IV 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 76 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the International Criminal Court should 

immediately proceed with prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin 

with war crimes should any harm befall Ukrainian President Volodymyr 

Zelenskyy as a result of actions taken or directed by any Russian entity 

or authority. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2022 

Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 

BROOKS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. CARTER of 

Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. COSTA, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. FALLON, 

Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BRADY, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. 

WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. 

NEWHOUSE, Mr. CAREY, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 

COMER, Mr. PALMER, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. STEWART, Mr. NORMAN, and 

Mr. WENSTRUP) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the International 

Criminal Court should immediately proceed with prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin with war 

crimes should any harm befall Ukrainian President 

Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a result of actions taken or 

directed by any Russian entity or authority. 


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•HCON 76 IH 

Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Russia launched a largescale air, land, and sea attack on the independent and 

democratic state of Ukraine; 

Whereas, on February 25, 2022, Ukrainian President 

Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, ‘‘According to the information we have, the enemy has marked me as target No. 

1, my family as target No. 2. They want to destroy 

Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state.’’; 

Whereas President Zelenskyy has remained in Ukraine to 

fight with Ukrainians against the Russian invasion; 

Whereas President Putin has called Ukraine’s democratically 

elected Government drug addicts and neo-Nazis; 

Whereas Vladimir Putin is serving his fourth term as President of Russia and could potentially serve until 2036; 

Whereas Russian state entities have been linked to the poisoning of several political dissidents and Russian enemies; 

Whereas these poisonings include Ukrainian Presidential candidate Viktor Yuschenko in 2004, Russian journalist 

Anna Politkovskaya in 2004, former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officer Alexander Litvinenko in 

2006, former Russian FSB officer Sergey Skripal in 

2018, and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in 

2020; 

Whereas, on February 28, 2022, the International Criminal 

Court stated it would open a formal investigation into 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; 

Whereas International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim A.A. 

Khan stated, ‘‘I am satisfied that there is a reasonable 

basis to believe that both alleged war crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine . . .’’; 


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•HCON 76 IH 

Whereas the Rome Statute of the International Criminal 

Court includes the Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of 

genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and 

the crime of aggression; and 

Whereas, on February 20, 2014, Ukraine made a declaration 

accepting jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court 

on an open-ended basis: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the 

3 International Criminal Court should immediately proceed 

4 with prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin with 

5 war crimes should any harm befall Ukrainian President 

6 Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a result of actions taken or di7 rected by any Russian entity or authority. 

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