic Stability of Ukraine Act 
     of 2014''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Alien.--The term ``alien'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)).
       (2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, 
     and the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, 
     and the Speaker and minority leader of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (3) Materially assisted.--The term ``materially assisted'' 
     means the provision of assistance that is significant and of 
     a kind directly relevant to acts described in paragraph (1), 
     (2), or (3) of section 8(a) or acts described in section 
     9(a)(1).
       (4) United states person.--The term ``United States 
     person'' means--
       (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted 
     for permanent residence to the United States; or
       (B) an entity organized under the laws of the United States 
     or of any jurisdiction within the United States, including a 
     foreign branch of such an entity.

     SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD UKRAINE.

       It is the policy of the United States--
       (1) to condemn the unjustified military intervention of the 
     Russian Federation in the Crimea region of Ukraine and its 
     concurrent occupation of that region, as well as any other 
     form of political, economic, or military aggression against 
     Ukraine;
       (2) to reaffirm the commitment of the United States to, and 
     to remind Russia of its ongoing commitment to, the 1994 
     Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, which was 
     executed jointly with the Russian Federation and the United 
     Kingdom and explicitly secures the independence, sovereignty, 
     and territorial integrity and borders of Ukraine, and to 
     demand the immediate cessation of improper activities, 
     including the seizures of airfields and other locations, and 
     the immediate return of Russian forces to their barracks;
       (3) to work with United States partners in the European 
     Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and at the 
     United Nations to ensure that all nations recognize and not 
     undermine, nor seek to undermine, the independence, 
     sovereignty, or territorial or economic integrity of Ukraine;
       (4) to use all appropriate economic elements of United 
     States national power, in coordination with United States 
     allies, to protect the independence, sovereignty, and 
     territorial and economic integrity of Ukraine;
       (5) to support the people of Ukraine in their desire to 
     forge closer ties with Europe, including signing an 
     Association Agreement with the European Union as a means to 
     address endemic corruption, consolidate democracy, and 
     achieve sustained prosperity;
       (6) to use the voice and vote of the United States to 
     secure sufficient resources through the International 
     Monetary Fund to support needed economic structural reforms 
     in Ukraine under conditions that will reinforce a sovereign 
     decision by the Government of Ukraine to sign and implement 
     an association agreement with the European Union;
       (7) to help the Government of Ukraine prepare for the 
     presidential election in May 2014;
       (8) to reinforce the efforts of the Government of Ukraine 
     to bring to justice those responsible for the acts of 
     violence against peaceful protestors and other unprovoked 
     acts of violence related to the antigovernment protests in 
     that began on November 21, 2013;
       (9) to support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine to 
     recover and return to the Ukrainian state funds stolen by 
     former President Yanukovych, his family, and other current 
     and former members of the Ukrainian government and elites;
       (10) to support the continued professionalization of the 
     Ukrainian military;
       (11) to condemn economic extortion by the Russian 
     Federation against Ukraine, Moldova, Lithuania, and other 
     countries in the region designed to obstruct closer ties 
     between the European Union and the countries of the Eastern 
     Partnership and to reduce the harmful consequences of such 
     extortion;

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       (12) to condemn the continuing and long-standing pattern 
     and practice by the Government of the Russian Federation of 
     physical and economic aggression toward neighboring 
     countries;
       (13) to enhance and extend our security cooperation with, 
     security assistance to, and military exercises conducted 
     with, states in Central and Eastern Europe, including North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries, NATO 
     aspirants, and appropriate Eastern Partnership countries;
       (14) to reaffirm United States defense commitments to its 
     treaty allies under Article V of the North Atlantic Treaty;
       (15) that the continued participation of the Russian 
     Federation in the Group of Eight (G-8) nations should be 
     conditioned on the Government of the Russian Federation 
     respecting the territorial integrity of its neighbors and 
     accepting and adhering to the norms and standards of free, 
     democratic societies as generally practiced by every other 
     member nation of the G-8 nations;
       (16) to explore ways for the United States Government to 
     assist the countries of Central and Eastern Europe to 
     diversify their energy sources and achieve energy security; 
     and
       (17) to ensure the United States maintains its predominant 
     leadership position and influence within the International 
     Monetary Fund, and to guarantee the International Monetary 
     Fund has the resources and governance structure necessary to 
     support structural reforms in Ukraine and respond to and 
     prevent a potentially serious financial crisis in Ukraine or 
     other foreign economic crises that threatens United States 
     national security.

