S.Amdt. 824

SA 824. Mr. DAINES 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1083. CONFISCATION OF ASSETS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION; USE
TO OFFSET COSTS TO UNITED STATES OF AID TO
UKRAINE.

(a) In General.--The President shall--
(1) confiscate, through instructions or licenses or in such
other manner as the President determines appropriate, funds
of the Government of the Russian Federation that are subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States; and
(2) deposit funds confiscated under paragraph (1) in the
general fund of the Treasury to offset the costs of amounts
appropriated by any Act making emergency supplemental
appropriations for assistance for the situation in Ukraine
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023.
(b) Vesting.--All right, title, and interest in funds
confiscated under subsection (a) shall vest in the Government
of the United States.
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