H.Res. 1000: Calling on the President to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine, particularly the threat of nuclear, biological, or chemical attacks.

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-24 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-24 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Calling on the President to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine, particularly the threat of nuclear, biological, or chemical attacks.

Plain summary

This resolution expresses that the House of Representatives calls upon the President to declare that the Russian employment of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction that leads to a nuclear event, against or in connection with its war on Ukraine, would represent crimes against humanity; calls upon the President to treat such crimes against humanity as an urgent national and global security threat that may require, in concert with North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, the employment of any available conventional means as necessary to secure the peace, including the potential need to degrade and destroy offending Russian forces in Ukraine; calls upon the President to make immediate efforts to provide the military and other material means needed for the Ukrainian government to be able to defend its national sovereignty; and stands ready to provide additional appropriations or enact other legislation to meet the needs of securing Ukraine's, Europe's, and the United States' common struggle against Russian fascism.

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Official text

Calling on the President to deter further Russian aggression against Ukraine, particularly the threat of nuclear, biological, or chemical attacks.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] · 2 cosponsors

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Joe Wilson (R-SC), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] reported raising $785,039 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hres1000.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hres>

Record fed-us-cong117-hres1000 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117