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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 591

To authorize the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to establish 

a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the 

victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2003

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. OLVER, Mr. WEINER, Mr. 

MCNULTY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. QUINN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SMITH of New 

Jersey, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HINCHEY, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. WOLF, Ms. WATSON, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. 

PAYNE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. 

LOWEY, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, and Mrs. MALONEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To authorize the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America 

to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District 

of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 
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1 (1) Internationally accepted principles of 

2 human rights condemn the use of food as a political 

3 weapon. 

4 (2) In the years 1932–1933, Ukraine was rav5 aged and its people brought to the verge of physical 

6 extinction by a famine caused not by natural causes 

7 such as pestilence, drought, floods, or poor harvest, 

8 but as a consequence of a premeditated policy on the 

9 part of the Soviet Government led by Joseph Stalin 

10 to crush the nationally conscious Ukrainian people 

11 and destroy their national, political, cultural, and re12 ligious rights. 

13 (3) Attempts at intercessions were made by the 

14 United States Government during the height of the 

15 famine, in the fall/winter of 1932–1933, indicating 

16 that it has always been the traditional policy of the 

17 United States to recognize events such as the fam18 ine-genocide in Ukraine. 

19 (4) The United States Commission on the 

20 Ukraine Famine found in its report filed in 1988 

21 pursuant to Public Law 98–473 that the Ukrainian 

22 famine was a deliberate policy of the Soviet Govern23 ment. 
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1 (5) The Ukrainian famine is considered an un2 precedented heinous crime of genocide as defined by 

3 the United Nations Genocide Convention. 

4 (6) Ukrainian communities worldwide plan to 

5 commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian 

6 famine-genocide with appropriate observances to pay 

7 tribute to the victims of this tragedy. 

8 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MEMORIAL. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Ukrainian Congress Com10 mittee of America is authorized to establish a memorial 

11 on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the 

12 victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933. 

13 (b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO14 RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the memorial shall 

15 be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act (40 

16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), except that sections 2(c), 6(b), 8(b), 

17 and 10(c) of that Act shall not apply with respect to the 

18 memorial. 

19 SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. 

20 The United States Government shall not pay any ex21 pense for the establishment of the memorial or its mainte22 nance.

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