S 4937 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act

Introduced Sep 22, 2022 Originated Senate Sponsor Marco Rubio R-FL

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Latest action · Sep 22, 2022 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedSep 22, 2022
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act

This bill prohibits any federal agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of Russia's sovereignty over any internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, including its airspace and territorial waters.

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2022 to Dec 7, 2022; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlex PadillaOriginalSep 22, 2022
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.OriginalSep 22, 2022
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalSep 22, 2022
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-NJCory A. BookerOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-RIJack ReedOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-ORJeff MerkleyOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-COJohn W. HickenlooperOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-IAJoni ErnstOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-GARaphael G. WarnockOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-OHRob PortmanOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalSep 22, 2022
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-ILTammy DuckworthOriginalSep 22, 2022
D-VATim KaineOriginalSep 22, 2022
R-LABill CassidySep 29, 2022
D-CTChristopher MurphySep 29, 2022
D-WVJoe Manchin IIISep 29, 2022
D-ORRon WydenSep 29, 2022
R-TXTed CruzSep 29, 2022
D-NVJacky RosenDec 7, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred Sep 22, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2022Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 22, 2022Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S4945Richard J. Durbin D-ILSep 22, 2022

Related bills 4

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 922Crimea Annexation Non-Recognition ActRelated billMay 19, 2021
HR 947Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory ActCross-Congress related billFeb 4, 2025
HR 6994Ukraine Sovereignty ActRelated billMar 8, 2022
HR 9059Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory ActIdentical billSep 29, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to prohibit the United States Government from recognizing the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over any portion of the sovereign territory of Ukraine, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 22, 2022Introduced in Senate

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