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Whereas the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian 
Research Lab found that Russian adoption facilities are 
engaging in systematic ‘‘re-education’’ efforts that expose 
children from Ukraine to Russia-centric academic, cul-
tural, patriotic, and military education, and multiple fa-
cilities are advertised as ‘‘integration programs’’ with the 
apparent goal of integrating children from Ukraine into 
the Russian Government’s vision of national culture, his-
tory, and society; 
Whereas the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian 
Research Lab also verified that thousands of Ukrainian 
children, some only toddlers, have been victims of this 
forcible deportation to Russia and that many of these 
children are being held in 43 camps across Russian Fed-
eration territory, including two camps in Siberia; 
Whereas the 117th Congress passed legislation directing the 
United States to assist with ‘‘investigations and prosecu-
tions of foreign nationals related to the situation in 
Ukraine, including to support victims and witnesses’’; 
and 
Whereas President Zelenskyy of Ukraine has thanked the 
ICC for its ‘‘historic’’ decision to issue arrest warrants 
for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, stating that 
‘‘in the criminal proceeding being investigated by 
[Ukraine’s] law enforcement officers, more than 16,000 
forced deportations of Ukrainian children by the occupier 
have already been recorded. But the real, full number of 
deportees may be much higher’’: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) denounces the Russian Federation’s full- 
scale invasion of Ukraine and calls on the Russian 
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Federation to immediately withdraw all forces from 
the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine; 
(2) stands outraged by actions taken by Rus-
sian Armed Forces, Government, and their proxies 
to remove Ukrainian children from their homes and 
forcibly integrate them into Russian society; 
(3) condemns the ongoing, unlawful, and sys-
tematic deportation, forcible transfer, and ‘‘re-edu-
cation’’ of Ukrainian children from occupied terri-
tories of Ukraine to the Russian Federation and 
within occupied territories of Ukraine under the di-
rection of Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova; 
(4) recognizes the devastating psychological, in-
tergenerational harm and trauma caused to Ukrain-
ian parents, families, and communities by the forc-
ible removal of their children and to the Ukrainian 
children separated from their families and commu-
nities; 
(5) supports the decision of the International 
Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for Vladimir 
Putin, President of the Russian Federation, and 
Maria Lvova-Belova, Commissioner for Children’s 
Rights in the Office of the President of the Russian 
Federation, for committing war crimes related to the 
unlawful deportation of children from occupied areas 
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of Ukraine to the Russian Federation and within oc-
cupied territories of Ukraine; 
(6) calls for the Russian Federation to imme-
diately reveal any existing records of the deportation 
of children and adoption of deported children to 
Ukrainian authorities; 
(7) calls for the Russian Federation to imme-
diately return all deported Ukrainian children back 
to their homes in Ukraine so they can be reunited 
with their families and communities; 
(8) condemns the Russian Federation for all 
atrocity crimes and the gross violations of human 
rights it has committed in Ukraine such as targeting 
civilians, destroying critical civilian infrastructure re-
lated to energy and health care, and using torture 
and sexual violence as weapons of war; and 
(9) calls on President Biden to direct all de-
partments and agencies to support the International 
Criminal Court’s investigation and prosecution of 
atrocity crimes committed in Ukraine, including 
those related to the Russian Federation’s unlawful 
transfer and deportation of children. 
Æ 
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