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2		-	Calendar No. 216
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5	3		STSESSION H. R. 5692
6		-	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
7		-	SEPTEMBER30 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER22), 2023
8		-	Received; read the first time
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10		-	CTOBER3, 2023
11		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
12	4		AN ACT
13	5		Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
14	6		ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
15	7		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17		-	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3
18		-	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4
19		-	fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-5
20		-	poses, namely: 6
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24		-	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 1
25		-	OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 2
	8	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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	10	+	That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 1
	11	+	money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 2
	12	+	fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-3
	13	+	poses, namely: 4
	14	+	DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 5
	15	+	OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 6
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27		-	PERATIONS ANDMAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 3
28		-	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4
29		-	For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Main-5
30		-	tenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the Defense Security Co-6
31		-	operation Agency, $300,000,000, to remain available until 7
32		-	September 30, 2025, which shall be for the Ukraine Secu-8
33		-	rity Assistance Initiative: Provided, That such funds shall 9
34		-	be available to the Secretary of Defense, with the concur-10
35		-	rence of the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in-11
36		-	cluding training; equipment; lethal assistance; logistics 12
37		-	support, supplies and services; salaries and stipends; 13
38		-	sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 14
39		-	national security forces of Ukraine, and to other forces 15
40		-	or groups recognized by and under the authority of the 16
41		-	Government of Ukraine, including governmental entities 17
42		-	within Ukraine, engaged in resisting Russian aggression 18
43		-	against Ukraine, for replacement of any weapons or arti-19
44		-	cles provided to the Government of Ukraine from the in-20
45		-	ventory of the United States, and to recover or dispose 21
46		-	of equipment procured using funds made available in this 22
47		-	section in this or prior Acts: Provided further, That the 23
48		-	Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior 24
49		-	to obligating funds made available in this section, notify 25
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53		-	the congressional defense committees in writing of the de-1
54		-	tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 2
55		-	Secretary of Defense shall, not more than 60 days after 3
56		-	such notification is made, inform such committees if such 4
57		-	funds have not been obligated and the reasons therefor: 5
58		-	Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall con-6
59		-	sult with such committees in advance of the provision of 7
60		-	support provided to other forces or groups recognized by 8
61		-	and under the authority of the Government of Ukraine: 9
62		-	Provided further, That the United States may accept 10
63		-	equipment procured using funds made available in this 11
64		-	section in this or prior Acts transferred to the security 12
65		-	forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces to the 13
66		-	United States: Provided further, That equipment procured 14
67		-	using funds made available in this section in this or prior 15
68		-	Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or national 16
69		-	security forces of Ukraine or to other assisted entities, or 17
70		-	returned by such forces or other assisted entities to the 18
71		-	United States, may be treated as stocks of the Depart-19
72		-	ment of Defense upon written notification to the congres-20
73		-	sional defense committees: Provided further, That any no-21
74		-	tification of funds made available in this section in this 22
75		-	or prior Acts shall specify whether such funds support on-23
76		-	going or new programs, the duration and expected cost 24
77		-	over the life of each program, a timeline for the delivery 25
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81		-	of defense articles and defense services, and any equip-1
82		-	ment that requires enhanced end-use monitoring: Provided 2
83		-	further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar-3
84		-	terly reports to the congressional defense committees on 4
85		-	the use and status of funds made available in this section: 5
86		-	Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 6
87		-	heading, $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office 7
88		-	of Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance, as 8
89		-	established in section 103 of this Act. 9
90		-	GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 10
	17	+	PERATIONS ANDMAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 7
	18	+	(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 8
	19	+	For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Main-9
	20	+	tenance, Defense-Wide’’, for the Defense Security Co-10
	21	+	operation Agency, $300,000,000, to remain available until 11
	22	+	September 30, 2025, which shall be for the Ukraine Secu-12
	23	+	rity Assistance Initiative: Provided, That such funds shall 13
	24	+	be available to the Secretary of Defense, with the concur-14
	25	+	rence of the Secretary of State, to provide assistance, in-15
	26	+	cluding training; equipment; lethal assistance; logistics 16
	27	+	support, supplies and services; salaries and stipends; 17
	28	+	sustainment; and intelligence support to the military and 18
	29	+	national security forces of Ukraine, and to other forces 19
	30	+	or groups recognized by and under the authority of the 20
	31	+	Government of Ukraine, including governmental entities 21
	32	+	within Ukraine, engaged in resisting Russian aggression 22
	33	+	against Ukraine, for replacement of any weapons or arti-23
	34	+	cles provided to the Government of Ukraine from the in-24
	35	+	ventory of the United States, and to recover or dispose 25 3
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	37	+	of equipment procured using funds made available in this 1
	38	+	section in this or prior Acts: Provided further, That the 2
