US House bill cuts Pakistan aid by $10 mn to help Ukraine

March 26, 2014 09:08

A key Congressional committee passed a legislation of new financial assistance to Ukraine, by reducing a small portion of US aid given to Pakistan under the Kerry-Lugar-Berman bill.

The $10 million taken from the annual $1.5 billion to Pakistan would be used to carry out programming in the Ukrainian, Balkan, Russian, and Tatar language services of radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty and Voice of America,the House Bill said.

The legislation -- HR 4278, the Ukraine Support Act -- was passed on Tuesday by an overwhelming bipartisan support by the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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