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

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; 36 are original cosponsors, there from 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
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-TX	John R. Carter	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-LA	Julia Letlow	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-FL	Kat Cammack	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-PA	Lloyd Smucker	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-FL	Michael Waltz	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-CA	Mike Garcia	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-AL	Mike Rogers	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-SC	Tom Rice	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-MS	Trent Kelly	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV	Original	Mar 2, 2022
R-TX	Michael Cloud		Mar 9, 2022
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Mar 9, 2022
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Mar 15, 2022
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Mar 15, 2022
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Dec 14, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Foreign Affairs Committee	Referred Mar 2, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

Research

What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R48306	United Nations Membership: In Brief	Report	Dec 12, 2024

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: 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.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 2, 2022Introduced in House

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