     SEC. 4. PROVISION OF COSTS OF LOAN GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--From the unobligated balance of amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available under the heading 
     ``economic support fund'' under the heading ``Funds 
     Appropriated to the President'' in title III of the 
     Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113-76) 
     and in Acts making appropriations for the Department of 
     State, foreign operations, and related programs for preceding 
     fiscal years (other than amounts designated pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A))), amounts 
     shall be made available for the costs (as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) 
     of loan guarantees for Ukraine that are hereby authorized to 
     be provided under this Act.
       (b) Inapplicability of Certain Limitations.--Amounts made 
     available for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered 
     ``assistance'' for the purpose of provisions of law limiting 
     assistance to Ukraine.

     SEC. 5. RECOVERY OF ASSETS LINKED TO GOVERNMENTAL CORRUPTION 
                   IN UKRAINE.

       (a) Asset Recovery.--The Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 
     the Treasury, shall assist, on an expedited basis as 
     appropriate, the Government of Ukraine to identify, secure, 
     and recover assets linked to acts of corruption by Viktor 
     Yanukovych, members of his family, or other former or current 
     officials of the Government of Ukraine or their accomplices 
     in any jurisdiction through appropriate programs, including 
     the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative of the Department 
     of Justice.
       (b) Coordination.--Any asset recovery efforts undertaken 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall be coordinated through the 
     relevant bilateral or multilateral entities, including, as 
     appropriate, the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence 
     Units, the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative of the World Bank 
     Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the 
     Camden Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network, and the Global 
     Focal Point Initiative of the International Criminal Police 
     Organization (INTERPOL).
       (c) Investigative Assistance.--The Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Attorney General, shall assist the 
     Government of Ukraine, the European Union, and other 
     appropriate countries, on an expedited basis, with formal and 
     informal investigative assistance and training, as 
     appropriate, to support the identification, seizure, and 
     return to the Government of Ukraine of assets linked to acts 
     of corruption.
       (d) Priority Assigned.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     ensure that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the 
     Department of the Treasury assists the Government of Ukraine, 
     the European Union, and other appropriate countries under 
     section 314(a) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by 
     Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and 
     Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. 5311 note).

     SEC. 6. DEMOCRACY, CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNANCE, AND TECHNICAL 
                   ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE AND OTHER STATES IN 
                   CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall, subject to 
     the availability of appropriations, directly or through 
     nongovernmental organizations--
       (1) improve democratic governance, transparency, 
     accountability, rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in 
     Ukraine;
       (2) support efforts by the Government of Ukraine to foster 
     greater unity among the people and regions of the country;
       (3) support the people and Government of Ukraine in 
     preparing to conduct and contest free and fair elections, 
     including through domestic and international election 
     monitoring;
       (4) assist in diversifying Ukraine's economy, trade, and 
     energy supplies, including at the national, regional, and 
     local levels;
       (5) strengthen democratic institutions and political and 
     civil society organizations in Ukraine;
       (6) expand free and unfettered access to independent media 
     of all kinds in Ukraine and assist with the protection of 
     journalists and civil society activists who have been 
     targeted for free speech activities;
       (7) support political and economic reform initiatives by 
     Eastern Partnership countries; and
       (8) support the efforts of the Government of Ukraine, civil 
     society, and international organizations to enhance the 
     economic and political empowerment of women in Ukraine and to 
     prevent and address violence against women and girls in 
     Ukraine, and support the inclusion of women in Ukraine in any 
     negotiations to restore Ukraine's security, independence, 
     sovereignty, or territorial or economic integrity.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $50,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2015 to carry out the activities set forth in 
     subsection (a). Amounts appropriated for the activities set 
     forth in subsection (a) shall be used pursuant to the 
     authorization and requirements contained in this section. 
     Additional amounts may be authorized to be appropriated under 
     other provisions of law.
       (c) Strategy Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to 
     carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a).
       (d) Notification Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to subsection (b) may not be obligated 
     until 15 days after the date on which the President has 
     provided notice of intent to obligate such funds to the 
     appropriate congressional committees.
       (2) Waiver.--The President may waive the notification 
     requirement under paragraph (1) if the President determines 
     that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human 
     health or welfare, in which case notification shall be 
     provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 
     three days after taking the action to which such notification 
     requirement was applicable in the context of the 
     circumstances necessitating such waiver.

     SEC. 7. ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION WITH UKRAINE AND OTHER 
                   COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE.

