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BILLS 113s2277is PDF
113TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 2277
A BILL
To prevent further Russian aggression toward Ukraine and
other sovereign states in Europe and Eurasia, and for
other purposes.
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TITLE IREINVIGORATING THE NATO ALLIANCE
Sec. 101. Strengthening United States assistance and force posture in Europe
and Eurasia.
Sec. 102. United States efforts to strengthen the NATO alliance.
Sec. 103. Expanded support for Poland and the Baltic states.
Sec. 104. Accelerating implementation of European and NATO missile defense
efforts.
Sec. 105. Strengthened United States-German cooperation on global and European security issues.
TITLE IIDETERRING FURTHER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION IN
EUROPE
Sec. 201. United States policy toward Russian aggression in Europe.
Sec. 202. Sanctions to address continuing aggression of the Russian Federation
toward Ukraine.
Sec. 203. Additional sanctions in the event of increased aggression by the Russian Federation toward Ukraine or other countries.
Sec. 204. Limitation on Russian access to United States oil and gas technology.
Sec. 205. Diplomatic measures with respect to the Russian Federation.
Sec. 206. Support for Russian democracy and civil society organizations.
TITLE IIIHARDENING UKRAINE AND OTHER EUROPEAN AND
EURASIAN STATES AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
Sec.
301.
302.
303.
304.
Sec.
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Sec.
Sec.
305.
306.
307.
308.
Sec. 309.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
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TO
CURRENT
AND
PLANNED
2 REDEPLOYMENTS FROM EUROPE.The President, con3 sistent with the Presidents responsibilities as Commander
4 in Chief, including ensuring the readiness of the United
5 States Armed Forces, shall immediately halt, for a 1806 day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
7 Act, all current and planned redeployments of combat
8 forces from Europe, other than redeployments of forces
9 for which replacement forces are already in place or are
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(c) PLAN
FOR
ENHANCING
THE
ABILITY
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TO
OF THE
CRISES
IN
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18 in Chief, including ensuring the readiness of the United
19 States Armed Forces, shall identify, and develop a plan
20 to correct, any deficiencies in the ability of the Armed
21 Forces to rapidly and fully respond, in coordination with
22 other NATO allies, to foreseeable contingencies in Europe
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2 of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there3 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con4 gressional committees a report detailing the specific defi5 ciencies identified, the plan for correcting such defi6 ciencies, including a cost estimate, and the status of cor7 rective actions being undertaken pursuant to the plan re8 quired by subsection (c).
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NATO ALLIANCE.
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
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1 $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017
2 to carry out the activities described under subsection (a).
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(d) AUTHORITY
FOR
USE
OF
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1 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2017
2 to carry out the activities described under subsections (b)
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UKRAINE.
(1) IMPOSITION
OF
SANCTIONS
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Federation; and
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OF
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(A) Sberbank;
(C) Vnesheconombank;
(D) Gazprombank;
(E) Gazprom;
(F) Novatek;
(G) Rosneft;
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(B)
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TION OF GOODS.
(A) IN
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(d) PUBLICATION
SONS.Not
OF
LIST
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SANCTIONED PER-
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21 were imposed pursuant to that subsection.
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ERATION
COUNTRIES.
TOWARD
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(A) IN
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(d) PUBLICATION
SONS.Not
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(d) DURATION
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
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DEFENSE IN-
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1 at Prague April 8, 2010, and entered into force February
2 5, 2011 (commonly referred to as the New START Trea3 ty), while the armed forces of the Russian Federation
4 remain prepositioned to strike Ukraine or are threatening
5 the territorial integrity or sovereignty of Ukraine or an6 other European or Eurasian state.
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(e) LIMITATIONS
TION.
(1) IN
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1 port detailing any and all violations of international or bi2 lateral arms control or other agreements by the Russian
3 Federation since the entry into force of the Intermediate4 Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, including any suspected or
5 confirmed violations of that treaty and the implications
6 of the Russian suspension of the Treaty on Conventional
7 Forces in Europe, as well as any steps taken by the Presi8 dent to hold the Russian Federation accountable for any
9 such violations.
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(g)
LIMITATIONS
ON
OPEN
SKIES
TREATY
11 FLIGHTS.The President shall not authorize any over12 flights of the territory of the United States or United
13 States Government facilities or installations by aircraft of
14 the Russian Federation pursuant to the Treaty on Open
15 Skies, signed at Helsinki March 24, 1992, and entered
16 into force January 1, 2002, that employ any surveillance
17 devices beyond those employed on such aircraft prior to
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1 to the use of such engines should be pursued in the next
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(b) AUTHORIZATION
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APPROPRIATIONS.There is
14 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi15 dent shall submit to the appropriate congressional com16 mittees a strategy to carry out the activities set forth in
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1 ongoing assessment, of the capabilities and needs of the
2 armed forces of Ukraine and shall ensure that it in3 cludes
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(c) AUTHORIZATION
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APPROPRIATIONS.There is
(d) AUTHORITY
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FUNDS.The funds
(e) PROVISION
OF
ASSESSMENT
TO
CONGRESS.Not
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8 and influence of the United States to encourage NATO
9 to create a European Partners Security Fund with appro10 priate contributions from all member-states to support the
11 provision of expanded NATO training, exercises, assist12 ance to, and exchanges with, the armed forces of Ukraine,
13 Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
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2 of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there3 after, the President shall submit to the appropriate con4 gressional committees a country-by-country report detail5 ing the specific efforts being undertaken and planned to
6 be undertaken by the United States Government to imple7 ment the increased military-to-military interactions and
8 security assistance required by subsection (a) and to un9 dertake the negotiations required by subsection (c).
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5 made by subsection (a) shall apply to applications for au6 thorization to export natural gas under section 3 of the
7 Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) that are pending on,
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1 and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop2 ment to invest in, and increase their efforts to promote
3 investment in, efforts to help exploit existing natural gas
4 reserves, to conduct additional exploration for oil and gas,
5 to develop alternative sources of energy, including oil and
6 gas, and to encourage energy efficiency, for Ukraine,
7 Georgia, and Moldova, including the development of asso8 ciated transportation, storage, and refinement facilities,
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