HRES 959
117th Congress
House
International Affairs
Europe
International organizations and cooperation
Russia
United Nations
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…
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Agreed to (House)
Mar 2, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 2, 2022
Introduced in House
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Plain-English 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.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
40
Lamborn, Doug
R
Foxx, Virginia
R
Norman, Ralph
R
Cloud, Michael
Palazzo, Steven
R
Allen, Rick W.
Armstrong, Kelly
R
Arrington, Jodey C.
R
Babin, Brian
R
Bacon, Don
R
Barr, Andy
Bishop, Dan
R
Cammack, Kat
R
Carter, John R.
R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Duncan, Jeff
R
Ellzey, Jake
Garcia, Mike
R
Guest, Michael
Jacobs, Chris
Johnson, Bill
R
Kelly, Trent
R
LaMalfa, Doug
R
Letlow, Julia
R
Malliotakis, Nicole
R
Moolenaar, John R.
R
Moore, Blake D.
R
Murphy, Gregory F.
Rice, Tom
R
Rogers, Mike D.
R
Rouzer, David
R
Roy, Chip
R
Scott, Austin
R
Smucker, Lloyd
R
Steube, W. Gregory
Stewart, Chris
R
Timmons, William R.
R
Van Duyne, Beth
R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
R
Westerman, Bruce
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 959: 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.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-959/
"H. Res. 959: 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.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-959/.
H. Res. 959, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-959/.
[H. Res. 959: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-959/)