Title: Supporting an independent and democratic Ukraine.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution expresses that the House of Representatives

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 947 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 947

           Supporting an independent and democratic Ukraine.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2022

    Mr. Wenstrup (for himself and Mr. Crow) submitted the following 
   resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
           Supporting an independent and democratic Ukraine.

Whereas, on August 24, 1991, the Ukrainian Parliament voted overwhelmingly for 
        independence from the Soviet Union and set December 1, 1991, for a 
        national independence referendum;
Whereas, on December 1, 1991, more than 90 percent of Ukrainians voting in the 
        referendum supported independence;
Whereas, by December 25, 1991, the United States joined more than 20 countries, 
        including Russia, in recognizing Ukrainian independence;
Whereas, on December 5, 1994, Ukraine joined the United States, Russia, and the 
        United Kingdom in signing the ``Budapest Memorandum on Security 
        Assurances'', in which it agreed to remove all nuclear weapons from its 
        territory in exchange for assurance that Russia would respect its 
        sovereignty;
Whereas, on February 8, 1994, Ukraine was the first member state of the 
        Commonwealth of Independent States to join the Partnership for Peace 
        program of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and has since 
        been recognized as an Enhanced Opportunities Partner;
Whereas, beginning February 20, 2014, the Russian Federation clandestinely 
        invaded Ukraine, with Russian troops claiming to be Ukrainian 
        separatists, and since then have militarily occupied the regions of 
        Crimea and Donbas;
Whereas, on July 17, 2014, Russian-backed separatists shot down Malaysia 
        Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine with Russian missiles, killing 
        all 298 people on board;
Whereas, on September 5, 2014, Ukraine, the Russian Federation, and the 
        Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) signed the 
        Minsk Protocol aimed at ending the conflict, which the Russian 
        Federation continued to violate;
Whereas, on February 12, 2015, a new package of measures to end the conflict in 
        Ukraine was signed, known as Minsk II;
Whereas, throughout 2021 and early 2022, Russia deployed a massive troop and 
        weapons buildup on the border with Ukraine;
Whereas, on December 7, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., warned Russian 
        President Vladimir Putin that the West would impose ``strong economic 
        and other measures'' if Russia invades Ukraine; and
Whereas, in the early morning of February 24, 2022, in Ukraine, Russian 
        President Vladimir Putin launched a large-scale invasions of sovereign 
        Ukraine: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) stands unequivocally with the Ukrainian people and 
        supports Ukraine's sovereignty and right to self-governance;
            (2) condemns in the strongest terms Russian President 
        Vladimir Putin's full-scale, unprovoked war on Ukraine and 
        violations of international laws and principles;
            (3) reaffirms our commitment to work with our allies of the 
        free world and the Biden administration to provide lethal 
        weapons for Ukraine's defense, as well as, nonlethal, 
        diplomatic, intelligence, and humanitarian support to Ukraine;
            (4) calls on the Biden administration to immediately enact 
        additional crippling, punitive sanctions on Vladimir Putin and 
        his Russian authoritarian regime as well as appoint a United 
        States Ambassador to Ukraine without further delay;
            (5) urges all members of international governing bodies to 
        which the Russian Federation belongs to publicly condemn 
        President Putin's aggression and demonstrate in word and deed 
        that Russia's actions exclude them from any legitimate seat in 
        the international community; and
            (6) reaffirms unwavering United States support for a 
        secure, democratic, and independent Ukraine free to choose its 
        own leaders and future.
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