,h4 ,,res4 #edf  ,in the ,house of      
,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41  ,december   
#c1 #bjai  ,,resolution  ,whereas1 in   
#bjad1 ,russia illegally occupied       
,ukraine's ,crimea region and parts of  
eastern ,ukraine2 ,whereas these actions
 are in direct violation of fundamental 
principles of international law1 as well
 as the ,united ,nations ,charter1 the  
,helsinki ,final ,act1 and the #aiid    
,budapest ,memorandum2 ,whereas1 in     
#aiih1 the ,group of ,seven invited     
,russia to join the group in an effort  
to encourage continued political and    
economic reforms in ,russia2 ,whereas1  
in ,march #bjad1 the ,group of ,eight   
suspended ,russia as a direct result of 
its actions in ,ukraine1 and instead    
continued as the ,group of ,seven2      
,whereas1 on ,april #c1 #bjad1          
,president ,barack ,obama signed into   
law the ,support for the ,sovereignty1  
,integrity1 ,democracy1 and ,economic   
,stability of ,ukraine ,act of #bjad1   
which states that it is the policy of   

the ,united ,states that the continued  
participation of the ,russian           
,federation in the ,group of ,eight     
7,g-#h7 nations should be conditioned on
 the ,government of the ,russian        
,federation respecting the territorial  
integrity of its neighbors and accepting
 and adhering to the norms and standards
 of free1 democratic societies as       
generally practiced by every other      
member nation of the ,g-#h nations42    
,whereas1 since #bjad1 the ,president of
 ,russia1 ,vladimir ,putin1 has         
continued to violate international law  
in ,ukraine's ,crimea region and        
elsewhere1 and has continued to         
undermine democracy and human rights    
both at home and abroad2 and ,whereas1  
on ,august #bf1 #bjai1 ,president       
,donald ,trump1 announced his intention 
to invite the ,president of ,russia to  
next year's ,group of ,seven summit3    
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house 
of ,representatives--  7#a7 reiterates  
its unwavering support for the          

sovereignty and territorial integrity of
 ,ukraine2  7#b7 condemns ,russia's     
aggressive actions in ,ukraine1         
including the illegal occupation of     
,crimea and ongoing destabilization of  
eastern ,ukraine2  7#c7 condemns the    
,kremlin's assaults on democratic       
societies worldwide1 including in the   
,united ,states and other ,group of     
,seven countries2  7#d7 reaffirms its   
full support for the suspension of      
,russia from the ,group of ,eight2  7#e7
 calls on all leaders of the ,group of  
,seven to oppose the readmission of     
,russia unless and until it has ended   
its occupation of all of ,ukraine's     
sovereign territory1 including ,crimea1 
and halts its attacks on democracies    
worldwide2 and  7#f7 disapproves of     
,russia's inclusion in future ,group of 
,seven summits until it respects the    
territorial integrity of its neighbors  
and adheres to the standards of         
democratic societies4  ,clerk4