	39	+	Secretary of Defense shall, not less than 15 days prior 3
	40	+	to obligating funds made available in this section, notify 4
	41	+	the congressional defense committees in writing of the de-5
	42	+	tails of any such obligation: Provided further, That the 6
	43	+	Secretary of Defense shall, not more than 60 days after 7
	44	+	such notification is made, inform such committees if such 8
	45	+	funds have not been obligated and the reasons therefor: 9
	46	+	Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense shall con-10
	47	+	sult with such committees in advance of the provision of 11
	48	+	support provided to other forces or groups recognized by 12
	49	+	and under the authority of the Government of Ukraine: 13
	50	+	Provided further, That the United States may accept 14
	51	+	equipment procured using funds made available in this 15
	52	+	section in this or prior Acts transferred to the security 16
	53	+	forces of Ukraine and returned by such forces to the 17
	54	+	United States: Provided further, That equipment procured 18
	55	+	using funds made available in this section in this or prior 19
	56	+	Acts, and not yet transferred to the military or national 20
	57	+	security forces of Ukraine or to other assisted entities, or 21
	58	+	returned by such forces or other assisted entities to the 22
	59	+	United States, may be treated as stocks of the Depart-23
	60	+	ment of Defense upon written notification to the congres-24
	61	+	sional defense committees: Provided further, That any no-25 4
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	63	+	tification of funds made available in this section in this 1
	64	+	or prior Acts shall specify whether such funds support on-2
	65	+	going or new programs, the duration and expected cost 3
	66	+	over the life of each program, a timeline for the delivery 4
	67	+	of defense articles and defense services, and any equip-5
	68	+	ment that requires enhanced end-use monitoring: Provided 6
	69	+	further, That the Secretary of Defense shall provide quar-7
	70	+	terly reports to the congressional defense committees on 8
	71	+	the use and status of funds made available in this section: 9
	72	+	Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 10
	73	+	heading, $20,000,000 shall be transferred to the Office 11
	74	+	of Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance, as 12
	75	+	established in section 103 of this Act. 13
	76	+	GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 14
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92		-	EC. 101. Each amount appropriated or made avail-11
93		-	able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-12
94		-	priated for the fiscal year involved. 13
	78	+	EC. 101. Each amount appropriated or made avail-15
	79	+	able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-16
	80	+	priated for the fiscal year involved. 17
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96		-	EC. 102. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 14
97		-	the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-15
98		-	priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 16
99		-	and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 17
100		-	for fiscal year 2024. 18
	82	+	EC. 102. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 18
	83	+	the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-19
	84	+	priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 20
	85	+	and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 21
	86	+	for fiscal year 2024. 22
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102		-	EC. 103. There is established the Office of the Spe-19
103		-	cial Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance for the fol-20
104		-	lowing: 21
105		-	(1) To provide for the independent and objective con-22
106		-	duct and supervision of audits and investigations, includ-23
107		-	ing within the territory of Ukraine, relating to the pro-24
108		-	grams and operations funded with amounts appropriated 25
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112		-	or otherwise made available for the military and non-1
113		-	military support of Ukraine. 2
114		-	(2) To provide for the independent and objective lead-3
115		-	ership and coordination of, and recommendations on, poli-4
116		-	cies designed to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and 5
117		-	abuse in such programs and operations described in para-6
118		-	graph (1). 7
119		-	(3) To provide for an independent and objective 8
120		-	means of keeping the Secretary of State, the Secretary 9
121		-	of Defense, and Congress fully and currently informed 10
122		-	about problems and deficiencies relating to the adminis-11
123		-	tration of such programs and operations and the necessity 12
124		-	for and progress on corrective action. 13
125		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ukraine Security As-14
126		-	sistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 15
127		-	2024’’. 16
	88	+	EC. 103. There is established the Office of the Spe-23
	89	+	cial Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance for the fol-24
	90	+	lowing: 25 5
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	92	+	(1) To provide for the independent and objective con-1
	93	+	duct and supervision of audits and investigations, includ-2
	94	+	ing within the territory of Ukraine, relating to the pro-3
	95	+	grams and operations funded with amounts appropriated 4
	96	+	or otherwise made available for the military and non-5
	97	+	military support of Ukraine. 6
	98	+	(2) To provide for the independent and objective lead-7
	99	+	ership and coordination of, and recommendations on, poli-8
	100	+	cies designed to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and 9
	101	+	abuse in such programs and operations described in para-10
	102	+	graph (1). 11
	103	+	(3) To provide for an independent and objective 12
	104	+	means of keeping the Secretary of State, the Secretary 13
	105	+	of Defense, and Congress fully and currently informed 14
	106	+	about problems and deficiencies relating to the adminis-15
	107	+	tration of such programs and operations and the necessity 16
	108	+	for and progress on corrective action. 17
	109	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ukraine Security As-18
	110	+	sistance and Oversight Supplemental Appropriations Act, 19
	111	+	2024’’. 20
128	112		Passed the House of Representatives September 28,
129	113		2023.
130		-	Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
131		-	Clerk.
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144	124		AN ACT
145	125		Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
146	126		year ending September 30, 2024, and for other
147	127		purposes.
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149		-	CTOBER
150		-	3, 2023
151		-	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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