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garding expressions of nationality and ethnicity, and sub-
jected them to systematic discrimination’’; 
Whereas human rights groups have cited that such discrimi-
nation has been carried out in myriad ways, including 
through the outlawing in 2016 of the elected representa-
tive body (Mejlis) of the Crimean Tatar people, the clos-
ing of Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian-language schools, 
and forced conscription; 
Whereas the Department of State and other international 
human rights groups have noted further continuing 
human rights concerns in Crimea, including the suppres-
sion of independent media and civil society through har-
assment and harsh administrative measures, politicized 
and unfair judicial processes, and poor prison conditions; 
Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation has 
worked to extend Russian citizenship to individuals inside 
Crimea and deprived access to public services of those 
who refuse such citizenship; 
Whereas civil society groups have alleged that the Govern-
ment of the Russian Federation has encouraged Russian 
citizens to relocate to the Crimean peninsula and has 
supported the physical destruction of historical sites in 
Crimea, ostensibly to influence the demographics and po-
litical character of the region in favor of the Kremlin; 
and 
Whereas the Government of the Russian Federation has sup-
ported the development of infrastructure and institutional 
ties between Crimea and the Russian Federation, includ-
ing the opening of a road and rail bridge over the Kerch 
Strait on May 15, 2018: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) reiterates that Crimea is part of the sov-
ereign territory of Ukraine; 
(2) stresses that United States policy should re-
main that Crimea is part of Ukraine and should re-
ject attempts to change the status, demographics, or 
political nature of Crimea; 
(3) reaffirms respect for the values of democ-
racy, human rights, and rule of law that all individ-
uals in Crimea deserve, including non-Russian ethnic 
groups and religious minorities; 
(4) condemns all human rights violations 
against individuals in Crimea, and underscores the 
culpability of the Russian Federation for such viola-
tions while this territory is under illegal Russian oc-
cupation; 
(5) calls on the Government of the Russian 
Federation to immediately respect the political and 
human rights of individuals in Crimea, including 
those detained in Crimea or who have been trans-
ferred from Crimea to the territory of Russia, and 
to cease efforts to restrict dissent or change the de-
mographic or political nature of the peninsula; 
(6) urges the United States Government, in co-
ordination with the European Union, NATO, and 
members 
of 
the 
international 
community, 
to 
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prioritize efforts to prevent the further consolidation 
of illegal occupying powers in Crimea, reaffirm uni-
fied opposition to the actions of the Russian Federa-
tion in Crimea, and secure the human rights of indi-
viduals there; 
(7) welcomes the sanctions that have been im-
posed and maintained to date by the United States 
and the European Union against individuals engaged 
in furthering the illegal occupation of Crimea by the 
Russian Federation; 
(8) calls on the United States Government to 
continue to use relevant sanctions authorities codi-
fied in the Countering America’s Adversaries 
Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 
44), as well as under the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act (subtitle F of title XII of 
Public Law 114–328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note), to ad-
dress and deter those engaged in furthering the ille-
gal occupation of Crimea and human rights abuses 
and corruption committed in Crimea or against indi-
viduals from Crimea; 
(9) welcomes further efforts by the United 
States Government to encourage the European 
Union to impose additional Crimea-related sanctions; 
and 
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(10) calls upon the United States Government 
to declare it the foreign policy of the United States 
to never recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea 
by the Russian Federation, similar to the 1940 
Welles Declaration in which the United States re-
fused to recognize the Soviet annexation of the Bal-
tic States. 
Æ 
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