Which specific US appropriations bills from 2021–2025 included Ukraine assistance and what were the funding amounts?
Executive summary
Congress enacted multiple supplemental and regular appropriations from 2021–2025 that provided Ukraine assistance across security, economic, and humanitarian accounts, with cumulative supplemental appropriations exceeding $174 billion through early 2025 and major supplemental packages totaling roughly $113 billion in the initial four Ukraine-specific acts and about $61 billion in the April 2024 supplemental package (sources: [1], [2], [3]). Available sources list specific program-level amounts—e.g., $37.8 billion for Economic Support/Europe accounts for direct financial support [4], roughly $62 billion in a 2024 Ukraine supplemental [5], and roughly $60.8 billion of Ukraine-related aid within the FY2024 emergency package [6].
1. The legislative arc: multiple supplementals built the bulk of funding
Congress responded to Russia’s 2022 invasion mainly through supplemental appropriations — five Ukraine supplemental acts through FY2024 and additional emergency measures — resulting in more than $174 billion appropriated by early 2025, with the first four Ukraine acts accounting for about $113.4 billion and five acts totaling the larger figure [1]. CRS and GAO summaries show that supplemental acts accounted for most security assistance and many of the large replenishment and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) lines that flowed to Ukraine [2] [1].
2. Major appropriations and headline figures you’ll see cited
Public reporting and government tracking list several headline totals: about $62 billion in a widely referenced Ukraine supplemental (often described as the 2024/2023 package in news and policy outlets) [5], roughly $60.84 billion identified as “Ukraine-related aid” inside a FY2024 emergency supplemental [6], and the consolidated total of more than $174 billion across five supplementals through early 2025 [1]. These totals aggregate many distinct accounts (DoD, State/USAID, FMF, drawdowns, humanitarian).
3. Defense and security lines: DoD, PDA drawdowns, USAI, FMF
Defense-related appropriations dominate the totals. CRS reports $48.7 billion in FY2022–FY2023 supplemental security assistance (including $25.93 billion to replenish DoD stocks via Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) and $18 billion for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI)) and FY2024 supplements added another large tranche—about $28.8 billion in supplemental security funding, including replenishment and USAI amounts [2]. The State Department notes DoD provided $6.3 billion via USAI in FY2022 and earlier USAI activity (and that DoD used PDA repeatedly), and that as of 2025 the U.S. had provided some $66.9 billion in military assistance since the 2022 invasion [7].
4. Direct financial support and economic assistance
Congress set aside funds for economic support and direct budgetary assistance to Kyiv. A Congressional Research Service product notes Congress appropriated $37.8 billion to Economic Support Fund and Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia accounts and directed portions for direct financial support to the Government of Ukraine [4]. Those appropriations included conditions, reporting, and repayment arrangements spelled out in supplemental statutes [4].
5. Humanitarian, refugee, and non‑lethal assistance
Supplemental measures included humanitarian and refugee assistance; for example, one supplemental added $900 million for “Refugee and Entrant Assistance” supporting Ukrainians (text of H.R.7691) and other acts included humanitarian lines and global support tied to the Ukraine crisis [8]. GAO and oversight portals show many agencies and programs—humanitarian, sanctions enforcement, and nuclear security—received portions of supplemental funding [1] [9].
6. Not one bill but many moving pieces — mapping appropriations to amounts is granular work
Available sources show totals and many program-level figures, but weaving a single line‑by‑line list of every appropriations bill and each exact dollar in 2021–2025 requires parsing statutes and appropriation tables across multiple public documents. CRS and GAO offer compiled totals [2] [1], the State Department and archived press releases list specific drawdown and FMF notifications [10] [7], and congressional bill texts (e.g., H.R.7691) show specific account language and some amounts [8]. That mix of sources is why journalists and analysts often cite both package totals and programmatic line items separately.
7. Competing framings and what to watch for in numbers
Different actors collapse or separate figures in conflicting ways: some sources emphasize “total U.S. assistance” (security + humanitarian + economic + drawdowns) and reach $111 billion or higher for different cutoffs [3] [5], while GAO and CRS use fiscal-year and supplemental boundaries to report $113.4 billion for the initial four supplementals versus $174+ billion across five actions [1] [2]. Watch whether reports include drawdowns (which use existing DoD stock) alongside new appropriations; CRS explicitly separates replenishment, USAI, and FMF amounts [2].
8. Limitations and next steps for precise, bill‑by‑bill dollar lists
Available sources provide authoritative aggregates and many program amounts, but do not present in one place a tidy table listing every appropriations bill from 2021–2025 with the exact line-item amount for Ukraine for each year. To produce that bill‑by‑bill line list would require compiling statutory texts (e.g., H.R.7691 and other supplementals), CRS bill analyses, and GAO appropriation tracking [8] [2] [1]. For a precise ledger, consult the cited CRS/GAO products and the specific bill texts and Division/Title language referenced above [1] [2] [8].