S.Amdt. 2994

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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