IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 395 
Reaffirming the leadership of the United States in promoting the safety, 
health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2017 
Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BERA, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. CURBELO 
of Florida, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. HUFFMAN, 
Mr. HULTGREN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KIND, 
Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NAD-
LER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. PRICE 
of North Carolina, Mr. POCAN, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
SCHNEIDER, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. SIRES, Mr. SMITH of 
Washington, Mr. SOTO, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. BEYER, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. WELCH, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. 
SPEIER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. SERRANO, and Mrs. DAVIS 
of California) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the leadership of the United States in promoting 
the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and dis-
placed persons. 
Whereas the United States has been a global leader in re-
sponding to displacement crises around the world and 
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promoting the safety, health, and well-being of refugees 
and displaced persons; 
Whereas many around the world observe June 20 as World 
Refugee Day, a global day to acknowledge the courage, 
strength, and determination of women, men, and children 
who are forced to flee their homes due to conflict, vio-
lence, and persecution; 
Whereas according to the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees— 
(1) there are more than 65,600,000 displaced people 
worldwide, the worst displacement crisis in global history, 
including almost 22,500,000 refugees, over 40,300,000 
internally displaced people, and 2,800,000 people seeking 
asylum; 
(2) children account for 51 percent of the refugee 
population in the world, millions of whom are unable to 
access basic services, including education; 
(3) on average, 20 people are displaced from their 
homes every minute; 
(4) 10,300,000 individuals were newly displaced due 
to conflict or persecution in 2016 alone, including 
6,900,000 displaced within the borders of their own coun-
tries and 3,400,000 new refugees and asylum seekers; 
(5) over 5,500,000 refugees have fled Syria since the 
start of the Syrian conflict and more than 6,300,000 peo-
ple are internally displaced within Syria; 
(6) since January 2014, more than 3,000,000 Iraqis 
fleeing violence have been internally displaced, and 
257,000 refugees have fled to neighboring countries; and 
(7) South Sudan is now the largest refugee crisis in 
Africa and the third largest worldwide, responsible for 
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approximately 1,800,000 refugees, including 1,000,000 
children; 
Whereas 84 percent of the world’s refugees are hosted in de-
veloping regions, with more than a quarter in the world’s 
least developed countries; 
Whereas refugee children are 5 times more likely to be out 
of school than non-refugee children; 
Whereas refugees who are women and children are often at 
greater risk of violence, human trafficking, exploitation, 
and gender-based violence; and 
Whereas the United States continues to be the single largest 
refugee resettlement country in the world and the single 
largest donor of humanitarian assistance: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) reaffirms the bipartisan commitment of the 
United States to promote the safety, health, and 
well-being of the millions of refugees, including the 
education of refugee children and displaced persons 
who flee war, persecution, or torture in search of 
peace, hope, and freedom; 
(2) recognizes those who have risked their lives, 
working either individually or for nongovernmental 
organizations and international agencies such as the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to 
provide life-saving assistance and help protect those 
displaced by conflict around the world; 
(3) calls upon the United States Government— 
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(A) to uphold its international leadership 
role in responding to displacement crises with 
humanitarian assistance and protection of the 
most vulnerable populations who endure sexual 
violence, human trafficking, persecution and vi-
olence against religious minorities, forced con-
scription, genocide, and exploitation; 
(B) to work in partnership with the inter-
national community to find solutions to existing 
conflicts and prevent new conflicts from begin-
ning; 
(C) to continue to support the efforts of 
the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Refugees and to advance the work of non-
governmental organizations to protect refugees 
regardless of their country of origin or religious 
beliefs; and 
(D) to continue to mitigate through hu-
manitarian and development support the burden 
placed on frontline refugee host countries that 
absorb the majority of the world’s refugees; and 
(4) reaffirms the goals of World Refugee Day 
and reiterates the strong commitment to protect the 
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millions of refugees who live without material, social, 
or legal protections. 
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