H.Con.Res. 75: Expressing the sense of Congress that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

H.Con.Res. 75: Expressing the sense of Congress that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

114th Congress · introduced 2015-09-09 · International Affairs · Latest: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-09-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 112 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, HCONRES75 (2016-03-14), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Expressing the sense of Congress that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Plain summary

Declares that: the atrocities perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against Christians, Yezidis, and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; all governments, including the United States, and international organizations, including the United Nations (U.N.), should call ISIL atrocities war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; U.N. member states should coordinate on measures to prevent further war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Iraq and Syria, and to punish those responsible for these ongoing crimes, including by the collection of evidence and, if necessary, the establishment of appropriate tribunals; the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Lebanese Republic, the Republic of Turkey, and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq are to be commended for, and supported in, their efforts to shelter those fleeing violence from ISIL and other combatants until they can safely return to their homes in Iraq and Syria; and the protracted Syrian civil war and the indiscriminate violence of the Assad regime have contributed to ISIL's growth.

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Expressing the sense of Congress that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] · 213 cosponsors

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Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Andy Harris (R-MD), J. French Hill (R-AR), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN), Daniel Webster (R-FL) and 153 more.

Recorded votes

House roll call 112 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree, as Amended, HCONRES75 (2016-03-14): Passed

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hconres75.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong114-hconres75 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114