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HRES 747 113th Congress House International Affairs Iraq Middle East Racial and ethnic relations Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there be support for a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region of Iraq.

Introduced: September 19, 2014 See on congress.gov
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Sep 19, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 19, 2014
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) there should be a referendum by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to determine whether Kurdistan should become an independent country, and (2) the U.S. government should recognize the results of such a referendum.

What's happening now September 19, 2014

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 1
Broun, Paul
· Sep 19, 2014
DUNCAN, JOHN
· Sep 19, 2014
Hunter, Duncan
· Sep 19, 2014
JONES, WALTER
· Sep 19, 2014
Long, Billy
· Sep 19, 2014
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Sep 19, 2014
Poe, Ted
· Sep 19, 2014
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 747: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there be support for a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region of Iraq.. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-747/
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"H. Res. 747: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there be support for a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region of Iraq.." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-747/.
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H. Res. 747, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HRES-747/.
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