[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3556]
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  SA 4469. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1236. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE EUROPEAN UNION 
                   RENEWING ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AS A 
                   RESULT OF RUSSIA'S ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA AND 
                   ACTIONS DESTABILIZING EASTERN UKRAINE.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) In July 2014, the European Union imposed economic 
     sanctions against Russia for its annexation of Crimea and 
     destabilizing machinations in the Donbass and Luhansk regions 
     in eastern Ukraine.
       (2) In September 2014, the European Union renewed its 
     sanctions against Russia.
       (3) In March 2015, the European Council linked the 
     continuation of economic restrictions against Russia to the 
     complete implementation of the Minsk agreements.
       (4) The Minsk-2 agreement signed in February 2015 by 
     Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany has not been 
     implemented.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--The Senate calls upon the 
     European Union to renew sanctions imposed on Russia as a 
     result of its destabilizing actions in Ukraine if Russia has 
     still not abided by its commitments under the Minsk-2 
     agreement by the time the European Union conducts its review 
     of its economic sanctions on Russia.
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