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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 105 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Ukrainian 

famine of 1932–1933, known as the Holodomor, is recognized as a 

genocide and should serve as a reminder of repressive Soviet policies 

against the people of Ukraine. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 8, 2023 

Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mrs. SPARTZ, and Ms. 

SPANBERGER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933, known as the 

Holodomor, is recognized as a genocide and should serve 

as a reminder of repressive Soviet policies against the 

people of Ukraine. 

Whereas, in 1932 and 1933, millions of Ukrainians perished 

from a famine engineered by the former Soviet Union, 

designed to break the Ukrainian’s resistance to communist occupation and to provide a cover for a campaign 

of repression and persecution carried out by the Soviet 

Union against the citizens and culture of Ukraine; 

Whereas the Soviet Union forced the people of Ukraine to relinquish their land, personal property, and housing to colVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:30 Feb 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR105.IH HR105

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lective farms and then confiscated grain harvests, starving the men, women, and children of Ukraine; 

Whereas the Soviet Union sealed the borders of Ukraine to 

prevent the delivery of humanitarian aid and to prevent 

Ukrainians from escaping; 

Whereas the entire nation of Ukraine suffered from the prolonged famine, resulting in the death of nearly a quarter 

of the rural population of Ukraine; 

Whereas title V of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, 

and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1986 (Public Law 99–180; 99 Stat. 1157), 

signed into law on December 13, 1985, established the 

Commission on the Ukraine Famine to ‘‘conduct a study 

of the Ukrainian Famine of 1932–1933 in order to expand the world’s knowledge of the famine and provide the 

American public with a better understanding of the Soviet system by revealing the Soviet role’’ in it; 

Whereas the Commission on the Ukraine Famine, Investigation of the Ukrainian Famine 1932–1933: Report to 

Congress, adopted by the Commission, April 19, 1988, 

and submitted to Congress April 22, 1988, found that in 

1932 and 1933, the Government of the Soviet Union had 

committed genocide against the Ukrainian people; 

Whereas with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, archival 

documents confirmed the premeditated nature of the 

famine and exposed the atrocities suffered by the Ukrainian people; 

Whereas Ukraine’s law N 376–V titled ‘‘About the 1932– 

1933 Holodomor in Ukraine’’ of November 28, 2006, 

gave official recognition to the Holodomor as an act of 

genocide against the Ukrainian people; 


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Whereas President George W. Bush signed into law Public 

Law 109–340 on October 13, 2006, authorizing the Government of Ukraine ‘‘to establish a memorial on Federal 

land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of 

the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933’’, which 

was officially dedicated in November 2015; 

Whereas the Government of Ukraine and the Ukrainian communities in the United States and worldwide continue 

their efforts to secure awareness and understanding of 

the 1932–1933 tragedy; and 

Whereas victims of the Holodomor genocide of 1932–1933 

continue to be remembered: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the Ukrainian famine of 1932– 

3 1933, known as the Holodomor, as a genocide; 

4 (2) solemnly remembers the atrocities of the 

5 Holodomor of 1932–1933, and extends its deepest 

6 sympathies to the victims, survivors, and families of 

7 this tragedy; 

8 (3) condemns the systematic violations of 

9 human rights, including the starvation, repression, 

10 and persecution of the Ukrainian people by the So11 viet Union; 

12 (4) recognizes the findings of the Commission 

13 on the Ukraine Famine as submitted to Congress on 

14 April 22, 1988; 

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1 crease an understanding of the Soviet engineered 

2 genocide denied by the Kremlin for more than half 

3 a century; and 

4 (6) is resolute that Ukraine remain independent 

5 and sovereign to protect the people from future 

6 genocide. 

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