[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 959 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 959

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress does 
 not recognize the Russian Federation as the inheritor of the Union of 
  Soviet Socialist Republics seat as a permanent member of the United 
                       Nations Security Council.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2022

  Mr. Crenshaw (for himself, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Stewart, Mr. 
 Moore of Utah, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Steube, 
  Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Allen, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
   Moolenaar, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Babin, Mr. 
 Arrington, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Roy, Mr. 
 Waltz, Mr. Barr, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Timmons, Mr. Carter of 
Texas, Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. LaMalfa, Ms. Letlow, Mr. Smucker, 
Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Rice of 
South Carolina, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Westerman, and 
 Mr. Guest) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress does 
 not recognize the Russian Federation as the inheritor of the Union of 
  Soviet Socialist Republics seat as a permanent member of the United 
                       Nations Security Council.

Whereas Chapter V, Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations names ``the 
        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics'' as a permanent member of the 
        Security Council;
Whereas the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was dissolved on December 26, 
        1991;
Whereas the Charter of the United Nations was not amended and still names the 
        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a member of the United Nations 
        and a Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council;
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly did not vote on a resolution to 
        admit the Russian Federation;
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly voted on resolutions to admit other 
        former Soviet Socialist Republics;
Whereas there was not a United Nations General Assembly vote approving then 
        Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin's letter transferring 
        membership of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Russian 
        Federation; and
Whereas the Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin has repeatedly violated the 
        United Nations Purposes and Principles, as established in the Charter of 
        the United Nations, Article 2, paragraph 4 to ``refrain in their 
        international relations from the threat or use of force against the 
        territorial integrity or political independence'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) does not recognize the Russian Federation as the 
        inheritor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics seat as a 
        permanent member on the United Nations Security Council;
            (2) favors the removal of the Russian Federation as a 
        permanent member of the United Nations Security Council; and
            (3) encourages the Biden administration to take all 
        necessary action at the United Nations to remove the Russian 
        Federation from its position as a permanent member of the 
        United Nations Security Council.
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