A bill to express the sense of the Senate regarding the safe and expeditious resettlement to Albania of all residents of Camp Liberty.

Bill: 114-s-3114
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2016-06-29
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Albania

Europe

Human rights

Iran

Iraq

Middle East

Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should: </p> <ul> <li>work with Iraq and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to ensure that all residents of Camp Liberty (located in Iraq) are safely and expeditiously resettled in Albania; </li> <li>work with Iraq, Albania, and the UNHCR to prevent Iran from intervening in the resettlement process; </li> <li>urge Iraq to protect residents during the resettlement process, including by ensuring that security personnel are vetted to determine that they are not affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force; </li> <li>urge Iraq to ensure access to food, clean water, medical assistance, and energy needs; </li> <li>work with Iraq to facilitate the sale of residents' property and assets; </li> <li>work with Iraq and the UNHCR to ensure that residents may exercise full control of all personal assets; and </li> <li>urge Albania and the UNHCR to ensure the continued recognition of the resettled residents as &quot;persons of concern&quot; entitled to international protections.</li></ul>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3114 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 29, 2016 Mr. McCain introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To express the sense of the Senate regarding the safe and expeditious resettlement to Albania of all residents of Camp Liberty.

1. Sense of the Senate on the safe resettlement of Camp Liberty residents It is the sense of the Senate that the United States should— (1) work with the Government of Iraq and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to ensure that all residents of Camp Liberty are safely and expeditiously resettled in Albania; (2) work with the Government of Iraq, the Government of Albania, and the UNHCR to prevent the Government of Iran from intervening in the resettlement process by abusing international organizations, including Interpol and other organizations of which the United States is a member; (3) urge the Government of Iraq to take prompt and appropriate steps in accordance with international agreements to promote the physical security and protection of residents of Camp Liberty during the resettlement process, including steps to ensure that the personnel responsible for providing security at Camp Liberty are adequately vetted to determine that they are not affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Qods Force; (4) urge the Government of Iraq to ensure continued and reliable access to food, clean water, medical assistance, electricity and other energy needs, and any other equipment and supplies necessary to sustain the residents during the resettlement process; (5) work with the Government of Iraq to make all reasonable efforts to facilitate the sale of residents’ property and assets remaining at Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty for the purpose of funding their cost of living and resettlement out of Iraq; (6) work with the Government of Iraq and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to ensure that Camp Liberty residents may exercise full control of all personal assets in Camp Liberty and the former Camp Ashraf as the residents deem necessary; (7) assist, and maintain close and regular communication with the UNHCR for the purpose of expediting the ongoing resettlement of all residents of Camp Liberty, without exception, to Albania; (8) urge the Government of Albania, and the UNHCR to ensure the continued recognition of the resettled residents as persons of concern entitled to international protections according to principles and standards in the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, done at Geneva July 28, 1951, and the International Bill of Human Rights; and (9) work with the Government of Albania and the UNHCR to facilitate and provide suitable locations for housing of the remaining Camp Liberty residents in Albania until such time when the residents become self-sufficient in meeting their residential needs in Albania.