[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 5692 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 216
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5692
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 30 (legislative day, September 22), 2023
Received; read the first time
October 3, 2023
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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AN ACT
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2024, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount for ``Operations and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide'', for the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, $300,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2025, which shall be for the
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative: Provided, That such funds
shall be available to the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of
the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, including training;
equipment; lethal assistance; logistics support, supplies and services;
salaries and stipends; sustainment; and intelligence support to the
military and national security forces of Ukraine, and to other forces
or groups recognized by and under the authority of the Government of
Ukraine, including governmental entities within Ukraine, engaged in
resisting Russian aggression against Ukraine, for replacement of any
weapons or articles provided to the Government of Ukraine from the
inventory of the United States, and to recover or dispose of equipment
procured using funds made available in this section in this or prior
Acts: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall, not less
than 15 days prior to obligating funds made available in this section,
notify the congressional defense committees in writing of the details
of any such obligation: Provided further, That the Secretary of
Defense shall, not more than 60 days after such notification is made,
inform such committees if such funds have not been obligated and the
reasons therefor: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense
shall consult with such committees in advance of the provision of
support provided to other forces or groups recognized by and under the
authority of the Government of Ukraine: Provided further, That the
United States may accept equipment procured using funds made available
in this section in this or prior Acts transferred to the security
forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces to the United States:
Provided further, That equipment procured using funds made available in
this section in this or prior Acts, and not yet transferred to the
military or national security forces of Ukraine or to other assisted
entities, or returned by such forces or other assisted entities to the
United States, may be treated as stocks of the Department of Defense
upon written notification to the congressional defense committees:
Provided further, That any notification of funds made available in this
section in this or prior Acts shall specify whether such funds support
ongoing or new programs, the duration and expected cost over the life
of each program, a timeline for the delivery of defense articles and
defense services, and any equipment that requires enhanced end-use
monitoring: Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall
provide quarterly reports to the congressional defense committees on
the use and status of funds made available in this section: Provided
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading, $20,000,000
shall be transferred to the Office of Special Inspector General for
Ukraine Assistance, as established in section 103 of this Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT
Sec. 101. Each amount appropriated or made available by this Act
is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year
involved.
Sec. 102. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the
additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts
shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable to
such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2024.
Sec. 103. There is established the Office of the Special Inspector
General for Ukraine Assistance for the following:
(1) To provide for the independent and objective conduct and
supervision of audits and investigations, including within the
territory of Ukraine, relating to the programs and operations funded
with amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the military
and nonmilitary support of Ukraine.
(2) To provide for the independent and objective leadership and
coordination of, and recommendations on, policies designed to prevent
and detect waste, fraud, and abuse in such programs and operations
described in paragraph (1).
(3) To provide for an independent and objective means of keeping
the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and Congress fully
and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to the
administration of such programs and operations and the necessity for
and progress on corrective action.
This Act may be cited as the ``Ukraine Security Assistance and
Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024''.
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 2023.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 216
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5692
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2024, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
October 3, 2023
Read the second time and placed on the calendar