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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 802 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 802

Condemning any attempts by Russia to claim sovereignty over any portion 
                              of Ukraine.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 28, 2022

  Mr. Graham (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Condemning any attempts by Russia to claim sovereignty over any portion 
                              of Ukraine.

Whereas the Russian Federation violated the sovereignty of Ukraine beginning 
        with the illegal annexation of Crimea and its invasion into eastern 
        Ukraine;
Whereas beginning in February 2022, the Russian Federation sought to further 
        violate Ukraine's sovereignty by launching unprovoked military action 
        against Ukraine;
Whereas on September 22, 2022, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization condemned 
        the then upcoming referenda stating that the ``[s]ham referenda in the 
        Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions of Ukraine have no 
        legitimacy and will be a blatant violation of the UN Charter. NATO 
        Allies will not recognize their illegal and illegitimate annexation. 
        These lands are Ukraine. We call on all States to reject Russia's 
        blatant attempts at territorial conquest'';
Whereas on September 23, 2022, President Joe Biden stated, ``The United States 
        will never recognize Ukrainian territory as anything other than part of 
        Ukraine.'';
Whereas beginning on September 23, 2022, Russia conducted sham referenda in 4 
        Ukrainian regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia) in an 
        attempt to validate Moscow's illegal annexation of the territory;
Whereas reports indicate that--

    (1) Ukrainians have been forced to vote in the sham referenda ``under a 
gun barrel''; and

    (2) Russian officials have visited schools, hospitals, and other 
workplaces to force Ukrainians to vote in favor of annexation; and

Whereas the Kremlin has stated that once the sham referenda are concluded, the 
        process of absorbing the annexed areas into Russia will be completed 
        ``promptly'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) refuses to recognize any claim of sovereignty by the 
        Russian Federation over any portion of Ukraine;
            (2) views the recent sham referenda beginning on September 
        23, 2022, directed by the Government of the Russian Federation, 
        as a violation of international law; and
            (3) calls upon the President of the United States to 
        restrict all economic and military aid and assistance to any 
        nation that recognizes Russian sovereignty over any portion of 
        Ukraine.
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