119-s2119

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2119 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2119

 To enhance United States support for identifying and recovering 
Ukrainian children who were abducted by the Russian Federation, and to 
 hold accountable those who are responsible for such abductions.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 18, 2025

 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Grassley) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign 
 Relations

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 A BILL

 To enhance United States support for identifying and recovering 
Ukrainian children who were abducted by the Russian Federation, and to 
 hold accountable those who are responsible for such abductions.

 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 ``Abducted Ukrainian Children Recovery 
and Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) According to a White House press release, dated March 
 25, 2025, ``The United States and Ukraine agreed that the 
 United States remains committed to helping achieve the exchange 
 of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the 
 return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children.''.

    (2) To implement the commitment referred to in paragraph

    (1) , the United States Government requires an organized and 
 resourced policy approach to assist Ukraine with--
        (A) investigations of Russia's abduction of 
 Ukrainian children;
        (B) the rehabilitation and reintegration of 
 children returned to Ukraine; and
            (C) justice and accountability for perpetrators of 
 the abductions.

SEC. 3. INVESTIGATION SUPPORT.

    (a) Authorization of Technical Assistance and Advisory Support.--

    (1) In general.--The Department of Justice, the Department 
 of State, and the Department of Homeland Security are 
 authorized--
        (A) to provide technical assistance, training, 
 capacity building, and advisory support to the 
 Government of Ukraine in support of the commitment 
 described in 

section 2

    (1) ; and
        (B) to advance the objectives described in 

section 2

    (2) .

    (2) Type of assistance.--The technical assistance 
 authorized under paragraph

    (1)
        (A) may include--
        (A) training regarding the utilization of biometric 
 identification technologies in abduction and 
 trafficking investigations;
        (B) assistance with respect to collecting and 
 analyzing open source intelligence information;
            (C) assistance in the development and use of secure 
 communications technologies; and
            (D) assistance with respect to managing and 
 securing relevant databases.

    (b) Coordination.--

    (1) Nongovernmental organizations.--The Department of 
 Justice, the Department of State, and the Department of 
 Homeland Security shall coordinate with, and may provide grants 
 to, nongovernmental organizations to carry out the assistance 
 authorized under subsection

    (a) .

    (2) Federal agencies.--The National Security Council shall 
 convene meetings with appropriate representatives from the 
 Department of Justice, the Department of State, the Department 
 of Homeland Security, and the intelligence community (as 
 defined in 

section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
 U.S.C. 3003)) to carry out the assistance authorized under 
 subsection

    (a) .
            (c) Notification Requirement.--The National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency may not suspend or terminate the Government of Ukraine's access 
to the Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery Program unless the Director of 
such agency, not later than 30 days before the date of such suspension 
or termination, submits a notification to Congress that includes--

    (1) a justification for such suspension or termination; and

    (2) a plan describing an alternate method by which the 
 Government of Ukraine may access satellite imagery collected by 
 the United States Government.

SEC. 4. REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION.

    (a) Authorization of Assistance.--The Secretary of State and the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development 
are authorized to provide support to the Government of Ukraine and to 
nongovernmental organizations and local civil society groups in Ukraine 
for the purpose of providing Ukrainian children who have been abducted 
by the Russian Federation with--

    (1) medical and psychological rehabilitation services;

    (2) family support services; and

    (3) services in support of the reintegration of such 
 children into Ukrainian society, including legal aid and 
 educational screening and placement.

    (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that describes all 
current or planned foreign assistance programs that will provide the 
assistance authorized under subsection

    (a) .

SEC. 5. JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

    (a) Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group for Ukraine.--The Department of 
State, under the direction of the Ambassador at Large for Global 
Criminal Justice, is authorized to support the Atrocity Crimes Advisory 
Group for Ukraine by providing technical assistance, capacity building, 
and advisory support to the Government of Ukraine's Office of the 
Prosecutor General, and other relevant components of the Government of 
Ukraine, for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting cases 
involving abducted children, and other war crimes.

    (b) Department of Justice.--The Department of Justice is authorized 
to provide technical assistance, capacity building, and advisory 
support to the Government of Ukraine through its Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training, which shall be 
coordinated by the Resident Legal Adviser at the United States Embassy 
in Kyiv, for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting cases 
involving abducted children, and other atrocity crimes.
            (c) Reports.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act--

    (1) the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
 Attorney General, shall submit a report to the Committee on 
 Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary 
 of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
 Representatives, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
 House of Representatives that describes current and planned 
 United States Government support for the Government of 
 Ukraine's work to investigate and prosecute war crimes; and

    (2) the Secretary of State, in coordination with the 
 Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit a report to the 
 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on 
 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
 and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
 Representatives that outlines--
        (A) any discrepancies between the sanctions regimes 
 of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the 
 European Union with respect to those responsible for 
 the abduction of Ukrainian children; and
        (B) efforts made by the United States Government to 
 better align such sanction regimes.

SEC. 6. USE OF SEIZED RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN ASSETS.

 The President may utilize any Russian sovereign assets held within 
the United States for the purposes described in this Act and in 
accordance with the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity for 
Ukrainians Act (division F of Public Law 118-50).
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