HRES 259
116th Congress
House
International Affairs
Foreign aid and international relief
Iraq
Middle East
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the repatriation of religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq to their ancestral homelands.
Introduced: March 27, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jun 20, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 27, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 27, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) the United States should support the safe return of displaced indigenous people of the Nineveh Plain and Sinjar to their ancestral homeland; and (2) the Iraqi Security Forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga should work to more fully integrate all communities, including religious minority communities, to counter current and future terrorist threats.
What's happening now
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committees of jurisdiction
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