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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. J. RES. 77 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Establishing that it shall be the policy of the Government of the United |
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| 6 | 6 | | States to recognize the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity |
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| 7 | 7 | | of Ukraine within that nation’s internationally recognized borders as |
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| 8 | 8 | | established in 1991. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH18, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. F |
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| 12 | 12 | | ITZPATRICK(for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. TURNERof Ohio, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | B |
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| 14 | 14 | | OYLEof Pennsylvania, Mr. LAWLER, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. BACON, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | H |
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| 16 | 16 | | OYER, Mr. WILSONof South Carolina, and Ms. KAPTUR) submitted the |
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| 17 | 17 | | following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on For- |
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| 18 | 18 | | eign Affairs |
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| 19 | 19 | | JOINT RESOLUTION |
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| 20 | 20 | | Establishing that it shall be the policy of the Government |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the United States to recognize the sovereignty, inde- |
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| 22 | 22 | | pendence, and territorial integrity of Ukraine within that |
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| 23 | 23 | | nation’s internationally recognized borders as established |
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| 24 | 24 | | in 1991. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whereas the United States reaffirms its unwavering commit- |
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| 26 | 26 | | ment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, and terri- |
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| 27 | 27 | | torial integrity within its internationally recognized bor- |
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| 28 | 28 | | ders as established in 1991; |
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| 29 | 29 | | Whereas Russia has illegally and forcibly occupied and an- |
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| 30 | 30 | | nexed Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and |
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| 31 | 31 | | Kherson; |
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| 35 | 35 | | Whereas, since 2014, Russia has flagrantly violated the |
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| 36 | 36 | | United Nations Charter and international law through its |
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| 37 | 37 | | war of aggression and illegal occupation; |
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| 38 | 38 | | Whereas the United States upholds the principle of ex injuria |
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| 39 | 39 | | jus non oritur—illegal acts create no legal rights—and |
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| 40 | 40 | | that no unlawful act can become legal through force, co- |
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| 41 | 41 | | ercion, or passage of time; |
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| 42 | 42 | | Whereas Ukraine’s borders and lands remain Ukrainian re- |
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| 43 | 43 | | gardless of any act of war, coercion, or political manipu- |
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| 44 | 44 | | lation; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | Whereas, as with the Welles Declaration of 1940, the United |
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| 46 | 46 | | States categorically rejects Russia’s territorial claims |
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| 47 | 47 | | made through aggression and sham referenda: Now, |
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| 48 | 48 | | therefore, be it |
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| 49 | 49 | | Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | That it shall be the exclusive policy of the Government 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of the United States to not recognize, nor commit any ac-4 |
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| 53 | 53 | | tion that implies recognition of, claims made by the Russia 5 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Federation over the sovereign Ukrainian territories it oc-6 |
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| 55 | 55 | | cupies, including but not limited to Crimea, Donetsk, 7 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. 8 |
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