       (a) In General.--The President shall, subject to the 
     availability of appropriations--
       (1) enhance security cooperation efforts and relationships 
     amongst countries in Central and Eastern Europe and among the 
     United States, the European Union, and countries in Central 
     and Eastern Europe;
       (2) provide additional security assistance, including 
     defense articles and defense services (as those terms are 
     defined in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2794)) and military training, to countries in Central 
     and Eastern Europe, including Ukraine; and
       (3) support greater reform, professionalism, and capacity-
     building efforts within the military, intelligence, and 
     security services in Central and Eastern Europe, including 
     Ukraine.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the President a total of $100,000,000 
     for fiscal years 2015 through 2017 to carry out this section. 
     Amounts appropriated for the activities set forth in 
     subsection (a) shall be used pursuant to the authorization 
     and requirements contained in this section. Additional 
     amounts may be authorized to be appropriated under other 
     provisions of law.
       (c) Strategy Requirement.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a strategy to 
     carry out the activities set forth in subsection (a).
       (d) Notification Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to subsection (b) may not be obligated 
     until 15 days after the date on which the President has 
     provided notice of intent to obligate such funds to the 
     appropriate congressional committees and the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Waiver.--The President may waive the notification 
     requirement under paragraph (1) if the President determines 
     that failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human 
     health or welfare, in which case notification shall be 
     provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than 
     three days after taking the action to which such notification 
     requirement was applicable in the context of the 
     circumstances necessitating such waiver.

     SEC. 8. SANCTIONS ON PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLENCE OR 
                   UNDERMINING THE PEACE, SECURITY, STABILITY, 
                   SOVEREIGNTY, OR TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF 
                   UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--The President shall impose the sanctions 
     described in subsection (b) with respect to--
       (1) any person, including a current or former official of 
     the Government of Ukraine or a person acting on behalf of 
     that Government, that the President determines has 
     perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering, controlling, or 
     otherwise directing, significant acts of violence or gross 
     human rights abuses in Ukraine against persons associated 
     with the antigovernment protests in Ukraine that began on 
     November 21, 2013;
       (2) any person that the President determines has 
     perpetrated, or is responsible for ordering, controlling, or 
     otherwise directing, significant acts that are intended to 
     undermine the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or 
     territorial integrity of Ukraine, including acts of economic 
     extortion;
       (3) any official of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, or a close associate or family

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     member of such an official, that the President determines is 
     responsible for, complicit in, or responsible for ordering, 
     controlling, or otherwise directing, acts of significant 
     corruption in Ukraine, including the expropriation of private 
     or public assets for personal gain, corruption related to 
     government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, 
     bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of 
     corruption to foreign jurisdictions; and
       (4) any individual that the President determines materially 
     assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or 
     technological support for, or goods or services in support 
     of, the commission of acts described in paragraph (1), (2), 
     or (3).
       (b) Sanctions Described.--
       (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
     are the following:
       (A) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to 
     the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
     and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 
     in property of a person determined by the President to be 
     subject to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 
     property are in the United States, come within the United 
     States, or are or come within the possession or control of a 
     United States person.
       (B) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa 
     or other documentation.--In the case of an alien determined 
     by the President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of a 
     visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, 
     and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any 
     visa or other documentation of the alien.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
     paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
     to carry out paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the 
     penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
     of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
     act described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (3) Exception relating to the importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The requirement to block and prohibit all 
     transactions in all property and interests in property under 
     paragraph (1)(A) 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.)).
       (4) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement.--Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply 
     to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is 
     necessary 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.
       (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if 
     the President--
       (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
     security interests of the United States; and
       (2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, 
     submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
     on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a 
     notice of and a justification for the waiver.
       (d) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
     regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry 
     out this section.

     SEC. 9. SANCTIONS ON PERSONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
                   COMPLICIT IN OR RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNIFICANT 
                   CORRUPTION.

