S.Amdt. 6200

1. Adds SEC. 1214. STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE at the end of subtitle A of title XII

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   In S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed

   (b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the assessment required by subsection (a).

   Inserted: SEC. 1214. STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF UKRAINE.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:

   Inserted: (1) Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has generated massive levels of human and economic suffering in the sovereign nation of Ukraine.

   Inserted: (2) According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Putin's war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, has directly caused--

   Inserted: (A) 14,844 civilian casualties, including 5,996 civilians killed;

   Inserted: (B) the internal displacement of approximately 7,000,000 people in Ukraine; and

   Inserted: (C) an additional 7,405,590 Ukrainian refugees to flee from Ukraine to other European countries.

   Inserted: (3) Ukrainian civilians are still being killed daily and the true number of Ukrainian civilian casualties might never be known.

   Inserted: (4) According to the World Bank, Putin's war in Ukraine--

   Inserted: (A) caused more than $97,000,000,000 worth of damage to buildings and infrastructure between February 24, 2022 and June 1, 2022;

   Inserted: (B) is expected to cause Ukraine's economy to shrink by 45.1 percent during 2022; and

   Inserted: (C) will require an estimated $349,000,000,000 for recovery and reconstruction needs across social, productive, and infrastructure sectors in Ukraine.

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   Inserted: (b) Statement of Support.--Congress--

   Inserted: (1) recognizes that--

   Inserted: (A) the United States--

   Inserted: (i) has long sought to alleviate the suffering of civilians and nations hurt by war; and

   Inserted: (ii) remains committed to ensuring the long-term peace, prosperity, and territorial integrity of Ukraine;

   Inserted: (B) aid packages, such as the Marshall Plan--

   Inserted: (i) helped Western Europe recover from the economic damage and human suffering generated by World War II; and

   Inserted: (ii) contributed to the stability of global good order that has persisted for decades;

   Inserted: (C) an effective Ukrainian reconstruction effort can only be accomplished by working in concert with other nations and international bodies; and

   Inserted: (2) encourages the United States Government to lead an international group of allies that will equitably contribute to provide the Government of Ukraine and the Ukrainian people with a reconstruction assistance package for the purpose of increasing ties between nations that are seeking a stable international order to counter malign and rogue actors.

   Original wording

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

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