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HRES 1117 115th Congress House

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States assistance to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other minority communities victimized by ISIS genocide must be combined with a…

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States assistance to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other minority communities victimized by I… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States assistance to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other minority communities victimized by ISIS genocide must be combined with a clear plan for local security to facilitate the repatriation of these groups to their ancestral homelands.

Introduced: October 5, 2018 See on congress.gov
International Affairs Conflicts and warsInternational organizations and cooperationIraqLaw enforcement officers
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This resolution expired with the 115th Congress
It was not agreed to before the 115th Congress (2017–2018) adjourned, so it is no longer active. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 5, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Oct 5, 2018
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 Latest action October 5, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that: (1) it should be a U.S. policy priority to support the secure return of displaced indigenous people of the Nineveh Plain and Sinjar to their ancestral homeland, and (2) the United States should develop a related stabilization and security plan in cooperation with the government of Iraq and the Kurdish regional government.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1117: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States assistance to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other minority communities victimized by ISIS genocide must be combined with a clear plan for local security to facilitate the repatriation of these groups to their ancestral homelands.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1117/
MLA
"H. Res. 1117: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States assistance to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other minority communities victimized by ISIS genocide must be combined with a clear plan for local security to facilitate the repatriation of these groups to their ancestral homelands.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1117/.
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H. Res. 1117, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1117/.
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[H. Res. 1117: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that United States assistance to Iraqi Christians, Yazidis, and other minority communities victimized by ISIS genocide must be combined with a clear plan for local security to facilitate the repatriation of these groups to their ancestral homelands.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-1117/)
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