S.Res. 370 — Introduced in Senate

III 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 370 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 5, 2014 Mr. Coats (for himself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Graham, Mr. McCain, Mr. Portman, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Hoeven) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations RESOLUTION Supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine and condemning Russian military aggression in Ukraine. Whereas, on February 26–27, 2014, armed men in unmarked military uniforms seized key strategic objects in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (“Crimea”) in Ukraine, including the building of the Crimean Parliament and airports; Whereas, as of March 4, 2014, the Government of Ukraine confirms that there are approximately 16,000 Russian troops occupying Crimea; Whereas, on February 28, 2014, President Barack Obama stated that the United States is deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the Russian Federation inside of Ukraine and that it would be a clear violation of Russia’s commitment to respect the independence and sovereignty and borders of Ukraine, and of international law; Whereas President Obama pledged that the United States will stand with the international community in affirming that there will be costs for any military intervention in Ukraine; Whereas the armed forces of the Russian Federation have violated Ukrainian sovereignty, violated international law, threatened the stability of Ukraine and the European continent, and compelled the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to meet in emergency session to consider threats to Poland and other NATO members states; and Whereas President Obama has announced his intention to work with Congress to respond forcefully to the outrageous and dangerous misbehavior of the Government of the Russian Federation: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate— (1) strongly condemns the Russian Federation's military incursion into Crimea, in clear violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and in contravention of international law; (2) calls on the Government of the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw all unauthorized military personnel from Crimea; (3) pledges to work urgently and in bipartisan fashion with the President to identify a comprehensive package of economic sanctions and other measures to compel President Vladimir Putin to remove his armed forces from Ukrainian territory and return that territory to full Ukrainian sovereign control; (4) calls upon the President to seek to reschedule a meeting of the G8 nations, to take place as soon as practicable, where the participating nations should consider a United States proposal to formally expel the Russian Federation; (5) urges the United States to propose to NATO that the Alliance immediately suspend operation of the Russia-NATO Council and expel the Russian Federation's military and diplomatic representation in NATO; (6) urges the United States to work with other members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to deploy monitors in Ukraine to help confirm that the security of the Russian-speaking population is not threatened; (7) urges the President to consider downgrading United States diplomatic representation with the Russian Federation, including refraining from sending a new United States ambassador to Moscow and closing United States consulates general in Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok and requiring the Government of the Russian Federation to make reciprocal steps to close consulates in the United States; (8) calls on the President to utilize all tools, including the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (title IV of Public Law 112–208; 126 Stat. 1502), to expand the Act’s list of sanctioned individuals to impose sanctions on all officials of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the chain of command responsible for the invasion of Crimea, leadership of the Duma responsible for condoning the invasion, and Crimean officials complicit in its execution; (9) urges the President to consider additional sanctions, such as suspension of eligibility of Russian citizens for temporary or seasonal United States work visas; and (10) urges the leadership of FIFA to reconsider its decision to place World Cup 2018 matches in Russia and instead award those games to a more worthy alternative country.