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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2179 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit certain assistance to Russia and related actions with respect |
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| 6 | 6 | | to Russia. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | OHEN(for himself and Mr. GOLDMANof New York) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To prohibit certain assistance to Russia and related actions |
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| 14 | 14 | | with respect to Russia. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘America First Equip-4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | ment and Information Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) The Russian Federation has engaged in ag-8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | gressive actions that threaten United States national 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | security and global stability. 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) The United States must ensure that no 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | military equipment, technology, or classified infor-2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | mation or intelligence falls into the hands of adver-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | saries who could use it against United States inter-4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ests or allies. 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) Restricting the sale, loan, or trade of 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | United States military equipment and information or 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | intelligence to Russia serves the national security in-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | terests of the United States. 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | AND RELATED ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | RUSSIA. 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | Effective beginning on the date of the enactment of 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | this Act, the following are prohibited: 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) The provision of Foreign Military Financing 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | to Russia. 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) The provision of Foreign Military Sales to 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Russia. 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) The provision of Direct Commercial Sales to 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Russia. 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) The exercise of any drawdown authority by 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | the President with respect to assistance to Russia. 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (5) The removal of Russia from any provisions 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | of the International Traffic in Arms Regulation. 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (6) The removal of any export controls on Rus-1 |
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| 56 | 56 | | sia by the Bureau of Industry and Security of the 2 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Department of Commerce. 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (7) Any information or intelligence sharing with 4 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Russia. 5 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT. 6 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (a) I |
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| 62 | 62 | | NGENERAL.—The President shall submit to the 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | appropriate congressional committees on an annual basis 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | a report detailing compliance with this Act, including with 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | respect to United States military support to Russia. 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (b) D |
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| 67 | 67 | | EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro-11 |
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| 68 | 68 | | priate congressional committees’’ means— 12 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 13 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 14 |
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| 71 | 71 | | on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | and 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 17 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee 18 |
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| 75 | 75 | | on the Judiciary of the Senate. 19 |
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