H.R. 168 Summary

• Commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the 1932-1933 Soviet-engineered famine that killed 7-10 million Ukrainians under Joseph Stalin's regime.

• Recognizes the Holodomor as genocide designed to punish Ukrainian resistance and destroy national identity by targeting religious, intellectual, and cultural leaders.

• Urges individuals, groups, organizations, and institutions to remember the Holodomor with appropriate commemorative activities and education about this historical atrocity.

• Directs transmission of certified resolution copies to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, and members of the Ukrainian Caucus in Congress.

• Draws connection between the historical 1932-1933 genocide and current Russian aggression in Ukraine, framing the commemoration around the theme "Holodomor Then, Genocide Now, Justice When?"