Loading the public record
Loading the public record
Where They Stand is a nonpartisan guide to everyone running for Congress: their money, their own words and how incumbents voted. Find your ballot →
All recent votes114th CongressHouse
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Supports the U.S. Stimson Doctrine to not recognize territorial changes effected by force, and affirms that this policy should continue to guide U.S. foreign policy.
Condemns Russia's military intervention and occupation of Georgia and its continuous illegal activities along the occupation line in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia.
Calls upon Russia to: (1) withdraw its recognition of Georgia's territories of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia as independent countries, (2) refrain from acts and policies that undermine Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and (3) take steps to fulfill the August 12, 2008, Ceasefire Agreement between Georgia and the Russian Federation.
Urges the United States to: (1) declare that it will not recognize Russian de jure or de facto sovereignty over any part of Georgia, including Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia; (2) deepen cooperation with Georgia, including Georgia's advancement towards Euro-Atlantic integration; and (3) enhance Georgia's security through joint military training and the provision of self-defensive capabilities.
Affirms that a free, united, democratic, and sovereign Georgia is in the long-term U.S. interest.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 660 as passed House without amendment on Sep 8, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Sep 8, 2016
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the territorial intergrity of Georgia
Passed · Two-thirds required
410 Yea 6 Nay 15 not voting
Crossed both parties 6 of 416 voting members broke with their own party: 6 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.Res. 660 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.