[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 6307. Mr. INHOFE (for Mr. Rubio (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:
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.
______