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HRES 143 117th Congress House International Affairs Commemorative events and holidays Foreign aid and international relief Human rights Iraq Middle East Racial and ethnic relations War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity World history

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States policy recognizing the Semele Massacre of 1933.

Introduced: March 9, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Apr 2, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced in House
Feb 22, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it is U.S. policy to officially recognize and remember the Semele Massacre (the 1933 killing of up to 3,000 Assyrian Christian men, women, and children by the government of Iraq), to reject efforts to associate the U.S. government with denial of the massacre, and to encourage education and public understanding of the massacre and its relevance to modern-day crimes against humanity.

What's happening now April 2, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 4
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jul 9, 2021
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 9, 2021
 D
Costa, Jim
California · Mar 9, 2021
 R
McClain, Lisa C.
Michigan · Mar 9, 2021
 D
Harder, Josh
California · Feb 22, 2021
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Feb 22, 2021
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Feb 22, 2021
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Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 22, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 143: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States policy recognizing the Semele Massacre of 1933.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-143/
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"H. Res. 143: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States policy recognizing the Semele Massacre of 1933.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-143/.
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H. Res. 143, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-143/.
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