       (a) In General.--The President is authorized and encouraged 
     to impose the sanctions described in subsection (b) with 
     respect to--
       (1) any official of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, or a close associate or family member of such an 
     official, that the President determines is responsible for, 
     or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, controlling, or 
     otherwise directing, acts of significant corruption in the 
     Russian Federation, including the expropriation of private or 
     public assets for personal gain, corruption related to 
     government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, 
     bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of 
     corruption to foreign jurisdictions; and
       (2) any individual who has materially assisted, sponsored, 
     or provided financial, material, or technological support 
     for, or goods or services in support of, an act described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Sanctions Described.--
       (1) In general.--The sanctions described in this subsection 
     are the following:
       (A) Asset blocking.--The exercise of all powers granted to 
     the President by the International Emergency Economic Powers 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to the extent necessary to block 
     and prohibit all transactions in all property and interests 
     in property of a person determined by the President to be 
     subject to subsection (a) if such property and interests in 
     property are in the United States, come within the United 
     States, or are or come within the possession or control of a 
     United States person.
       (B) Exclusion from the united states and revocation of visa 
     or other documentation.--In the case of an alien determined 
     by the President to be subject to subsection (a), denial of a 
     visa to, and exclusion from the United States of, the alien, 
     and revocation in accordance with section 221(i) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of any 
     visa or other documentation of the alien.
       (2) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to 
     violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of 
     paragraph (1)(A) or any regulation, license, or order issued 
     to carry out paragraph (1)(A) shall be subject to the 
     penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 
     of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1705) to the same extent as a person that commits an unlawful 
     act described in subsection (a) of that section.
       (3) Exception relating to the importation of goods.--
       (A) In general.--The authority to block and prohibit all 
     transactions in all property and interests in property under 
     paragraph (1)(A) 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.)).
       (4) Exception to comply with united nations headquarters 
     agreement.--Sanctions under paragraph (1)(B) shall not apply 
     to an alien if admitting the alien into the United States is 
     necessary 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.
       (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     sanctions under subsection (b) with respect to a person if 
     the President--
       (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
     security interests of the United States; and
       (2) on or before the date on which the waiver takes effect, 
     submits to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
     on Financial Services of the House of Representatives a 
     notice of and a justification for the waiver.
       (d) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
     regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry 
     out this section.

     SEC. 10. ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS 
                   INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       (a) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2015, and June 1 of 
     each year thereafter through 2020, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the specified congressional committees a 
     report, in both classified and unclassified form, on the 
     current and future military power of the Russian Federation 
     (in this section referred to as ``Russia''). The report shall 
     address the current and probable future course of military-
     technological development of the Russian military, the tenets 
     and probable development of the security strategy and 
     military strategy of the Government of Russia, and military 
     organizations and operational concepts, for the 20-year 
     period following submission of such report.
       (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the security situation in regions 
     neighboring Russia.
       (2) The goals and factors shaping the security strategy and 
     military strategy of the Government of Russia.
       (3) Trends in Russian security and military behavior that 
     would be designed to achieve, or that are consistent with, 
     the goals described in paragraph (2).
       (4) An assessment of the global and regional security 
     objectives of the Government of Russia, including objectives 
     that would affect the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the 
     Middle East, or the People's Republic of China.
       (5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, locations, and 
     capabilities of the nuclear, special operations, land, sea, 
     and air forces of the Government of Russia.
       (6) Developments in Russian military doctrine and training.
       (7) An assessment of the proliferation activities of the 
     Government of Russia and Russian entities, as a supplier of 
     materials, technologies, or expertise relating to nuclear 
     weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or missile 
     systems.
       (8) Developments in the asymmetric capabilities of the 
     Government of Russia, including its strategy and efforts to 
     develop and deploy cyberwarfare and electronic warfare 
     capabilities, details on the number of malicious cyber 
     incidents originating from Russia against Department of 
     Defense infrastructure, and associated activities originating 
     or suspected of originating from Russia.
       (9) The strategy and capabilities of space and counterspace 
     programs in Russia, including trends, global and regional 
     activities, the involvement of military and civilian 
     organizations, including state-owned enterprises, academic 
     institutions, and commercial entities, and efforts to 
     develop, acquire, or gain access to advanced technologies 
     that would enhance Russian military capabilities.
       (10) Developments in Russia's nuclear program, including 
     the size and state of Russia's stockpile, its nuclear 
     strategy and associated doctrines, its civil and military 
     production capacities, and projections of its future 
     arsenals.
       (11) A description of the anti-access and area denial 
     capabilities of the Government of Russia.
       (12) A description of Russia's command, control, 
     communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance modernization

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     program and its applications for Russia's precision guided 
     weapons.
       (13) In consultation with the Secretary of Energy and the 
     Secretary of State, developments regarding United States-
     Russian engagement and cooperation on security matters.
       (14) Other military and security developments involving 
     Russia that the Secretary of Defense considers relevant to 
     United States national security.
       (c) Specified Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``specified congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 
     majority leader and minority leader of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence, and the Speaker and minority leader of the 
     House of Representatives.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Royce) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.


