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119-hr-1601119th Congress

Defending Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity Act

Sponsored By: Representative Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]

Introduced

Summary

The bill would make U.S. nonrecognition of Russia's control over occupied Ukrainian territory the country's policy and block U.S. assistance to governments that recognize or support those annexations.

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  • Any foreign central government that recognizes the independence of or establishes diplomatic relations with parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia, including Crimea and the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, would be barred from receiving U.S. central government assistance.
  • U.S. departments and agencies could not use appropriated funds to provide assistance to those designated central governments.
  • The Secretary of State must publish a list of such central governments on the Department of State website and report those determinations to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
  • The Secretary may waive the restriction for a listed government if they determine the waiver is in the national interest and provide a written justification to the named committees.
  • The bill restates that the Russian Federation does not have sovereignty over the listed Ukrainian territory.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

No recognition and limited aid to backers

If enacted, the U.S. would formally refuse to recognize Russia’s claim to any part of Ukraine, including Crimea and the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia regions. It would also block federal funds from helping any central government that recognizes those claims or supports Russia’s annexations. This would apply only to governments the Secretary of State lists and reports to the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees, and posts on the State Department website. The Secretary could waive the ban if it is in the U.S. national interest and explains the reason to those committees. This is a foreign policy step; households would not see direct changes.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]

VA • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 2/26/2025

  • Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 2/26/2025

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 2/26/2025

  • Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 2/26/2025

  • Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 2/26/2025

  • Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 4/1/2025

  • Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 4/9/2025

Roll Call Votes

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