Sec. 210. United States-Ukraine strategic security partnership
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It is the sense of Congress that— expeditious consideration of certifications of letters of offer to sell defense articles, defense services, design and construction services, and major defense equipment to Ukraine under section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(b) ) is in the security and foreign policy interests of the United States; and the designation of Ukraine as a member of the colloquially titled NATO Plus community of states, which presently includes Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, and New Zealand, with respect to consideration by Congress of Foreign Military Sales to Ukraine, as well as all other rights, privileges, and responsibilities afforded to such community of states, is in the security and foreign policy interests of the United States.
During the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, in furtherance of the United States support for Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, including through work towards a Membership Action Plan, or until Ukraine deposits its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Department of State in Washington, DC, Ukraine shall be treated as if it were a country listed in the provisions of law described in subsection
(c)for purposes of applying and administering such provisions of law. The provisions of law described in this subsection are— subsections (b)(2), (d)(2)(B), (d)(3)(A)(i), and (d)(5) of section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2753 ); subsections (e)(2)(A), (h)(1)(A), and (h)(2) of section 21 of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2761 ); subsection (b)(1) and subsections (b)(2), (b)(6), (c)(2)(A), (c)(5), and (d)(2)(A) of section 36 of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776 ); section 62(c)(1) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2796a(c)(1) ); and section 63(a)(2) of such Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2796b(a)(2) ). The Secretary of State is authorized to continue to treat Ukraine as if it were a country listed in the provisions of law described in subsection
(c)for purposes of applying and administering such provisions of law for one or more additional 3-year periods, or until Ukraine deposits its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Department of State in Washington, DC, beginning after the end of the 5-year period described in subsection
(b)if, with respect to each such additional 3-year period, the Secretary— determines that such continued application is in the national security interest of the United States; determines that such continued application is carried out alongside United States support for Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, including through work towards a Membership Action Plan; and submits such determination to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not later than 15 days before the start of such an additional 3-year period. This section shall terminate on the date on which Ukraine deposits its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Department of State in Washington, DC.
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