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HRES 982 111th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union shoul… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation.

Introduced: January 27, 2010 See on congress.gov
International Affairs AlliancesArms control and nonproliferationEuropean UnionFrance
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Georgia (Republic)Human rightsInternational organizations and cooperationMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary operations and strategyMoldovaRule of law and government transparencyRussiaSanctionsSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusTerrorismTrade restrictions
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Dec 16, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Dec 16, 2009
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 Latest action December 16, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President and the Secretaries of State and Defense (DOD) should urge France and the other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European Union (EU) members not to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation until that country has: (1) withdrawn its troops from Georgia and revoked its recognition as sovereign states of the separatist regions within Georgia; (2) fulfilled its commitments to withdraw its military forces from the Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova; (3) ceased actions that violate or threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of neighboring states; (4) halted weapons and related technology sales to state sponsors of terrorism; and (5) taken steps to enforce the rule of law and human rights within the Russian Federation.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 982: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-982/
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"H. Res. 982: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-982/.
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H. Res. 982, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-982/.
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[H. Res. 982: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France and other member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the European Union should decline to sell major weapons systems or offensive military equipment to the Russian Federation.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-982/)
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