H.Res. 679: Condemning the Ukrainian separatists illegally occupying the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, and the surrounding territory, as terrorists for shooting down a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, and condemning the Government of the Russian Federation for supplying the arms.

H.Res. 679: Condemning the Ukrainian separatists illegally occupying the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, and the surrounding territory, as terrorists for shooting down a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, and condemning the Government of the Russian Federation for supplying the arms.

113th Congress · introduced 2014-07-22 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.

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Official title

Condemning the Ukrainian separatists illegally occupying the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, and the surrounding territory, as terrorists for shooting down a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, and condemning the Government of the Russian Federation for supplying the arms.

Plain summary

Condemns: (1) the Ukrainian separatists illegally occupying the Ukrainian city of Donetsk and the surrounding territory as terrorists for shooting down a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17; and (2) the government of the Russian Federation for supplying the arms that shot down the plane. Calls on: (1) the Ukrainian separatists of Donetsk to disband and relinquish control of Donetsk and the surrounding area to the government of Ukraine, and (2) the government of the Russian Federation to end attempts to undermine the government of Ukraine and to cease arming militaristic and terroristic groups. Urges the President and Secretary of State to utilize all available means to compel the government of the Russian Federation to withdraw support from such groups.

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Condemning the Ukrainian separatists illegally occupying the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, and the surrounding territory, as terrorists for shooting down a civilian passenger airliner, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17, and condemning the Government of the Russian Federation for supplying the arms.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8] · 12 cosponsors

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Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Andy Barr (R-KY)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hres679.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hres>

Record fed-us-cong113-hres679 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113