U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB10473: Justice for Ukrainian Children Act
Status: In committee, September 16, 2026
To authorize amounts for the purpose of investigating, documenting, verifying, and preventing the Russian Federation's ongoing and systemic unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To authorize amounts for the purpose of investigating, documenting, verifying, and preventing the Russian Federation's ongoing and systemic unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, September 16, 2026:
A BILL To authorize amounts for the purpose of investigating, documenting, verifying, and preventing the Russian Federation's ongoing and systemic unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Justice for Ukrainian Children Act . SECTION 2. Sense of Congress; statement of policy (a) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) according to the Ukrainian Government, as of February 2026, the Russian Federation has forcibly abducted, kidnapped, and deported more than 20,000 Ukrainian children; (2) the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine concluded that the Russian Federation's deportation and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity; and (3) the Russian Federation poses an immediate and growing threat to Ukrainian children living under its control. (b) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States that the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations shall veto resolutions proposed to the United Nations Security Council that absolve the Russian Federation of accountability for its illegal and unjust invasion of Ukraine and its unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children. SECTION 3. Support for unlawfully transferred Ukrainian children (a) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years …
Sponsors
- James Walkinshaw (D, HD-011) · primary sponsor
- Don Bacon (R, HD-NE-2)
- Greg Landsman (D, HD-001)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R, HD-001)
- Nydia Velazquez (D, HD-NY-7)
- Norton, Eleanor (D, HD-000)
- Brendan Boyle (D, HD-PA-2)
- Deborah Ross (D, HD-002)
- George Latimer (D, HD-016)
- Jim Costa (D)
- Norma Torres (D, HD-CA-35)
- Sylvia Garcia (D, HD-029)
Latest actions
- : Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: International Affairs
Common questions
- What is HB10473?
- HB10473 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Justice for Ukrainian Children Act.
- What does HB10473 do?
- In its own words: To authorize amounts for the purpose of investigating, documenting, verifying, and preventing the Russian Federation's ongoing and systemic unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB10473?
- In committee as of September 16, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (September 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB10473?
- James Walkinshaw (D, HD-011), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB10473?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10473
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