[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3065]
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  SA 5905. Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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. 1230. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ILLEGAL ABDUCTION OF 
                   UKRAINIAN CHILDREN BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findngs:
       (1) Since the Russian Federation's full-scale invasion of 
     Ukraine in February 2022, the military forces of the Russian 
     Federation 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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