•HRES 955 IH 
Whereas it is longstanding policy of the United States Gov-
ernment not to recognize territorial changes by force: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the commitment of the United 
States to support the democratically elected Govern-
ments of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova and their 
people; 
(2) reaffirms the support of the United States 
to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova’s integration into 
the European Union; 
(3) condemns Russia’s continued contravention 
of the Budapest Memorandum and the pursuant 
harm Russia continues to cause; 
(4) calls for all personnel and equipment be-
longing to Russian security and armed forces to im-
mediately withdraw from the sovereign territory of 
Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; 
(5) calls for the Russian Federation to imme-
diately cease its military support to illegal para-
military units operating within the internationally 
recognized territories of Ukraine, Georgia, and 
Moldova; 
(6) calls for the Russian Federation to cease its 
destabilizing activities in Transnistria in Moldova, 
South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, and the 
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Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, as well as 
to terminate its forcible and illegal annexation of 
Crimea; 
(7) calls on the United States Government, 
United States allies in Europe, the United Nations, 
and international partners to continue to pressure 
the Government of the Russian Federation to uphold 
its international obligations; 
(8) commends the ongoing cooperation between 
the Governments of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova 
to confront ongoing Russian violations of their terri-
torial integrity and combat efforts to destabilize or 
otherwise malignly influence political activity in their 
nations; 
(9) supports enhanced cooperation between the 
United States and the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, 
and Moldova to assist in strengthening their capac-
ity to resist the destabilizing activities of the Rus-
sian Federation, including in areas of defense and 
security; 
(10) continues to oppose the Nord Stream II 
pipeline project in coordination with European allies, 
mindful of the threat of this project to the security 
of Europe; 
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(11) encourages the Government of the United 
States to further support the diversification of en-
ergy supplies to Europe, including through sup-
porting Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure; 
(12) supports increased economic cooperation 
and bilateral trade between the United States and 
the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova; and 
(13) calls on the Department of State to engage 
in a dialogue with the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, 
and Moldova on best practices to combat Russian 
meddling in the sovereign nations’ democratic proc-
esses. 
Æ 
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