IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 533 
Reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting the safety, health, 
and well-being of refugees and displaced persons in the United States 
and around the world. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2025 
Mr. LIEU (for himself, Mr. AMO, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. BALINT, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. CHU, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GARCIA of California, Ms. 
GARCIA of Texas, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. LEE of Pennsyl-
vania, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Mr. MOULTON, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO- 
CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SCHA-
KOWSKY, Mr. SOTO, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TITUS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 
TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TRAN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WIL-
LIAMS of Georgia, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, and Mr. KENNEDY of New York) 
submitted the following resolution; 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 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the importance of the United States promoting 
the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and dis-
placed persons in the United States and around the 
world. 
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•HRES 533 IH 
Whereas June 20, 2025, is an international day designated 
by the United Nations as ‘‘World Refugee Day’’, to rec-
ognize refugees around the globe and celebrate the 
strength and courage of people who have been forced to 
flee their homes to escape conflict or persecution due to 
their race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or mem-
bership in a particular social group; 
Whereas July 28, 2025, is the 74th anniversary of the adop-
tion of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 
held at Geneva on July 28, 1951, which defines the term 
‘‘refugee’’ and outlines the rights of refugees and the 
legal obligations of nation states to protect such rights; 
Whereas, in 2025, the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘UNHCR’’) 
reported that as of the end of 2024— 
(1) there were more than 123,000,000 displaced 
people who had been forced from their homes worldwide, 
which is more displaced people than at any other time in 
recorded history, including more than 31,000,000 refu-
gees, 8,400,000 asylum seekers, and 73,500,000 inter-
nally displaced persons; 
(2) 73 percent of all refugees worldwide were hosted 
in low- and middle-income countries and fewer than 1 
percent of refugees are ever resettled; 
(3) there were 6,100,000 Syrian refugees and asy-
lum-seekers and an additional 7,400,000 people displaced 
inside Syria as a result of years of conflict, but the fall 
of the Assad regime has raised renewed hope for return 
for many displaced Syrians, with more than 500,000 Syr-
ian refugees returning to the country and an estimated 
1,200,000 internally displaced Syrians returning to their 
area of origin as of May 2025; 
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