The bill authorizes U.S. agencies to help Ukraine investigate the abduction of Ukrainian children, identify and recover them, and support their rehabilitation and reintegration. Assistance may include biometric identification training, open-source intelligence analysis, secure communications, and database management. The bill also authorizes support for medical, psychological, family, legal, and educational services for returned children, and for investigations and prosecutions of abductions and other war crimes. It requires reports to Congress on assistance programs, support for war-crimes cases, and alignment of sanctions with the United Kingdom and European Union. Before suspending Ukraine's access to a U.S. satellite imagery program, the relevant agency must notify Congress and describe an alternative access method. The President may use certain Russian sovereign assets held in the United States for the bill's purposes, subject to existing law.
The bill focuses on U.S. assistance to Ukraine and does not establish a direct service for individuals in the United States. It authorizes agencies to provide assistance and requires reports to Congress.
The bill does not specify a funding amount. It permits use of certain Russian sovereign assets held in the United States. No publicly available information about total costs.
The bill's findings say an organized, resourced U.S. approach is needed to help Ukraine investigate abductions, support returned children, and pursue accountability.
No publicly available information.