[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 23, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2994. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RUSSIA'S ILLEGAL ABDUCTION 
                   OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) Since the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of 
     Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian Federation military 
     forces and the Government of the Russian Federation have 
     abducted, forcibly transferred, or facilitated the illegal 
     deportation of at least 20,000 Ukrainian children.
       (2) The Russian Federation's abduction, forcible transfer, 
     and facilitation of the illegal deportation of Ukrainian 
     children has left countless children and families with 
     devastating physical and psychological trauma.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Congress--
       (1) condemns the Russian Federation's abduction, forcible 
     transfer, and facilitation of the illegal deportation of 
     Ukrainian children; and
       (2) implores the Russian Federation to work with the 
     international community to ensure the return, without delay, 
     of all forcibly transferred Ukrainian children to their 
     families.
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