A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent need to protect religious minorities from persecution from the Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as it expands its control over areas in northwestern Iraq.

Action history

1. 2014-09-18Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2. 2014-09-18Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
3. 2014-09-18Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.
4. 2014-09-18Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.
5. 2014-07-30Introduced in Senate
6. 2014-07-30Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.