Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress makes the following findings: Since 2014, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, with broad bipartisan support, have provided millions of dollars in security and development assistance to Ukraine as it defends against Kremlin aggression in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Security assistance for Ukraine has enhanced the army, national guard, and navy of Ukraine and helped the country defend against Russian aggression. Since 2014, the United States has imposed a series of sanctions on the Russian Federation in response to its illegal occupation of Crimea and continued military operations in eastern Ukraine.
Security and development assistance programing have been designed, implemented, and supported by personnel at the Department of State, the Department of Defense, and the United States Agency for International Development. Before submitting notifications to obligate funds to Congress, the Department of State has traditionally shared obligation notifications with the Office of Management and Budget, to be reviewed for approximately 5 days. On June 21, 2019, the Department of State sent a notification to the Office of Management and Budget to obligate security assistance funding for Ukraine.
On September 22, 2019, President Donald Trump acknowledged that he raised a 2020 United States presidential candidate in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. On September 11, 2019, the Department of State sent a notification to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate to obligate security assistance funding for Ukraine.