To authorize the Department of Justice and the Department of State to provide law enforcement and intelligence technical assistance, training, capacity building, and advisory support to the Government of Ukraine to achieve the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children, and for other purposes.

This bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice and Department of State to give Ukraine's government law enforcement and intelligence technical help, training, and advice to support prisoner of war exchanges, the release of civilian detainees, and the return of Ukrainian children taken by Russia. This help could include training on biometric identification, open source intelligence, secure communications, and database security, and the departments could give grants to nongovernmental organizations. The State Department could fund medical, psychological, family reunification, and reintegration services for children who were abducted or held by Russia. Both departments could support Ukrainian prosecutors investigating cases involving abducted children and other atrocity crimes. The State Department would have to report to Congress on this assistance and on differences between U.S., U.K., and European Union sanctions on those responsible for the abductions.

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Sponsors

• Greg Landsman Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors