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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 41 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 18, 2016 

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress on the Peshmerga of the 

Kurdistan Region of Iraq. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 

3 (1) the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Region of 

4 Iraq have been one of the most effective fighting 

5 forces in the military campaign against the Islamic 

6 State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS); 

7 (2) the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham poses 

8 an acute threat to the Iraqi people and territorial in9 tegrity of Iraq, including the Kurdistan Region of 

10 Iraq, and the security and stability of the Middle 

11 East; 

12 (3) the severe budget shortfalls faced by both 

13 the Government of Iraq and the Kurdistan Regional 


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1 Government are hindering the stability of Iraq and 

2 have the potential to undermine long-term efforts to 

3 bring about the sustainable defeat of the Islamic 

4 State of Iraq and al-Sham; 

5 (4) the $415,000,000 pledged by the United 

6 States Government to the Kurdish Peshmerga in 

7 April of 2016, in coordination with the Government 

8 of Iraq, in addition to the $65,000,000 already pro9 vided from the Iraq Train and Equip Fund, should 

10 remain a priority for the United States as part of 

11 the continued support for Iraqi Security Forces, in12 cluding the Peshmerga, in the fight against the Is13 lamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; 

14 (5) the Peshmerga should receive all weapons 

15 and equipment that the United States, by, with, and 

16 through the Government of Iraq, agrees to provide 

17 in an expeditious and in a timely manner; 

18 (6) it should be the policy of the United States 

19 to support, within the framework of the Iraq Con20 stitution, Iraqi Security Forces, the Kurdish 

21 Peshmerga in Iraq, Sunni tribal forces, and other 

22 local security forces, including threatened ethnic and 

23 religious minority groups, in the campaign against 

24 the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; 


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1 (7) ensuring the safe resettlement and re2 integration of ethnic and religious minorities, includ3 ing Christians (among them Assyrian, Chaldean, 

4 Syriac, Armenian, Evangelical, Antiochian and 

5 Greek Orthodox, Maronite, Melkite, and Roman 

6 Catholic communities), Yezidis, Turkmen, Shi’a, 

7 Shabak, Sabaean-Mandeans, and Kaka’i, among oth8 ers, including victims of genocide, into their home9 lands in Iraq, including the Ninevah Plain, is a crit10 ical component toward achieving a safe, secure, and 

11 sovereign Iraq; 

12 (8) the Peshmerga require equipment that will 

13 allow them to defend themselves and their coalition 

14 advisers against the increased use of vehicle-borne 

15 improvised explosive devices by the Islamic State of 

16 Iraq and al-Sham; 

17 (9) the Peshmerga are vital partners in the 

18 fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; 

19 and 

20 (10) in coordination with the Government of 

21 Iraq, the United States will endeavor to increase as22 sistance to Iraqi Kurdish Forces to enhance their 

23 combat medicine and logistical capabilities, to defend 


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1 internally displaced persons and refugees, and to de2 fend the Peshmerga and their coalition advisers. 

Passed the Senate July 14, 2016. 

Attest: JULIE E. ADAMS, 

Secretary. 


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