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H.Res. 395: Reaffirming the leadership of the United States in promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.

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H.Res. 395: Reaffirming the leadership of the United States in promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-06-20 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-06-20 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Reaffirming the leadership of the United States in promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.

Plain summary

Reaffirms: (1) the bipartisan commitment of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees; and (2) the goals of World Refugee Day. Recognizes those who have risked their lives to provide life-saving assistance and to help protect people displaced by conflict. Calls upon the U.S. government to: uphold its international leadership role in responding to displacement crises with humanitarian assistance for, and protection of, the most vulnerable populations; work in partnership with the international community to find solutions to existing conflicts and to prevent new conflicts; continue to support the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and to advance the work of nongovernmental organizations to protect refugees regardless of their country of origin or religious beliefs; and continue to mitigate, through humanitarian and development support, the burden placed on frontline refugee host countries that absorb the majority of the world's refugees.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Reaffirming the leadership of the United States in promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] · 96 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ami Bera (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William R. Keating (D-MA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Mark Takano (D-CA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and 36 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Words on this page, explained (2)
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.

Plain meanings written from linked sources. All words.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hres395 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115