S.Amdt. 3895

1. Adds SEC. 1213. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE at the end of subtitle A of title XII

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   (2) both the People's Republic of China and Taiwan should be afforded the opportunity to participate in the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief portions of future multilateral exercises, such as Pacific Partnership, Pacific Angel, or the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), to increase their capacity to effectively respond to these types of disasters.

   Inserted: SEC. 1213. INCREASED MILITARY ASSISTANCE FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--The President is authorized to provide defense articles, defense services, and training to the Government of Ukraine for the purpose of countering offensive weapons and reestablishing the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including anti-tank and anti-armor weapons, crew weapons and ammunition, counter-artillery radars to identify and target artillery batteries, fire control, range finder, and optical and guidance and control equipment, tactical troop-operated surveillance drones, and secure command and communications equipment, pursuant to the provisions of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), and other relevant provisions of law.

   Inserted: (b) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes--

   Inserted: (1) a detailed description of the anticipated defense articles, defense services, and training to be provided pursuant to this section;

   Inserted: (2) a timeline for the provision of such defense articles, defense services, and training; and

   Inserted: (3) a list of defense articles, defense services, and training authorized to be provided by subsection (a) that have been requested by the Government of Ukraine but are not being provided and an explanation with respect to why such defense articles, defense services, and training are not being provided.

   Inserted: (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 to carry out activities under this section.

   Inserted: (2) Availability of amounts.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available for obligation and expenditure through the end of fiscal year 2017.

   Inserted: (d) Authority for the Use of Funds.--The funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) for provision of defense articles, defense services, and training may be used to procure such articles, services, and training from the United States Government or other appropriate sources.

   Inserted: (e) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--

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   Inserted: (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and

   Inserted: (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) Defense article; defense service; training.--The terms "defense article", "defense service", and "training" have the meanings given those terms in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794).

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

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