[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5332-S5333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5859. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,

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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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1239. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES RECOGNITION OF 
                   THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S CLAIM OF SOVEREIGNTY 
                   OVER ANY PORTION OF UKRAINE.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States not to recognize the Russian Federation's claim of 
     sovereignty over any portion of the internationally-
     recognized territory of Ukraine, including its airspace and 
     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 any portion of the 
     internationally-recognized territory of Ukraine, including 
     its airspace and its territorial waters.
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