IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 959 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress does 
not recognize the Russian Federation as the inheritor of the Union 
of Soviet Socialist Republics seat as a permanent member of the United 
Nations Security Council. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2022 
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. STEWART, Mr. 
MOORE of Utah, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. 
STEUBE, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
DUNCAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. JACOBS of New York, Ms. VAN DUYNE, 
Mr. BABIN, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. ELLZEY, Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. ROY, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. BARR, Mr. GARCIA of Cali-
fornia, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Mr. 
ROUZER, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. MURPHY of 
North Carolina, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. RICE of South Caro-
lina, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. BACON, Mr. WESTERMAN, and Mr. 
GUEST) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Congress does not recognize the Russian Federation as 
the inheritor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
seat as a permanent member of the United Nations 
Security Council. 
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•HRES 959 IH 
Whereas Chapter V, Article 23 of the Charter of the United 
Nations names ‘‘the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’’ 
as a permanent member of the Security Council; 
Whereas the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was dis-
solved on December 26, 1991; 
Whereas the Charter of the United Nations was not amended 
and still names the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 
as a member of the United Nations and a Permanent 
Member of the United Nations Security Council; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly did not vote 
on a resolution to admit the Russian Federation; 
Whereas the United Nations General Assembly voted on reso-
lutions to admit other former Soviet Socialist Republics; 
Whereas there was not a United Nations General Assembly 
vote approving then Russian Federation President Boris 
Yeltsin’s letter transferring membership of the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics to the Russian Federation; and 
Whereas the Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin has 
repeatedly violated the United Nations Purposes and 
Principles, as established in the Charter of the United 
Nations, Article 2, paragraph 4 to ‘‘refrain in their inter-
national relations from the threat or use of force against 
the territorial integrity or political independence’’: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) does not recognize the Russian Federation 
as the inheritor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics seat as a permanent member on the United 
Nations Security Council; 
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•HRES 959 IH 
(2) favors the removal of the Russian Federa-
tion as a permanent member of the United Nations 
Security Council; and 
(3) encourages the Biden administration to take 
all necessary action at the United Nations to remove 
the Russian Federation from its position as a per-
manent member of the United Nations Security 
Council. 
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