IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1621 
Proclaiming that it is United States policy to allow the Government of 
Ukraine to use United States weapons against military assets inside 
of the Russian Federation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2024 
Mr. PANETTA (for himself and Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Proclaiming that it is United States policy to allow the 
Government of Ukraine to use United States weapons 
against military assets inside of the Russian Federation. 
Whereas, since the Russian Federation’s second invasion of 
Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Ukrainian military, resi-
dential, health care, and energy infrastructure have been 
relentlessly targeted by Russian forces, killing thousands 
of Ukrainian troops and civilians in the process, upending 
daily life, and causing nationwide blackouts; 
Whereas the Russian Federation has also perpetrated gross 
human rights violations against Ukrainians, using rape, 
religious persecution, torture, abduction of children, and 
other forms of inhumane treatment as weapons of war; 
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Whereas, from September 2022 to September 2024, Russia 
launched nearly 11,466 missiles across Ukraine, aver-
aging 23 missiles fired daily; 
Whereas, from October 2022 to September 2024, Russia 
launched nearly 1,000 attacks against Ukraine’s energy 
infrastructure, with increased attacks orchestrated during 
winter months to cause widespread suffering among 
Ukrainian civilians; 
Whereas, since the start of the war, Russian President Vladi-
mir Putin has cooperated with the Islamic Republic of 
Iran to provide the Russian Federation with drones and 
missiles that have been used to destroy Ukrainian infra-
structure and kill Ukrainian soldiers and civilians; 
Whereas, since October 2024, President Putin recruited up-
wards of 12,000 North Korean soldiers to supplant Rus-
sia’s wartime efforts and assault the Ukrainian people; 
Whereas, in November 2024, Russia also obtained long-range 
rocket and artillery systems from North Korea for use 
against Ukrainians; 
Whereas, on November 17, 2024, Russia launched one of the 
most large-scale drone and missile attacks against 
Ukraine’s power grid at the onset of winter, lasting sev-
eral hours and killing numerous civilians; 
Whereas, since February 2022, the United States in partner-
ship with Western allies have taken an incremental ap-
proach to security assistance for Ukraine, including pro-
viding Ukraine with High Mobility Artillery Rocket Sys-
tems (HIMARS) in June 2022, the Patriot Missile sys-
tem in April 2023, and F–16 fighter jets in August 
2024; 
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Whereas, in May 2023, the United States provided Ukraine 
with longer range battlefield missiles to reach Russian 
military depots that have provided weapons and other 
military capabilities used against Ukraine; 
Whereas, although the United States providing Ukraine with 
HIMARS, the Patriot system, F–16s, and long-range 
weapons were considered by President Putin as crossing 
his red lines, the President has not enforced his threats 
to escalate, including through nuclear force; and 
Whereas, in November 2024, the United States lifted restric-
tions to authorize Ukrainians to use long-range missiles 
supplied by the United States against military assets in-
side Russia that have contributed to operations to ille-
gally seize Ukrainian territory, kill civilians and troops, 
and destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure and power grids: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) views the Russian Federation’s unprovoked 
second invasion against Ukraine in February 2022, 
and its subsequent gross violations of human rights, 
as unacceptable and warranting support from the 
United States for Ukraine’s ability to defend itself 
by targeting military assets inside of the Russian 
Federation that are enabling President Putin’s war 
crimes; and 
(2) affirms it is the policy of the United States 
to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied 
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by the United States to strike against military assets 
inside of the Russian Federation. 
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