Supplying Ukraine with Provisions to Protect against Ongoing Russian Threats Act or the SUPPORT Act
This bill states that it is U.S. policy to take necessary and appropriate steps to support Ukraine's efforts to reassert control of its territory and defend its sovereignty in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, including by providing lethal and nonlethal assistance and sharing intelligence.
The bill also requires the Department of Defense to report to Congress a plan for providing such support to a Ukrainian insurgency.
The National Intelligence Council must produce an intelligence community assessment relating to Russia's gray zone activities and assets. (Under this bill, a gray zone activity is an activity to advance a foreign state's interests that (1) falls between ordinary statecraft and open warfare, (2) is designed to maximize the advancement of such interests without provoking a U.S. kinetic military response, and (3) falls on a spectrum ranging from covert adversary operations to open adversary operations.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6777 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6777
To establish the policy of the United States with respect to supporting
an insurgency in Ukraine in the event of an invasion of Ukraine by
Russia, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 18, 2022
Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mr. Turner, and Mr. Veasey) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, and in addition to the Committees on Armed
Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To establish the policy of the United States with respect to supporting
an insurgency in Ukraine in the event of an invasion of Ukraine by
Russia, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Supplying Ukraine with Provisions to
Protect against Ongoing Russian Threats Act'' or the ``SUPPORT Act''.
SEC. 2. UKRAINE ANTI-RUSSIAN INSURGENCY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) it is in the national security interests of the United
States to support the sovereignty and territorial integrity of
Ukraine, and to continue and deepen the security partnership
between the United States and Ukraine;
(2) aggression and malign influence by Russia and its
proxies in Ukraine are a threat to the sovereignty and
democratic government of Ukraine;
(3) coordination by the United States with the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, and members of the international
community can help strengthen the opposition to the efforts of
Russia to further encroach on the territorial sovereignty and
right to self-determination of Ukraine;
(4) Congress supports efforts to resolve the crisis
diplomatically, without compromising on the principles on which
the NATO alliance and European security rest; and
(5) Congress believes that the principle that nations may
not change borders by force is central to the post-World War II
international order.
(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States
that, in the event of an invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the United
States will take necessary and appropriate steps to support Ukrainian
efforts to reassert control of its territory, expel an invading foreign
force, and defend its sovereignty. These steps include supporting a
Ukrainian insurgency with lethal and nonlethal assistance, and
intelligence sharing, with the aim of imposing grave costs on Russia
for actions threatening international peace and security.
(c) Report.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict, in
coordination with any other official the Assistant Secretary
determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report containing a plan for
providing support described in subsection (b) to a Ukrainian
insurgency, including with respect to funding, weapons, partner
contributions, intelligence sharing, and type of systems to be
deployed, and means of insertion.
(2) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) may be submitted
in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an
unclassified executive summary.
(d) Intelligence Community Assessment Regarding Russian Gray Zone
Assets.--
(1) Intelligence community assessment.--The Director of
National Intelligence, acting through the National Intelligence
Council, shall produce an intelligence community assessment
that contains--
(A) a description of the gray zone assets of
Russia;
(B) an identification of any opportunities to hold
such gray zone assets at risk, as a method of
influencing the behavior of Russia; and
(C) an assessment of the risks and potential
benefits, with respect to the interests of the United
States, that may result from the seizure of such gray
zone assets to hold the assets at risk.
(2) Considerations.--In identifying opportunities to hold a
gray zone asset of Russia at risk under paragraph (1)(B), the
National Intelligence Council shall consider the following:
(A) The effect on civilians of holding the gray
zone asset at risk.
(B) The extent to which the gray zone asset is
substantially State-owned or substantially controlled
by Russia.
(C) The likelihood that holding the gray zone asset
at risk will influence the behavior of Russia.
(D) The likelihood that holding the gray asset at
risk, or degrading the asset, will affect any attempt
of Russia to use force to change existing borders or
undermine the political independence or territorial
integrity of any State, including Ukraine.
(E) Such other factors as the National Intelligence
Council may determine appropriate.
(3) Appendix.--The intelligence community assessment under
paragraph (1) shall include an appendix that contains a list of
the categories of gray zone assets of Russia, with specific
examples of--
(A) gray zone assets in each category; and
(B) for each such gray zone asset listed, the ways
in which Russia uses the asset to advance its gray zone
activities.
(4) Submission.--The Director, consistent with the
protection of sources and methods, shall submit to the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate the intelligence community assessment under paragraph
(1).
(5) Form.--The intelligence community assessment under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
contain a classified annex.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committees on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives and the Senate; and
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
of the House of Representatives and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(2) Gray zone activity.--The term ``gray zone activity''
has the meaning given that term in section 708(b) of H.R. 5412
of the 117th Congress, as reported by the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives on
October 28, 2021.
(3) Gray zone asset.--The term ``gray zone asset''--
(A) means an entity or proxy that is controlled, in
whole or in part, by a foreign adversary of the United
States and is used by such foreign adversary in
connection with a gray zone activity; and
(B) includes a State-owned enterprise of a foreign
adversary that is so used.
(4) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence
community'' has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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