                             General Leave

  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may 
have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise in support of this important legislation to support the 
Ukrainian people and to stand up to Russian aggression.
  Just a few days ago, the House of Representatives acted decisively in 
passing similar legislation authored by me and by Mr. Eliot Engel of 
New York, our ranking member. We authored that bill, and I might add 
that Mr. Engel, himself, and his forefathers came from Ukraine, and 
suffered under that region's long and tortured history. The bill passed 
by 399-19 on the House floor. I prefer the more comprehensive bill 
backed by the House, but with today's vote, we will send this bill to 
the Senate, demonstrating bipartisan support for Ukraine at this 
critical time.
  Importantly, this bill expands the sanctions available to be imposed 
on Russia's leaders for their actions. The President should be using 
all of this authority, in conjunction with our European allies, putting 
as much pressure in place as quickly as we can. Our targets must 
include those who exercise influence over Russian policy, including the 
so-called ``oligarchs'' and others who have amassed enormous wealth 
through government corruption.
  Ukraine faces many challenges that will not be resolved quickly or 
easily. This legislation responds quickly to help Ukrainians help 
themselves, helping to strengthen civil society and combat corruption. 
The task of righting Ukraine is made all the more difficult given the 
threat of Russian troops on its borders, and while the Russian Army 
threatens Ukraine's east, it is Russia's considerable energy resources 
that allow Moscow to hold all of Ukraine hostage. For many years, 
Moscow has used its supply of oil and gas to blackmail Ukraine and to 
blackmail other countries, including some of our NATO allies in Eastern 
Europe. This morning, Gazprom announced that it would hike the price 
for natural gas to Ukraine by 44 percent, an announcement deliberately 
timed to worsen that country's economic situation.
  We can remove this weapon from Russia's arsenal by lifting the self-
imposed barriers on U.S. energy exports. The greatly enhanced supply of 
oil and natural gas added to the world market, if we were to ship into 
Ukraine, into Hungary, and into the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland--
all of these countries have written to the Speaker of the House, 
requesting us to do that--would undermine Russia's stranglehold on 
other countries and would reduce the revenues that comprise 52 percent 
of Moscow's budget for its military and its government. That would get 
Putin's attention, imposing a cost for aggression.
  I will add that Mr. Engel and myself will be traveling with a 
bipartisan delegation to Ukraine in a few weeks. Let me urge all 
Members to support this legislation.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, 
and I rise in strong support of H.R. 4152.
  Let me first open by commending our chair once again, Congressman 
Royce, for making such a statesmanlike statement. I agree with 
everything he said in that our bipartisan work in support of Ukraine 
and our bipartisan work on the entire Foreign Affairs Committee has 
been a treasure for both sides of the aisle and, certainly, for me as 
ranking member and for Mr. Royce as chair. I thank him again for 
working with us in such a bipartisan fashion.
  Last Thursday, the House passed H.R. 4278, the Ukraine Support Act, 
by the overwhelming margin of 399-19. Think about what that means. We 
have said that Congress can't agree on anything, and it has been said 
that Congress can't agree on anything, that we can't work together and 
that nothing gets done. This proves it wrong, as 399-19 is pretty 
bipartisan and is a very strong showing to the world and to our country 
as well that we get together when things are important. What is 
happening in Ukraine is very, very important.
  At that time, I made an extended statement about how important it is 
for the United States to stand with the people of Ukraine and to make 
it clear to Putin and his cronies that there will be serious 
consequences for Russia's aggression. With Russian forces massing on 
Ukraine's borders, tension and fear are spreading throughout the 
region, and our legislation sends a clear signal that Congress will not 
stand for further violations.
  Today, we consider the Senate version of our Ukraine legislation. 
This bill originated in the House as a measure to provide loan 
guarantees to Ukraine, and it passed this body on March 6 by a vote of 
385-23, again another overwhelming bipartisan majority. The Senate then 
took up this legislation, stripped out our text, inserted the Ukraine 
bill, authored by Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Menendez and 
Ranking Member Corker, and sent it back to the House.
  Like the House bill, this legislation authorizes assistance to 
Ukraine as it attempts to right its struggling economy, increase energy 
security, strengthen civil society, and prepare for democratic 
elections this spring. It supports enhanced security cooperation with 
Ukraine and with other countries in the region, and it provides 
assistance to help Ukraine recover stolen assets. It also imposes 
sanctions on those responsible for violating Ukraine's sovereignty and 
territorial integrity, for looting Ukraine's economy, and for violating 
human rights in Ukraine.
  While the two bills are very similar, I wish that a number of 
provisions in the House legislation had been included in the Senate 
bill. For example, our bill would provide immediate assistance to 
Ukraine as it attempts to right its struggling economy, increase energy 
security, strengthen civil society and the rule of law, and prepare for 
democratic elections this spring, while the Senate bill does not 
authorize assistance until the next fiscal year, which doesn't begin 
until October 1. The House bill includes an important provision 
supporting efforts to professionalize Ukraine's law enforcement, and 
the House bill includes language that would require the extra scrutiny 
of Russian banks that may be involved in nefarious activities in 
Ukraine or in other parts of the world.

