I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3707 
To ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp 
Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the 
United States. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 11, 2013 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
COOK, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HIGGINS, 
Mr. ISSA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. POE 
of Texas, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. WEBER 
of Texas, and Mr. WESTMORELAND) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents 
living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their 
admission as refugees to the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF U.S. POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to— 
(1) take all necessary and appropriate steps in 
accordance with international agreements to support 
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the commitments of the United States to ensure the 
physical security and protection of Camp Liberty/ 
Hurriya residents, members of the opposition Muja-
hedeen e-Khalq (MEK), in accordance with the 
United States Embassy Statement on Transfer of 
Security Responsibility for Camp Ashraf of Decem-
ber 28, 2008; 
(2) assist the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees in ensuring the rapid and or-
derly resettlement of all residents of Camp Liberty/ 
Hurriya to safe locations outside of Iraq; and 
(3) permit the admission as refugees of the 
residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya to the United 
States, who express a desire for such resettlement. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States recognized the residents 
of the former Camp Ashraf who now reside in Camp 
Liberty/Hurriya as ‘‘protected persons’’ under the 
Fourth Geneva Convention and committed itself to 
protect the residents until their final disposition. 
(2) The United States expects the Government 
of Iraq to continue this commitment of protection of 
the residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya, as reflected 
in the United States Embassy Statement on Trans-
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fer of Security Responsibility for Camp Ashraf of 
December 28, 2008. 
(3) The residents of the former Camp Ashraf, 
who now reside in Camp Liberty/Hurriya, renounced 
violence and unilaterally disarmed more than a dec-
ade ago. 
(4) Dozens of residents of Camp Liberty/ 
Hurriya were permanent residents or political refu-
gees in the United States. 
(5) Camp Liberty/Hurriya residents have pro-
vided valuable intelligence to the international com-
munity concerning efforts by the Government of 
Iran to establish a nuclear weapons capability and to 
supply the terrorist groups in Iraq with Improvised 
Explosive Devices (IEDs). 
(6) Camp Liberty/Hurriya residents share the 
desire of the United States in seeing the establish-
ment of a peaceful, democratic, non-nuclear govern-
ment in Iran with full rights for women and reli-
gious and ethnic minorities. 
(7) The residents of Camp Liberty/Hurriya are 
cooperating in the framework of an agreement be-
tween the United Nations and the Government of 
Iraq to transfer the residents out of Iraq. 
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