[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 77 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 77

   Establishing that it shall be the policy of the Government of the 
     United States to recognize the sovereignty, independence, and 
 territorial integrity of Ukraine within that nation's internationally 
               recognized borders as established in 1991.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 2025

  Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. 
Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Hoyer, 
 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, and Ms. Kaptur) submitted the following 
   joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   Establishing that it shall be the policy of the Government of the 
     United States to recognize the sovereignty, independence, and 
 territorial integrity of Ukraine within that nation's internationally 
               recognized borders as established in 1991.

Whereas the United States reaffirms its unwavering commitment to Ukraine's 
        sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity within its 
        internationally recognized borders as established in 1991;
Whereas Russia has illegally and forcibly occupied and annexed Crimea, Donetsk, 
        Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson;
Whereas, since 2014, Russia has flagrantly violated the United Nations Charter 
        and international law through its war of aggression and illegal 
        occupation;
Whereas the United States upholds the principle of ex injuria jus non oritur--
        illegal acts create no legal rights--and that no unlawful act can become 
        legal through force, coercion, or passage of time;
Whereas Ukraine's borders and lands remain Ukrainian regardless of any act of 
        war, coercion, or political manipulation; and
Whereas, as with the Welles Declaration of 1940, the United States categorically 
        rejects Russia's territorial claims made through aggression and sham 
        referenda: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the exclusive 
policy of the Government of the United States to not recognize, nor 
commit any action that implies recognition of, claims made by the 
Russia Federation over the sovereign Ukrainian territories it occupies, 
including but not limited to Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, 
and Kherson.
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