HRES 959 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress does not recognize the Russian Federation as the inheritor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics seat as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

Introduced Mar 2, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Dan Crenshaw R-TX

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 2, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 2, 2022
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

This resolution expresses that the House of Representatives

does not recognize Russia as the inheritor of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics' seat as a permanent member on the U.N. Security Council, and
encourages the Biden Administration to take all necessary action at the United Nations to remove Russia from its position as a permanent member of the Security Council.

Cosponsors 41

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2022 to Dec 14, 2022, with 36 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-KY	Andy Barr	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-UT	Blake D. Moore	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-TX	Chip Roy	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-NY	Chris Jacobs	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-UT	Chris Stewart	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-NC	Dan Bishop	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-NC	David Rouzer	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy	Original	Mar 2, 2022

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Mar 2, 2022Introduced in House
Mar 2, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Subjects

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Mar 2, 2022Introduced in House

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