Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the need for investigation and prosecution of the crime of aggression and other international crimes committed by officials of the Government of the Russian Federation against the Government and people of Ukraine, and calling on the President to direct the United States representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an appropriate regional or international justice mechanism to investigate and prosecute possible international crimes stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and further calling upon the President to convoke and convene the world's democracies for the purposes of establishing such an international justice mechanism at the earliest possible time, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Mar 7, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 7, 2022
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that
- the United States should urge Russia, Ukraine, and other groups involved in the war in Ukraine to implement an immediate cease-fire and engage in negotiations to end the bloodshed, while demanding that Russia withdraw its forces from Ukraine, the Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea;
- the President should direct the U.S. representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to immediately promote the establishment of an international justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and to prosecute the perpetrators of such serious crimes committed during the period of conflict in Ukraine; and
- the United States should urge all other interested states to apprehend persons indicted for international crimes, deliver them into the custody of an appropriate justice mechanism for Russian war crimes and other crimes against Ukraine, and provide any and all data and information pertaining to such crimes to that justice mechanism.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2022 to Apr 4, 2022, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Mar 7, 2022 |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Mar 16, 2022 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Mar 21, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Mar 21, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Mar 21, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 7, 2022Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Conflicts and wars
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Evidence and witnesses
- International Affairs
- International law and treaties
- International organizations and cooperation
- Military operations and strategy
- Russia
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Ukraine
- United Nations
- War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
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- Mar 7, 2022Introduced in House
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