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That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the Ukrainian famine of 1932–1933, known as the Holodomor, as a genocide; (2) solemnly remembers the atrocities of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, and extends its deepest sympathies to the victims, survivors, and families of this tragedy; (3) condemns the systematic violations of human rights, including the starvation, repression, and persecution of the Ukrainian people by the Soviet Union; (4) encourages dissemination of information regarding the Holodomor of 1932–1933 in order to increase an understanding of the Soviet-engineered genocide denied by the Kremlin for more than half a century; (5) condemns Vladimir Putin’s brutal and unprovoked war in Ukraine and his repeated public rejections of the existence of a Ukrainian people and a sovereign Ukraine; and (6) strongly supports efforts to advance the path to a lasting peace in Ukraine and deter future Russian aggression.