The State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development would get the lion's share of the money. Humanitarian aid, including emergency food and energy assistance, would also be provided by that money.
The deployment of thousands of troops to Central and Eastern Europe and related measures to assure NATO allies have caused the administration to identify $3.5 billion in funding requirements.
The Pentagon has sent thousands of troops to Europe this month. The 7,000 additional troops were sent to Germany on Thursday.
Lawmakers from both parties are calling for a substantial increase in emergency aid to Ukraine, which came under siege this week from Russian forces. Chris Coons, who chairs the spending panel that funds the State Department and foreign operations, predicted earlier Friday that at least $10 billion would be needed to deal with the refugee crisis in eastern Europe.
Lawmakers are eager to give more aid to the military of Ukraine, but new funding is unlikely to have a significant impact on the fight against the Russian incursion.
The funding for humanitarian aid was an emergency request and would be added to the regular budget for diplomatic and foreign assistance. The larger list of Pentagon needs did not carry that designation according to the person familiar with the proposal.
Biden's $715 billion Pentagon budget request will likely be boosted by a final defense funding bill.
McConnell said after Russia began bombing Ukraine that the U.S. and NATO needed to double their material support for the country.
Some lawmakers have pushed for quick action on a supplemental spending package that provides money to cope with what many predict will become a humanitarian crisis in Europe, as it attempts to beat back the Russian invasion and bolster the U.S. military posture in NATO countries.
Top Democrats want to add a large supplemental spending package to the omnibus funding bill that would include all 12 annual government spending measures. The White House is seeking tens of billions of dollars for work at home and abroad in order to beat back Covid-19.
The US must provide enough resources to aid allies and assist the innocent people caught in the middle of this needless calamity, according to a statement from the Senate Appropriations Chair.
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