Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should take immediate steps to support the transfer of requested fighter aircraft to the Government of Ukraine for self-defense against invasion of their sovereign state.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution expresses that the House of Representatives affirms its support for equipping the Ukrainian Air Force with MiG-29 fighter aircraft and calls upon the President to support, pursue, and facilitate such transfers, including by way of approaches to replacing allied aircraft contributions with appropriate aircraft, in support of Ukrainian self-defense in cooperation with willing allied partners.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 991 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 991

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
    of the United States should take immediate steps to support the 
transfer of requested fighter aircraft to the Government of Ukraine for 
        self-defense against invasion of their sovereign state.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2022

 Mr. Cole (for himself, Mr. Lamborn, Ms. Salazar, Mr. McClintock, Mr. 
 Van Drew, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Mast, Mrs. Walorski, 
    Mr. McKinley, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Buck, and Mr. 
 Balderson) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
    of the United States should take immediate steps to support the 
transfer of requested fighter aircraft to the Government of Ukraine for 
        self-defense against invasion of their sovereign state.

Whereas, on February 24, 2022, Russia initiated a malicious, unprovoked invasion 
        of the sovereign state of Ukraine;
Whereas this onslaught has continued and intensified in the days and weeks 
        since;
Whereas the Ukrainian leadership, its military, and its citizens have 
        demonstrated fierce commitment to fight the Russian aggression, and the 
        nation's brave and steadfast resistance has significantly hindered the 
        invasion and has earned the admiration, praise, and sympathy of the vast 
        majority of the international community;
Whereas Russia has significantly increased its targeting of innocent men, women, 
        children, and elderly, as well as civilian infrastructure such as 
        houses, apartment buildings, schools, and hospitals;
Whereas Russia has both failed to negotiate in good faith and to abide by 
        commitments to provide for safe humanitarian corridors for civilians to 
        flee the war to safety;
Whereas equipping the Ukrainian Air Force to secure its own airspace, to 
        suppress aerial attacks and reconnaissance, and to increase the safe 
        mobility of Ukrainian ground forces could help reduce the need for, and 
        the pressure on, the international community to enter the war on 
        humanitarian grounds, thus reducing risk of involving additional 
        combatants;
Whereas the United States has consistently maintained that it would supply 
        Ukraine with weapons to defend its borders and sovereignty, and has 
        already delivered significantly on that pledge;
Whereas Congress has appropriated and the President has signed the Consolidated 
        Appropriations Act, 2022, including approximately $13,600,000,000 in 
        additional emergency assistance for the situation in Ukraine;
Whereas Poland has recently made an offer to provide 28 MiG-29 fighter aircraft 
        for the purpose of delivery to Ukraine; and
Whereas Ukrainian pilots are already trained to fly and maintain this aircraft, 
        and their delivery could help secure Ukrainian airspace, preventing 
        further loss of innocent life at the hands of Russian aggressors: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives affirms its support for 
equipping the Ukrainian Air Force with such aircraft and calls upon the 
President of the United States to support, pursue, and facilitate such 
transfers, including by way of approaches to replace allied aircraft 
contributions with appropriate aircraft, in support of Ukrainian self-
defense in cooperation with willing allied partners.
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