The US House of Representatives has passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2025 (NDAA), but it does not include a provision to extend the Lend-Lease Act to protect democracy in Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova reported on Facebook.

"This year, the NDAA bill approved by the Senate contained a provision to extend the Lend-Lease Act to protect democracy in Ukraine, and the Embassy of Ukraine in the United States actively advocated for it, but the bill approved by the House of Representatives did not contain such a provision. The consolidated text of the bill does not include the corresponding provision. The Embassy continues to actively work to preserve this mechanism, which, in particular, is envisaged in the bipartisan and bicameral bill Stand with Ukraine Act," Markarova wrote.

The document on Ukraine adopted by Congress contains the following main provisions:

Section 1303 continues the prohibition on the use of any means for actions that could lead to recognition of Russia's sovereignty over the occupied regions of Ukraine;

Section 1534 instructs the US Secretary of Defense to study the possibility of creating a center of excellence to support the development and improvement of weapons systems based on artificial intelligence. Among the functions of such a center is to facilitate cooperation between the Pentagon and foreign partners, including Ukraine, to determine best practices, guidelines, standards, and benchmarks.

Section 6411 directs the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to the Senate and House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Judiciary, Financial Affairs, and Appropriations Committees a report on Russian financing of acts of international terrorism.

The next step is for the NDAA to be approved by the US Senate, which is expected next week.