IV 

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. 

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 

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; 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
2 

•HRES 22 IH 

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; 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
3 

•HRES 22 IH 

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 socalled 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 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
4 

•HRES 22 IH 

1 (1) strongly condemns and opposes the 

2 unprovoked invasion and egregious act of aggression 

3 against the sovereign state of Ukraine by the Rus4 sian Federation, the most provocative and desta5 bilizing act of foreign aggression since the 1938 in6 vasion of the Sudetenland by the Third Reich led by 

7 Adolph Hitler; 

8 (2) supports the right of the people of Ukraine 

9 to freely determine their future, including their 

10 country’s relationship with other nations and inter11 national organizations, without interference, intimi12 dation, or coercion by other countries; 

13 (3) is committed to promoting democratic val14 ues, transparent and accountable government insti15 tutions, and supports needed economic structural re16 forms in Ukraine, including in the fiscal, energy, 

17 pension, and banking sectors, among others; 

18 (4) calls upon and commends the Biden admin19 istration for assembling and working with an inter20 national coalition of the World’s leading nations to 

21 ensure that all nations refuse to recognize the illegal 

22 invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation and 

23 to ensure that the Russian Federation is held ac24 countable and sustains maximum economic damage 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB
5 

•HRES 22 IH 

1 from the imposition of sanctions as a consequence of 

2 its utter disregard for international law and norms; 

3 (5) calls upon the Biden administration to ban 

4 all Russian airlines including Aeroflot, from entering 

5 the airspace of the United States or landing on its 

6 soil; and 

7 (6) calls upon and commends the Biden admin8 istration for honoring and abiding by the commit9 ments undertaken by the United States pursuant to 

10 Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at 

11 Washington, District of Columbia, on April 4, 1949, 

12 and entered into force on August 24, 1949. 

Æ 


pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB