IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 648 
Reaffirming the close partnership between the United States and the Republic 
of Kosovo. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 4, 2023 
Mr. TORRES of New York (for himself, Ms. SLOTKIN, and Mrs. MCCLAIN) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the close partnership between the United States 
and the Republic of Kosovo. 
Whereas the United States has enduring national interests in 
the peace and security of the Western Balkans and the 
greater integration of the region into the Euro-Atlantic 
community of democratic states; 
Whereas the United States recognized the Republic of 
Kosovo’s independence on February 18, 2008, and 
pledged ‘‘to continue to be its close friend and partner’’; 
Whereas the United States-Kosovo relationship is based on 
shared democratic values and institutions, people-to-peo-
ple relations, human rights, policies toward international 
peace and security, and economic growth; 
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Whereas the United States-Kosovo partnership has fostered 
meaningful cooperation in various fields, including secu-
rity education and economic development; 
Whereas the Iowa National Guard, through the State Part-
nership Program, coordinates with the Kosovo Security 
Force (KSF) in addition to American forces participating 
with the NATO-backed Kosovo Force (KFOR) to pro-
mote regional security and cooperation; 
Whereas, in 2022, the Millennium Challenge Corporation and 
the Republic of Kosovo signed a 5-year, $202 million 
compact aimed to expand and improve Kosovo’s energy 
sector to become more sustainable, inclusive, and afford-
able; 
Whereas, since the Republic of Kosovo’s independence, the 
United States has provided nearly $1 billion in foreign 
assistance; 
Whereas the Republic of Kosovo was one of the first coun-
tries who assisted accepting Afghan refugees in 2021; 
Whereas popular support for the United States in Kosovo re-
mains at 81 percent, the highest among European coun-
tries; 
Whereas the United States has played an essential role in 
supporting the Republic of Kosovo’s aspirations to join 
international institutions such as the United Nations, 
European Union, and North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion, among other international institutions; and 
Whereas it has been and shall remain the policy of the 
United States to assist and promote the recognition of 
the Republic of Kosovo as an independent state as well 
as toward the integration of Kosovo into international in-
stitutions: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the United States remains a close partner 
of the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of 
Kosovo remains a close partner of the United States; 
and 
(2) it should remain the policy of the United 
States to promote the recognition of the Republic of 
Kosovo as a sovereign, independent, democratic, 
multiethnic state within its recognized borders. 
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