,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1       
#bjbe,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,dean 
of ,pennsylvania1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4    
,goldman of ,new ,york1 and ,ms4        
,kaptur7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
counter ,russian influence and          
aggression in ,ukraine4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,defending ,ukraine's ,territorial      
,integrity ,act4  #b4 ,countering       
,russian influence and aggression in    
,ukraine  7a7 ,statement of policy ,it  
is the policy of the ,united ,states not
 to recognize the ,russian ,federation's
 claim of sovereignty over1 or          
independence1 of any part of ,ukraine   
occupied by ,russian forces1 including  
,crimea and ,donetsk1 ,kherson1         
,luhansk1 and ,zaporizhzhia oblasts4    
7b7 ,prohibition  7#a7 ,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-- 7,a7 has     
recognized the independence of1 or has  
established diplomatic relations with1  
any region located in the territory of  
,ukraine that is occupied by the        
,russian ,federation or under the       
control of ,russian-backed separatists1 
including ,crimea and ,donetsk1         
,kherson1 ,luhansk1 and ,zaporizhzhia   
oblasts2 or  7,b7 has taken affirmative 
steps intended to support or be         
supportive of the ,russian ,federation  
annexation of ,crimea or other territory
 in ,ukraine4  7#b7 ,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    

manner4  7#c7 ,waiver ,the ,secretary of
 ,state may waive the prohibition on    
assistance required by paragraph 7#a7   
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 ,states1 and includes a         
justification for such interest4  7c7   
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,in this section1 the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means the ,committee on ,foreign        
,affairs of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,foreign ,relations of the ,senate4