[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 252. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 
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. 1240A. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SUPPORT 
                   TO UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized by this Act 
     or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 
     Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the 
     support of Ukraine until--
       (1) the date on which the President submits to Congress a 
     comprehensive diplomatic strategy designed to bring the 
     conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation to a 
     rapid conclusion; and
       (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving such 
     strategy.
       (b) Elements.--The strategy described in subsection (a)--
       (1) shall be designed to achieve a ceasefire in which the 
     Russian Federation and Ukraine agree to abide by the terms 
     and conditions of such ceasefire; and
       (2) may not--
       (A) extend beyond one year;
       (B) commit United States military resources in excess of 
     the total military contributions made by European member 
     countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or
       (C) be contingent on--
       (i) United States involvement or funding of Ukrainian 
     reconstruction; or
       (ii) resolving existing territorial disputes between the 
     Russian Federation and Ukraine.
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