HRES 220
115th Congress
House
International Affairs
Armenia
Asia
Europe
Iraq
Middle East
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Syria
Turkey
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding past genocides, and for other purposes.
Introduced: March 22, 2017
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Became law
Mar 22, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 22, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, in seeking to prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against religious and ethnic groups in the Middle East, should draw upon relevant lessons of the U.S. government, civil society, and humanitarian response to the Armenian Genocide, Seyfo, and the broader genocidal campaign by the Ottoman Empire.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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