That the House of Representatives— (1) supports a democratic and independent Czech Republic and Slovak Republic, both of whom, 30 years ago, emerged from decades of communist rule through the peaceful, nonviolent Velvet Revolution to affirm their human rights and democratic aspirations; (2) recognizes actions of the people of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic for overthrowing totalitarian communist rule in 1989 by waging a peaceful, nonviolent Velvet Revolution to affirm human rights and democratic aspirations; (3) celebrates the lasting contributions of the peoples of Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to science, the arts, culture, music, literature, politics, trade, and international affairs; (4) applauds the achievements of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic in building free, open, democratic, and prosperous societies over the past 30 years; (5) expresses strong support of the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic’s role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and calls on both countries to continue their efforts to meet their 2 percent defense commitment and recognizes the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic as strong North Atlantic Treaty Organization partners on the alliance’s eastern flank; (6) recognizes the efforts of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to stand with the people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom against illegal Russian aggression and provide significant military, humanitarian, and economic support to Ukraine; (7) recognizes the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic for their constitutions within the European Union; (8) reaffirms United States support for the freedom, human rights, democracy, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and prosperity of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic