S.Amdt. 252

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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