[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 591 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 591
To authorize the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to establish a
memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the
victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 5, 2003
Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Hoeffel, Mr. Olver, Mr. Weiner, Mr.
McNulty, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Gutierrez, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Kildee,
Mr. Hinchey, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Wolf, Ms. Watson, Mr. Engel, Ms.
Kilpatrick, Mr. Berman, Mr. Jefferson, Mr. Payne, Mr. Doggett, Mr.
Lipinski, Mr. Holt, Mr. Langevin, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Davis
of Illinois, and Mrs. Maloney) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Resources
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A BILL
To authorize the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to establish a
memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the
victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Internationally accepted principles of human rights
condemn the use of food as a political weapon.
(2) In the years 1932-1933, Ukraine was ravaged and its
people brought to the verge of physical extinction by a famine
caused not by natural causes such as pestilence, drought,
floods, or poor harvest, but as a consequence of a premeditated
policy on the part of the Soviet Government led by Joseph
Stalin to crush the nationally conscious Ukrainian people and
destroy their national, political, cultural, and religious
rights.
(3) Attempts at intercessions were made by the United
States Government during the height of the famine, in the fall/
winter of 1932-1933, indicating that it has always been the
traditional policy of the United States to recognize events
such as the famine-genocide in Ukraine.
(4) The United States Commission on the Ukraine Famine
found in its report filed in 1988 pursuant to Public Law 98-473
that the Ukrainian famine was a deliberate policy of the Soviet
Government.
(5) The Ukrainian famine is considered an unprecedented
heinous crime of genocide as defined by the United Nations
Genocide Convention.
(6) Ukrainian communities worldwide plan to commemorate the
75th anniversary of the Ukrainian famine-genocide with
appropriate observances to pay tribute to the victims of this
tragedy.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH MEMORIAL.
(a) In General.--The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America is
authorized to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of
Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-
1933.
(b) Compliance With Standards for Commemorative Works.--The
establishment of the memorial shall be in accordance with the
Commemorative Works Act (40 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), except that sections
2(c), 6(b), 8(b), and 10(c) of that Act shall not apply with respect to
the memorial.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.
The United States Government shall not pay any expense for the
establishment of the memorial or its maintenance.
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