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US HJR77
Joint Resolution
Status
3/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Brian Fitzpatrick
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AI Summary
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Establishes U.S. policy to recognize Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its 1991 internationally recognized borders
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Prohibits the U.S. government from recognizing or taking any action implying recognition of Russian claims over occupied Ukrainian territories
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Specifically covers Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson as sovereign Ukrainian territories
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Declares Russia has illegally occupied and annexed these regions since 2014 in violation of the UN Charter and international law
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Invokes the principle that illegal acts create no legal rights and references the 1940 Welles Declaration as precedent for non-recognition policy
Legislative Description
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.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
3/18/2025