Calling for urgent international action on behalf of Iraqi and Syrian civilians facing a dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution because of their faith or ethnicity in the Nineveh Plain region of Iraq and Khabor, Kobane, and Aleppo regions of Syria.
Latest action · Sep 24, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 24, 2015
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Condemns the religious bigotry and attacks against innocent civilians, as well as the destruction of property and ancient sites, by armed extremists in Iraq and Syria.
Calls on the relevant parties to protect all citizens in the region.
Calls on the President, the Department of State, and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (U.N.) to provide humanitarian assistance, protect civilians, and help reestablish livelihoods for displaced and persecuted persons in their communities of origin.
Calls on the U.S. Permanent Representative to work with relevant U.N. agencies, including the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to document human rights abuses against Iraqi and Syrian refugees and develop a plan to facilitate safe access to potable water, health care, fuel, electricity, and basic security.
Calls on the relevant U.N. agencies to collaborate with international humanitarian organizations working in Iraq and Syria to develop: (1) an effective resettlement strategy for displaced and persecuted populations in beleaguered areas, including the ancestral villages in the Nineveh Plain, that facilitates a transition from emergency relief to longer-term economic development; and (2) mechanisms to ensure that assistance reaches vulnerable ethnic and religious minorities without being diverted.
Calls on the Department of State and the Department of Defense to: (1) support the training and equipping of vetted local Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac Christians security forces in Iraq and Syria, and (2) work to ensure that minority communities in Iraq and Syria are integrated into future security forces.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 24, 2015 to Jan 5, 2016, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Sep 24, 2015 |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Original | Sep 24, 2015 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Sep 24, 2015 |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Original | Sep 24, 2015 |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Original | Sep 24, 2015 |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Original | Sep 24, 2015 |
| R-IL | Robert J. Dold | Original | Sep 24, 2015 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-MI | John R. Moolenaar | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Mike Bishop | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Oct 23, 2015 | |
| R-NY | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. | Oct 23, 2015 |
Actions 2
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- Sep 24, 2015Introduced in House
- Sep 24, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Business investment and capital
- Conflicts and wars
- Crimes against property
- Economic development
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Historical and cultural resources
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- International organizations and cooperation
- Iraq
- Middle East
- Military operations and strategy
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Reconstruction and stabilization
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Small business
- Syria
- Terrorism
- United Nations
- Violent crime
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- Sep 24, 2015Introduced in House
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