[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 596 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 596


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 13, 2019

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 AN ACT


 
    To prohibit United States Government recognition of the Russian 
 Federation's claim of sovereignty over Crimea, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crimea Annexation Non-recognition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES RECOGNITION OF THE RUSSIAN 
              FEDERATION'S CLAIM OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER CRIMEA.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States not 
to recognize the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over Crimea, 
its airspace, or its territorial waters.
    (b) Prohibition.--In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal 
department or agency may take any action or extend any assistance that 
implies recognition of the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty 
over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters.
    (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibition in subsection 
(b) on a case-by-case basis if the President determines that it is 
vital to the national security interests of the United States to do so.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 12, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.