S.Amdt. 5905

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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