HRES 989 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States policy should encourage Russian Government officials, including diplomats, to abandon Putin's war with Ukraine, and that Russian officials who defect should be granted expedited admission to the United States as refugees if they clear all applicable vetting and security procedures.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 17, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 17, 2022
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

This resolution expresses that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that U.S. policy should encourage Russian government officials to abandon Vladimir Putin's war with Ukraine, and that Russian officials who defect should be granted expedited admission to the United States as refugees if they clear all applicable vetting and security procedures.

Cosponsors

Members who signed on, in the order they did.

No cosponsors are on file for this measure.

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 17, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Mar 17, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Subjects

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

Text 1

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  1. Mar 17, 2022Introduced in House

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