IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1040 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the boycott 
of certain companies that continue to operate in Russia and provide 
financial benefits to the Putin regime. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2022 
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan (for himself, Mr. KEATING, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CICILLINE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of 
New York, Ms. NEWMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. SHERRILL, and Mr. 
TRONE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the boycott of certain companies that continue to 
operate in Russia and provide financial benefits to the 
Putin regime. 
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Government of Russia, 
led by Vladimir Putin, invaded the sovereign country of 
Ukraine under the direction of the President of the Rus-
sian Federation Vladimir Putin; 
Whereas, on March 6, 2022, Secretary of State Antony 
Blinken stated that the United States has seen credible 
reports of Russia engaging in ‘‘deliberate attacks on civil-
ians, which would constitute a war crime’’; 
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•HRES 1040 IH 
Whereas, as of April 6, 2022, according to the United Na-
tions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused at least 
3,776 civilian casualties and forced more than 4,278,000 
refugees to flee Ukraine, with estimates likely severely 
undercounting the actual toll; 
Whereas, on March 16, 2022, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy 
urged ‘‘All American companies must leave Russia . . . 
leave their market immediately, because it is flooded with 
[Ukrainian] blood’’; 
Whereas in the same speech, President Zelenskyy called on 
Congress to lead by pressuring companies ‘‘who finance 
the Russian military machine’’ and conduct ‘‘business in 
Russia’’ and to ‘‘make sure that the Russians do not re-
ceive a single penny that they use to destroy people in 
Ukraine’’; 
Whereas Jeffrey Sonnenfeld of the Yale School of Manage-
ment has compiled a list of some 600 companies which 
have withdrawn permanently or temporarily from Russia 
as of April 6, 2022; 
Whereas according to the same Yale database, some 33 com-
panies form a ‘‘hall of shame’’ by refusing to exit Russia 
or reduce their business activities there; 
Whereas by refusing to reduce, cease, or withdraw operations 
in Russia, these companies contribute to undermining the 
sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies that 
are intended to deter further Russian aggression; and 
Whereas a number of United States and multinational com-
panies that do business in Russia do not provide life-sav-
ing or health-related goods and services to the Russian 
people and contribute to Putin’s ability to wage war in 
Ukraine and continue to commit war crimes by providing 
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•HRES 1040 IH 
revenue for the Russian Government: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports and encourages Americans who 
choose to exercise their free speech rights by boy-
cotting companies that do not provide life-saving or 
health-related goods and services to the Russian peo-
ple yet continue to operate in Russia; 
(2) condemns companies that continue to oper-
ate in Russia and provide financial benefits to the 
Putin regime that enable his ability to continue wag-
ing war in Ukraine; and 
(3) commends companies that have already sus-
pended operations in or withdrawn from markets in 
Russia in response to the Putin regime’s unlawful 
invasion of Ukraine. 
Æ 
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