; Whereas, since the fraudulent August 2020 Presidential election, the Belarusian economy has been effectively isolated from the global market as punishment for their domestic human rights abuses; Whereas international advocacy, including by cohost Latvia, succeeded in preventing the illegitimate Government of Belarus from hosting the 2021 Ice Hockey World Championship; Whereas Alyaksandr Lukashenka continues to undermine the sovereignty and independence of Belarus through efforts to integrate Belarus into a so-called Union State under the control of Russia; Whereas Alyaksandr Lukashenka is complicit in Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine by allowing Belarusian territory to be used as a staging ground for Russian attacks into Ukraine; Whereas Belarusian partisans have worked to undermine Russia’s attacks on Ukraine including by sabotaging Russian positions and bases in Belarus; Whereas the House of Representatives passed the Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2020 with unanimous consent, sending a clear message of overwhelming, bipartisan support for the democratic movement in Belarus; Whereas the House of Representatives passed H. Res. 124 in support of the people of Belarus and their democratic aspirations and condemning the election rigging and subsequent violent crackdowns on peaceful protesters by the illegitimate Lukashenka regime; and Whereas the House Friends of Belarus Caucus continues to seek ways to support democracy in Belarus: Now, therefore, be it