H.R. 10473 — Justice for Ukrainian Children Act

This section states the sense of Congress that the Russian Federation has forcibly abducted more than 20,000 Ukrainian children as of February 2026, that such actions constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, and that Russia poses an immediate threat to Ukrainian children under its control. It directs the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to veto Security Council resolutions that absolve Russia of accountability for its invasion of Ukraine and its transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children.

This section authorizes not less than $15 million annually for fiscal years 2027 through 2032 from National Security Investment Programs to document forcible transfers of Ukrainian children to Russia, maintain a centralized evidence database, support accountability efforts, and assist in locating, rescuing, and rehabilitating the children. It conditions database funding on a formal agreement with the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice and civil society organizations plus security protocols, and requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on fund use, database status, and related actions beginning 180 days after enactment and annually for five years.

This section directs the President to impose sanctions on any foreign person determined to have knowingly directed, participated in, or facilitated the unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, or militarization of Ukrainian children. Sanctions include blocking all U.S. property transactions and rendering such persons inadmissible with current visas revoked; exceptions cover authorized intelligence activities, U.N. obligations, and humanitarian transactions, while the President may waive sanctions with 15 days' notice to Congress if vital to national security.

This section authorizes not less than $10 million annually for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2032 for surge programming in the Ukrainian, Balkan, Russian, and Tatar language services of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America to bolster existing U.S. broadcasts to Ukraine and neighboring regions and to expand programming capacity and jamming circumvention technology. It requires the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media to submit a detailed report on plans to increase those broadcasts to the appropriate congressional committees within 15 days of enactment.

This section defines "appropriate congressional committees" as the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Senate Committee on Appropriations. It defines "Ukrainian children" as children born in Ukraine or who are inhabitants of Ukraine, regardless of subsequent trafficking or forced assumption of Russian citizenship.