H.Res. 259 · 116th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives to support the repatriation of religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq to their ancestral homelands.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Jeff Fortenberry
- Introduced
- 2019-03-27
- Latest action
- 2019-06-20 · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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.