IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 76 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the International Criminal Court should 
immediately proceed with prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin 
with war crimes should any harm befall Ukrainian President Volodymyr 
Zelenskyy as a result of actions taken or directed by any Russian entity 
or authority. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2022 
Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. CARSON, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. UPTON, Mr. 
BROOKS, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. CARTER of 
Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. COSTA, Mr. ROD-
NEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. FALLON, 
Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BRADY, Mr. TONY GONZALES of Texas, Mr. 
WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. 
NEWHOUSE, Mr. CAREY, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
COMER, Mr. PALMER, Mr. PFLUGER, Mr. STEWART, Mr. NORMAN, and 
Mr. WENSTRUP) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress that the International 
Criminal Court should immediately proceed with pros-
ecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin with war 
crimes should any harm befall Ukrainian President 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a result of actions taken or 
directed by any Russian entity or authority. 
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•HCON 76 IH 
Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Russia launched a large- 
scale air, land, and sea attack on the independent and 
democratic state of Ukraine; 
Whereas, on February 25, 2022, Ukrainian President 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated, ‘‘According to the informa-
tion we have, the enemy has marked me as target No. 
1, my family as target No. 2. They want to destroy 
Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state.’’; 
Whereas President Zelenskyy has remained in Ukraine to 
fight with Ukrainians against the Russian invasion; 
Whereas President Putin has called Ukraine’s democratically 
elected Government drug addicts and neo-Nazis; 
Whereas Vladimir Putin is serving his fourth term as Presi-
dent of Russia and could potentially serve until 2036; 
Whereas Russian state entities have been linked to the poi-
soning of several political dissidents and Russian en-
emies; 
Whereas these poisonings include Ukrainian Presidential can-
didate Viktor Yuschenko in 2004, Russian journalist 
Anna Politkovskaya in 2004, former Russian Federal Se-
curity Service (FSB) officer Alexander Litvinenko in 
2006, former Russian FSB officer Sergey Skripal in 
2018, and Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny in 
2020; 
Whereas, on February 28, 2022, the International Criminal 
Court stated it would open a formal investigation into 
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; 
Whereas International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim A.A. 
Khan stated, ‘‘I am satisfied that there is a reasonable 
basis to believe that both alleged war crimes against hu-
manity have been committed in Ukraine . . .’’; 
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•HCON 76 IH 
Whereas the Rome Statute of the International Criminal 
Court includes the Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of 
genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and 
the crime of aggression; and 
Whereas, on February 20, 2014, Ukraine made a declaration 
accepting jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court 
on an open-ended basis: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the 
International Criminal Court should immediately proceed 
with prosecuting Russian President Vladimir Putin with 
war crimes should any harm befall Ukrainian President 
Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a result of actions taken or di-
rected by any Russian entity or authority. 
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