Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there be support for a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region of Iraq.

Bill: 113-hres-747
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2014-09-19
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Iraq

Middle East

Racial and ethnic relations

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) there should be a referendum by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to determine whether Kurdistan should become an independent country, and (2) the U.S. government should recognize the results of such a referendum.</p>

tv_txt: IV 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 747 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2014 Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. Poe of Texas , Mr. Stockman , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Jones , Mr. Broun of Georgia , Mr. Long , and Mr. Hunter ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there be support for a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region of Iraq.

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that— (1) there should be a referendum by the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq to determine whether Kurdistan should become an independent and sovereign country by its people; and (2) the United States Government should recognize and abide by the results of such a referendum.