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107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5289
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
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. BLAGOJEVICH, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr.
HINCHEY, Mr. HOEFFEL, Mr. HORN, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Ms.
KILPATRICK, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr.
LANTOS, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MCNULTY, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr.
MENENDEZ, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. QUINN, Mr. SCHAFFER, Mr. SHERMAN,
Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. WEINER, and Mr.
WELDON of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred 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 fam-
ine-genocide of 1932–1933.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) 
Internationally 
accepted 
principles 
of
human rights condemn the use of food as a political
weapon.
(2) In the years 1932–1933, Ukraine was rav-
aged and its people brought to the verge of physical
extinction by a famine caused not by natural causes
such as pestilence, drought, floods, or poor harvest,
but as a consequence of a premeditated policy on the
part of the Soviet Government led by Joseph Stalin
to crush the nationally conscious Ukrainian people
and destroy their national, political, cultural, and re-
ligious rights.
(3) Attempts at intercessions were made by the
United States Government during the height of the
famine, in the fall/winter of 1932–1933, indicating
that it has always been the traditional policy of the
United States to recognize events such as the fam-
ine-genocide in Ukraine.
(4) The United States Commission on the
Ukraine Famine found in its report filed in 1988
pursuant to Public Law 98–473 that the Ukrainian
famine was a deliberate policy of the Soviet Govern-
ment.
(5) The Ukrainian famine is considered an un-
precedented heinous crime of genocide as defined by
the United Nations Genocide Convention.
(6) Ukrainian communities worldwide plan to
commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian
famine-genocide with appropriate observances to pay
tribute to the victims of this tragedy.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MEMORIAL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Ukrainian Congress Com-
mittee of America is authorized to establish a memorial
on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the
victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932–1933.
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS FOR COMMEMO-
RATIVE WORKS.—The establishment of the memorial shall
be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act (40
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), except that sections 2(c), 6(b), 8(b),
and 10(c) of that Act shall not apply with respect to the
memorial.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
The United States Government shall not pay any ex-
pense for the establishment of the memorial or its mainte-
nance.
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