SRES 713 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

A resolution recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as a genocide.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 7, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedJul 20, 2022
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

This resolution condemns those acting on behalf of Russia for committing acts of genocide against the Ukrainian people. It also calls on the United States, in cooperation with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European Union allies, to undertake measures to support the Ukrainian government to prevent further acts of Russian genocide against the Ukrainian people.

Cosponsors 15

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2022 to Dec 1, 2022, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBenjamin L. CardinOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalJul 20, 2022
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalJul 20, 2022
D-CTRichard BlumenthalOriginalJul 20, 2022
R-OHRob PortmanOriginalJul 20, 2022
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalJul 20, 2022
R-NCThom TillisJul 21, 2022
R-TNMarsha BlackburnJul 26, 2022
R-FLRick ScottJul 26, 2022
R-MORoy BluntJul 26, 2022
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithJul 28, 2022
D-MNAmy KlobucharAug 1, 2022
I-MEAngus S. King Jr.Aug 1, 2022
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoAug 2, 2022
R-IDMike CrapoDec 1, 2022

Actions 5

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 7, 2022Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
  2. Dec 7, 2022Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
  3. Dec 7, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 610.
  4. Jul 20, 2022Introduced in Senate
  5. Jul 20, 2022Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S3546)

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HRES 1205Recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as a genocide.Related billJun 24, 2022

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 7, 2022Reported to Senate
  2. Jul 20, 2022Introduced in Senate

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