S.Amdt. 3192

SA 3192. Mr. SCHUMER 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 end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1230B. SENSE OF CONGRESS SUPPORTING UKRAINE'S SECURITY.

Congress--
(1) condemns and rejects Russia's illegal and unprovoked
invasion of Ukraine and its continued attempts to militarily
seize sovereign territory;
(2) expresses continued solidarity with the people of
Ukraine who are on the frontlines of the fight for freedom
against Vladimir Putin;
(3) calls on the President to take swift action to identify
additional air defense systems, including advanced PATRIOT
air defense systems and interceptors; National Surface-to-Air
Missile Systems (NASAMs); radar guided air-to-air missiles
(AMRAAMs); and other critical air defense systems within
existing United States stocks for transfer to Ukraine to
provide a layered defense against Russian attacks;
(4) calls on the President to rapidly approve the reexport
of United States air defense systems by our allies and
partners to Ukraine, particularly the most advanced systems;
(5) supports the continued and uninterrupted provision of
United States security assistance, including training,
advisory support, and intelligence regarding the disposition
of Russian forces and location data to strengthen Ukraine's
hand in direct discussions with the Russian Federation to
secure a lasting peace; and
(6) reaffirms that it must remain the policy of the United
States to provide sustainable levels of security assistance
to Ukraine to provide a credible defense and deterrence
capacity and support Ukraine's sovereignty,

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independence, territorial integrity, and democracy as
outlined in the Bilateral Security Agreement signed by the
United States and Ukraine on June 13, 2024.
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