[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 22 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 22

 Condemning and opposing the unprovoked invasion and egregious act of 
   aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine by the Russian 
                              Federation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2023

Ms. Jackson Lee submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
 to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee 
 on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Condemning and opposing the unprovoked invasion and egregious act of 
   aggression against the sovereign state of Ukraine by the Russian 
                              Federation.

Whereas Ukraine was the second-most populous and powerful of the 15 republics of 
        the former and disintegrated Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the 
        hub of the Union's agricultural production, defense industries, and 
        military arsenal;
Whereas in the three decades since gaining its independence, Ukraine has sought 
        to forge its own path as a sovereign state and sought closer economic, 
        social, and political ties with the free market and democratic nations 
        of the West;
Whereas, in February 2014, the military of the Russian Federation, without merit 
        or cause, invaded the eastern part of the free and independent country 
        of Ukraine, including the Crimean Peninsula, and backed a separatist 
        insurgency in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has 
        killed over 14,000 people;
Whereas the United States, a strategic ally of Ukraine, reacted swiftly to the 
        Russian invasion, condemning the military action in strong and 
        bipartisan fashion, and providing military, humanitarian, and 
        nonmilitary financial assistance to the determined but beleaguered 
        nation of Ukraine, which since 2014 has totaled approximately $1.5 
        billion;
Whereas, on September 14, 2014, the House of Representatives adopted H. Res. 
        726, a resolution supporting the right of the people of Ukraine to 
        freely determine their future, including their country's relationship 
        with other nations and international organizations, without 
        interference, intimidation, or coercion by other countries, and 
        committed itself to solidarity with the people of Ukraine;
Whereas interference and unprovoked aggressions by the Russian Federation 
        ordered and led by Vladimir Putin continued unabated, including the 
        mobilization and stationing of 150,000 Russian troops surrounding 
        Ukraine and armed forces positioned in Belarus to attack Ukraine from 
        the north, including war planes and offensive missile systems, and the 
        movement of Russian naval vessels in the Black Sea to Ukraine's south, 
        including amphibious assault ships, missile cruisers, and submarines, 
        and the positioning of blood and medical equipment into position on 
        their border;
Whereas Vladimir Putin sought authorization from the Russian Parliament to use 
        military force outside of Russian territory by staging a fraudulent on-
        camera meeting of his Security Council to grandstand for the Russian 
        public and by recognizing sovereign Ukrainian territory as so-called 
        independent republics in clear violation, again, of international law, 
        all of which was intended to set the stage for further pretexts and 
        further provocations by the Russian Federation to make further 
        aggressions against Ukraine by military action;
Whereas Vladimir Putin rejected every good-faith effort the United States and 
        its allies and partners made to address mutual security concerns through 
        dialogue to avoid needless conflict and avert human suffering;
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation military, at the direction 
        of Vladimir Putin, began a premeditated brutal assault on the people of 
        Ukraine without provocation, without justification, and without 
        necessity, making outlandish, false, and baseless claims that Ukraine 
        was about to invade and launch a war against Russia and that Ukraine was 
        prepared to use chemical weapons, and that Ukraine had committed a 
        genocide; and
Whereas these actions were taken by Vladimir Putin at the very moment that the 
        United Nations Security Council was meeting to stand up for Ukraine's 
        sovereignty to stave off invasion, culminating in missile strikes on 
        historic cities across Ukraine, followed by air raids and the invasion 
        of Russian tanks and troops: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) strongly condemns and opposes the unprovoked invasion 
        and egregious act of aggression against the sovereign state of 
        Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the most provocative and 
        destabilizing act of foreign aggression since the 1938 invasion 
        of the Sudetenland by the Third Reich led by Adolph Hitler;
            (2) supports the right of the people of Ukraine to freely 
        determine their future, including their country's relationship 
        with other nations and international organizations, without 
        interference, intimidation, or coercion by other countries;
            (3) is committed to promoting democratic values, 
        transparent and accountable government institutions, and 
        supports needed economic structural reforms in Ukraine, 
        including in the fiscal, energy, pension, and banking sectors, 
        among others;
            (4) calls upon and commends the Biden administration for 
        assembling and working with an international coalition of the 
        World's leading nations to ensure that all nations refuse to 
        recognize the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian 
        Federation and to ensure that the Russian Federation is held 
        accountable and sustains maximum economic damage from the 
        imposition of sanctions as a consequence of its utter disregard 
        for international law and norms;
            (5) calls upon the Biden administration to ban all Russian 
        airlines including Aeroflot, from entering the airspace of the 
        United States or landing on its soil; and
            (6) calls upon and commends the Biden administration for 
        honoring and abiding by the commitments undertaken by the 
        United States pursuant to Article 5 of the North Atlantic 
        Treaty, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, on April 4, 
        1949, and entered into force on August 24, 1949.
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