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Calendar No. 567 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 42 

To express the sense of Congress regarding the safe and expeditious 

resettlement to Albania of all residents of Camp Liberty. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 6, 2016 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. TILLIS) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

JULY 14, 2016 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, without amendment 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

To express the sense of Congress regarding the safe and 

expeditious resettlement to Albania of all residents of 

Camp Liberty. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), 

3 SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SAFE RESETTLE4 MENT OF CAMP LIBERTY RESIDENTS. 

5 It is the sense of Congress that the United States 

6 should— 


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1 (1) work with the Government of Iraq and the 

2 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

3 (UNHCR) to ensure that all residents of Camp Lib4 erty are safely and expeditiously resettled in Alba5 nia; 

6 (2) work with the Government of Iraq, the Gov7 ernment of Albania, and the UNHCR to prevent the 

8 Government of Iran from intervening in the resettle9 ment process by abusing international organizations, 

10 including Interpol and other organizations of which 

11 the United States is a member; 

12 (3) urge the Government of Iraq to take 

13 prompt and appropriate steps in accordance with 

14 international agreements to promote the physical se15 curity and protection of residents of Camp Liberty 

16 during the resettlement process, including steps to 

17 ensure that the personnel responsible for providing 

18 security at Camp Liberty are adequately vetted to 

19 determine that they are not affiliated with the Is20 lamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force; 

21 (4) urge the Government of Iraq to ensure con22 tinued and reliable access to food, clean water, med23 ical assistance, electricity and other energy needs, 

24 and any other equipment and supplies necessary to 


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1 sustain the residents during the resettlement proc2 ess; 

3 (5) work with the Government of Iraq to make 

4 all reasonable efforts to facilitate the sale of resi5 dents’ property and assets remaining at Camp 

6 Ashraf and Camp Liberty for the purpose of funding 

7 their cost of living and resettlement out of Iraq; 

8 (6) work with the Government of Iraq and the 

9 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

10 (UNHCR) to ensure that Camp Liberty residents 

11 may exercise full control of all personal assets in 

12 Camp Liberty and the former Camp Ashraf as the 

13 residents deem necessary; 

14 (7) assist, and maintain close and regular com15 munication with the UNHCR for the purpose of ex16 pediting the ongoing resettlement of all residents of 

17 Camp Liberty, without exception, to Albania; 

18 (8) urge the Government of Albania, and the 

19 UNHCR to ensure the continued recognition of the 

20 resettled residents as ‘‘persons of concern’’ entitled 

21 to international protections according to principles 

22 and standards in the Convention Relating to the 

23 Status of Refugees, done at Geneva July 28, 1951, 

24 and the International Bill of Human Rights; and 


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1 (9) work with the Government of Albania and 

2 the UNHCR to facilitate and provide suitable loca3 tions for housing of the remaining Camp Liberty 

4 residents in Albania until such time when the resi5 dents become self-sufficient in meeting their residen6 tial needs in Albania. 


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Calendar No. 567 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 42 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

To express the sense of Congress regarding the safe 

residents of Camp Liberty. and expeditious resettlement to Albania of all 

JULY 14, 2016 

Reported without amendment 


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