[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5400]
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  SA 5941. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Durbin) 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, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 1232 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1232. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON 
                   AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS RELATING TO SOVEREIGNTY 
                   OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OVER CRIMEA.

        Section 1234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1974) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``or certain parts 
     of ukraine'' after ``crimea''; and
       (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for fiscal year 2022 or 2023 for the Department 
     of Defense may be obligated or expended to implement any 
     activity that recognizes the sovereignty of the Russian 
     Federation over Crimea, Kherson Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 
     Donetsk Oblast, or Luhansk Oblast.''.
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