HRES 259 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the repatriation of religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq to their ancestral homelands.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jun 20, 2019 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedMar 27, 2019
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

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.

Cosponsors 76

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 27, 2019 to Nov 12, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalMar 27, 2019
R-TNCharles J. "Chuck" FleischmannApr 8, 2019
D-ILDaniel LipinskiApr 8, 2019
R-ILDarin LaHoodApr 8, 2019
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Apr 8, 2019
R-FLGus M. BilirakisApr 8, 2019
R-PAGuy ReschenthalerApr 8, 2019
R-FLNeal P. DunnApr 8, 2019
R-TXRon WrightApr 8, 2019
R-IDRuss FulcherApr 8, 2019
R-OHDavid P. JoyceApr 30, 2019
D-MAJames P. McGovernApr 30, 2019
D-CAJosh HarderApr 30, 2019
R-ALRobert B. AderholtApr 30, 2019
D-MIAndy LevinMay 3, 2019

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  2. Jun 20, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  3. Mar 27, 2019Introduced in House
  4. Mar 27, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1790National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020Related billDec 20, 2019
HR 2500National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020Related billAug 11, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

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Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 27, 2019Introduced in House

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