  But in the interest of time, I support the House passage of this 
measure so we can get it to the President for his signature as soon as 
possible. The most important thing here is that both the House and 
Senate are united in sending a strong, bipartisan signal of support to 
the people of Ukraine and in providing needed assistance at a critical 
moment. So I urge all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
support this legislation.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), the chairman of the Committee on 
Appropriations and the author of the original House-passed version of 
this bill, H.R. 4152.
  Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. I thank the chairman for yielding me this 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to again rise in support of this bill, H.R. 
4152, a bill that I did introduce and that the House originally passed 
almost a month ago to provide loan guarantees for Ukraine.

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  The bill has now come back to us from the Senate, as has been said, 
with additional authorizations for security and democracy assistance. 
It also sends, I think, a very clear message that the United States 
will not tolerate the Russian incursion into Ukraine, human rights 
abuses, or corruption by imposing sanctions, visa bans, and asset 
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  As we all know, Ukraine is facing an extraordinarily difficult 
economic situation. The International Monetary Fund has now said they 
will step in with a financing package, but the United States and our 
partners must also help during this time of need.
  By giving the administration the ability to provide loan guarantees 
from funds already appropriated, this bill will provide some stability 
for Ukraine throughout this tumultuous time.
  This is a critical bill at an important moment. The Congress must 
stand with the government of Ukraine. We must get this bill passed and 
to the President's desk as soon as possible. We have already waited too 
long while other issues, such as the IMF, got unnecessarily entangled 
with aid and sanctions proposals.
  Mr. Speaker, we must pass this bill today and I hope overwhelmingly. 
I urge a ``yes'' vote.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  In closing, let me stress once again that this bill sends a strong 
message of support to the people of Ukraine at a critical moment. We 
are the greatest country in the world. We have interests all over the 
world. I think that it is important that we don't shirk from those 
interests, but rise to the top with them.
  When there are problems around the world, the United States needs to 
be there. It doesn't mean being the policeman of the world, but it 
means standing with our friends and allies against brutal aggression. 
When countries stand up for democracy, they look to the United States 
as the role model and the leader.
  Today, we are leading. Today, we are acting as a role model. Today, 
we are helping the beleaguered people of Ukraine.
  The coming weeks and months will be very difficult for Ukraine. The 
country faces significant challenges as it seeks to return to political 
and economic health, so it is very important that the people of Ukraine 
know that the U.S. stands with them. They should know that we will 
support them as they seek to build a more democratic, prosperous, and 
just state and society.
  They will know that we support them in urging them to look westward 
rather than eastward. That is what Russia fears. They fear that these 
countries will look westward. They will look west and see the Western 
allies and see what we have to offer.
  Then they look eastward, and they see Putin as a bully, someone who 
will do whatever it necessary to keep them in line, and they don't want 
that.
  Putin may think that he is rebuilding the old Soviet Union, but we 
will continue to press forward with democracy and stand foursquare with 
the people of Ukraine in their quest for democracy.
  I urge all my colleagues to vote for this bill, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  This bill does come at a critical time.
  In closing, I will just say that U.S. officials are pressing 
President Putin to respect Ukrainian sovereignty, but this diplomacy 
will only have a chance if it is backed up by a combination of the 
threat of tough sanctions that are being implemented to their fullest 
and by the message of more energy independence for Ukraine.
  I am very pleased to have worked closely with Ranking Member Engel 
and many other Members on this bipartisan legislation. It represents, 
as Mr. Engel indicated, what Congress can accomplish on the floor of 
this House in terms of policy when we unite to advance U.S. interests.
  By our action here today, we will send a clear message of American 
resolve. That message will be heard in Kiev, it will be heard in 
Moscow, and it is going to be heard around the globe.
  I urge all Members to support this legislation, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Royce) that the House suspend the rules 
and concur in the Senate amendment to the bill, H.R. 4152.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Mr. ROYCE. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further 
proceedings on this motion will be postponed.

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