US Congress House Resolution 440 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-5)
Status: Introduced on September 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-09-24 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Pending: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Calling for urgent international action on behalf of Iraqi and Syrian civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution because of their faith or ethnicity in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq and Khabor, Kobane, and Aleppo regions of Syria. Condemns the religious bigotry and attacks against innocent civilians, as well as the destruction of property and ancient sites, by armed extremists in Iraq and Syria. Calls on the relevant parties to protect all citizens in the region. Calls on the President, the Department of State, and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (U.N.) to provide humanitarian assistance, protect civilians, and help reestablish livelihoods for displaced and persecuted persons in their communities of origin. Calls on the U.S. Permanent Representative to work with relevant U.N. agencies, including the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to document human rights abuses against Iraqi and Syrian refugees and develop a plan to facilitate safe access to potable water, health care, fuel, electricity, and basic security. Calls on the relevant U.N. agencies to collaborate with international humanitarian organizations working in Iraq and Syria to develop: (1) an effective resettlement strategy for displaced and persecuted populations in beleaguered areas, including the ancestral villages in the Nineveh Plain, that facilitates a transition from emergency relief to longer-term economic development; and (2) mechanisms to ensure that assistance reaches vulnerable ethnic and religious minorities without being diverted. Calls on the Department of State and the Department of Defense to: (1) support the training and equipping of vetted local Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Christians security forces in Iraq and Syria, and (2) work to ensure that minority communities in Iraq and Syria are integrated into future security forces.

Calling for urgent international action on behalf of Iraqi and Syrian civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution because of their faith or ethnicity in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq and Khabor, Kobane, and Aleppo regions of Syria.

Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]	Rep. Daniel Donovan [R-NY]
Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-09-24	House	Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2015-09-24	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/440/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres440/BILLS-114hres440ih.pdf