Underscoring continued support for the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia's aggression, reiterating support for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders and its territorial waters, and calling for justice for all atrocity crimes committed by members of Russia's forces in Ukraine.

IV 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 41 Underscoring continued support for the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia’s aggression, reiterating support for Ukraine’s independ- ence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity within its internationally recog- nized borders and its territorial waters, and calling for justice for all atrocity crimes committed by members of Russia’s forces in Ukraine. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 17, 2023 Mr. KEATING (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. QUIGLEY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Underscoring continued support for the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russia’s aggression, reiterating support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, and ter- ritorial integrity within its internationally recognized bor- ders and its territorial waters, and calling for justice for all atrocity crimes committed by members of Russia’s forces in Ukraine. Whereas, on February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation ini- tiated a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, following on its in- vasion of Ukraine’s Crimea region and other territories in eastern Ukraine in 2014; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jan 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR41.IH HR41 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HRES 41 IH Whereas the people of Ukraine have fought bravely and hero- ically for their independence, sovereignty, territorial in- tegrity, and political independence, including their choice of democracy for Ukraine; Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has caused immense human suffering within Ukraine and around the world, and fueled conflicts with- in the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova and violated their territorial integ- rity, resulting in Russia’s occupation of parts of eastern and southern Ukraine, Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula and the city of Sevastopol, and Georgia’s regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as well as a violation of its neighbors; Whereas the Lukashenka regime in Belarus is complicit in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has allowed the Russian military to use Belarusian territory to attack Ukraine; Whereas the direct targeting of civilians and civilian infra- structure is a violation of international law, and Russia’s attacks have resulted in the death of countless Ukrainian civilians across the country; Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the displacement of millions of Ukrainian civilians both internally and abroad, disproportionally affecting the lives of women and chil- dren in Ukraine; Whereas the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has impeded the export of vital global food sup- plies resulting in increased food insecurity for the world’s most vulnerable populations; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jan 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR41.IH HR41 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •HRES 41 IH Whereas the Russian Federation’s military tactics and cal- culations have led to outright failure in Ukraine; Whereas an immense amount of compelling evidence has al- ready been collected indicating that members of the Rus- sian military have committed a wide variety of atrocity crimes in Ukraine and against the Ukrainian people; Whereas efforts to achieve justice and accountability for atrocity crimes committed by members of Russia’s forces in Ukraine have been organized on a national and inter- national level; and Whereas the Russian Federation’s unprecedented full-scale invasion of Ukraine has reached a critical point requiring immediate and decisive action by the international com- munity: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) condemns in the strongest terms the Rus- 2 sian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine; 3 (2) calls on the Russian Federation to cease its 4 war of aggression against Ukraine and remove all of 5 its troops from the internationally recognized bor- 6 ders of Ukraine; 7 (3) supports the people of Ukraine in their de- 8 fense of their country’s freedom, independence, and 9 democracy; 10 (4) recognizes the immense bravery and resil- 11 ience shown by the people of Ukraine in the face of 12 Russia’s unbridled aggression; 13 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jan 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR41.IH HR41 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •HRES 41 IH (5) underscores Ukraine’s sovereignty and terri- 1 torial integrity within its internationally recognized 2 borders; 3 (6) reaffirms that the United States will never 4 recognize the Russian Federation’s illegal and illegit- 5 imate attempted annexation of Ukraine’s territory; 6 (7) underscores the need for increased punitive 7 actions, in coordination with United States allies 8 and partners, against Russia in response to the full- 9 scale invasion of Ukraine and occupation of sov- 10 ereign territory of Ukraine; 11 (8) strongly supports the seizure of frozen Rus- 12 sian sovereign assets for use by Ukraine, including 13 for its recovery and reconstruction; 14 (9) underscores the urgent need for increased 15 security assistance to Ukraine; 16 (10) calls for justice and accountability for all 17 responsible for serious violations of international hu- 18 manitarian law and gross violations of internation- 19 ally recognized human rights in Ukraine; and 20 (11) urges United States allies and partners to 21 increase their assistance to Ukraine and continue to 22 stand together in support of the people of Ukraine 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jan 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR41.IH HR41 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 5 •HRES 41 IH in their defense of their country’s freedom, inde- 1 pendence, and democracy. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:24 Jan 17, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR41.IH HR41 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB