IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 682 
Recognizing the self-determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as 
a British Overseas Territory. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 
Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. BACON, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. COO-
PER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. KILMER, Mr. ADER-
HOLT, Mr. WALTZ, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. MAST, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. COLE, Mr. JACKSON, Ms. 
LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. WILSON of Florida, and Ms. 
SPEIER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Recognizing the self-determination of Gibraltar to determine 
its status as a British Overseas Territory. 
Whereas the Department of State recognizes Gibraltar as an 
overseas territory of the United Kingdom based on the 
1713 Treaty of Utrecht; 
Whereas the citizens of Gibraltar have freely and democrat-
ically expressed their view to remain a British Overseas 
Territory in 1967 and 2002, when 99.6 and 98.48 per-
cent of the Gibraltarians, respectively, voted in a popular 
referenda their wish to remain a British Overseas Terri-
tory; 
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Whereas the United States has relied on Gibraltar’s military 
facilities numerous times, including America’s first over-
seas military intervention in 1801 against the Barbary 
States, World War II, and the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization intervention in 2011 in Libya; 
Whereas, during World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower 
used Gibraltar as his headquarters to plan the liberation 
of North Africa stating, ‘‘Without it the vital air cover 
would not have been quickly established on the North Af-
rican fields.’’; 
Whereas the security situation in North Africa and the Mid-
dle East continues to underscore the need for the United 
States to maintain secure access to Gibraltar’s military 
facilities; 
Whereas Gibraltar has the right, under the United Nations 
Charter and the International Covenant on Civil and Po-
litical Rights, to determine its own future; and 
Whereas the United Kingdom is a loyal ally that has stood 
by the United States: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the United States honors the contribution 
that Gibraltar has made to advancing United States 
security interests in the Mediterranean region since 
1801 and extends its deepest appreciation and 
thanks to the Government of Gibraltar and its citi-
zens; and 
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(2) the views and rights of Gibraltarians should 
always be imperative in any discussion of Gibraltar’s 
status as a British Overseas Territory. 
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