Sec. 402. Limitations on humanitarian assistance

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None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for assistance for the Government of the Russian Federation. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for assistance for the central government of a country that the Secretary of State determines and reports to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Appropriations of the House of Representatives has taken affirmative steps intended to support or be supportive of the Russian Federation annexation of Crimea or any other territory in Ukraine.

The Secretary may waive the restriction on assistance under subparagraph

(A)if the Secretary determines and reports to the committees described in such subparagraph that the waiver is in the national security interest of the United States, and includes a justification for such interest. None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available for— the implementation of any action or policy that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian Federation over Crimea or any other territory in Ukraine; the facilitation, financing, or guarantee of United States Government investments in Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the control of the Government of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed separatists, if such activity includes the participation of officials of the Government of the Russian Federation or other Russian-owned or -controlled financial entities; or assistance for Crimea or other territory in Ukraine under the control of the Government of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed separatists, if such assistance includes the participation of Russian Government officials of the Government of the Russian Federation or other Russian-owned or -controlled financial entities. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors of each international financial institution to use the voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by such institution (including any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates the sovereignty or territorial integrity of Ukraine. The requirements and limitations of this subsection shall cease to be in effect if the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives that the Government of Ukraine has reestablished sovereignty over Crimea and other territory in Ukraine under the control of the Government of the Russian Federation or Russian-backed separatists and the Government of the Russian Federation has returned to their garrisons all troops currently on the internationally recognized border of Ukraine as of February 1, 2022.