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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 535 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 535

        To counter Russian influence and aggression in Ukraine.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 2023

Mr. Connolly (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
        To counter Russian influence and aggression in Ukraine.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defending Ukraine's Territorial 
Integrity Act''.

SEC. 2. COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States not 
to recognize the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over, or 
independence, of any part of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces, 
including Crimea and Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia 
oblasts.
    (b) Prohibition.--
            (1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be 
        appropriated or otherwise made available to any Federal 
        department or agency may be used to provide assistance for the 
        central government of a country that the Secretary of State 
        determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees--
                    (A) has recognized the independence of, or has 
                established diplomatic relations with, any region 
                located in the territory of Ukraine that is occupied by 
                the Russian Federation or under the control of Russian-
                backed separatists, including Crimea and Donetsk, 
                Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts; or
                    (B) has taken affirmative steps intended to support 
                or be supportive of the Russian Federation annexation 
                of Crimea or other territory in Ukraine.
            (2) Publication of list of central governments.--The 
        Secretary of State shall publish on the Department of State 
        website a list of such central governments in a timely manner.
            (3) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
        prohibition on assistance required by paragraph (1) with 
        respect to any such central government if the Secretary 
        determines and reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees that to do so is in the national interest of the 
        United States, and includes a justification for such interest.
    (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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