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Crimea Annexation Non-Recognition Act

To prohibit United States Government recognition of the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over Crimea, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 26, 2025

Latest action (Jan 8, 2026) ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1600, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.

Referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee
Policy area
International Affairs
Issues
Criminal JusticeForeign Policy
Legislative subjects (4)
EuropeRussiaSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusUkraine

Summary

The bill establishes United States policy not to recognize the Russian Federation's claim of sovereignty over Crimea, including its airspace and territorial waters. It prohibits any federal department or agency from taking any action or providing any assistance that would imply recognition of Russian sovereignty over these areas. The bill operationalizes the stated policy by preventing federal agencies from engaging in activities inconsistent with the non-recognition position. The measure does not authorize specific actions but rather constrains what federal agencies may do regarding Crimea's status.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
13 cosponsors

Actions (3)
  1. Jan 8, 2026 ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Walkinshaw asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1600, a bill originally introduced by Representative Connolly, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection. · house
  2. Feb 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
  3. Feb 26, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 947 — Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act · Introduced Feb 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 9059 — Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act · Introduced Sep 29, 2022 · Cong. 117 74%
  • S 1749 — No United States Recognition of Russian Sovereignty Over Crimea or Any Other Forcibly Seized Ukrainian Territory · Introduced May 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 70%
  • HR 243 — Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition Act · Introduced Jan 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HR 1601 — Defending Ukraine’s Territorial Integrity Act · Introduced Jan 8, 2026 · Cong. 119 63%
  • HRES 16 — Recognizing Russian actions in Ukraine as a genocide. · Introduced Jan 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 26, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 26, 2025

Mr. Connolly (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms. Titus, Ms. Norton, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To prohibit United States Government recognition of the Russian Federation’s claim of sovereignty over Crimea, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Crimea Annexation Non-Recognition Act”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES RECOGNITION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S CLAIM OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER CRIMEA.

(a) Statement of Policy.—It is the policy of the United States not to recognize the Russian Federation’s claim of sovereignty over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters.

(b) Prohibition.—In accordance with subsection (a), no Federal department or agency may take any action or extend any assistance that implies recognition of the Russian Federation’s claim of sovereignty over Crimea, its airspace, or its territorial waters. <all>

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