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<distribution-code display="no">IV</distribution-code> 
<congress display="no">112th CONGRESS</congress> 
<session display="no">1st Session</session> 
<legis-num>H. RES. 306</legis-num> 
<current-chamber display="yes">In the House of Representatives, U. S.,</current-chamber>
<action>
<action-date date="20111213">December 13, 2011</action-date>
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<legis-type display="yes">RESOLUTION</legis-type> 
<official-title display="no">Urging the Republic of Turkey to safeguard its Christian heritage and to return confiscated church properties.</official-title> 
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<section display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HACD5D931586E4033B47412767FB73C31" section-type="undesignated-section"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State, in all official contacts with Turkish leaders and other Turkish officials, should emphasize that Turkey should—</text> 
<paragraph id="H4A6ABE29ADC6475CA6DB8CE6596A7396"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">end all forms of religious discrimination;</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H7DF7BF5BAF3A43AD8EB0975BB11EF397"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the rightful church and lay owners of Christian church properties, without hindrance or restriction, to organize and administer prayer services, religious education, clerical training, appointments, and succession, religious community gatherings, social services, including ministry to the needs of the poor and infirm, and other religious activities;</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H50F21F532B3A47478051C4DCC5DCE25E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">return to their rightful owners all Christian churches and other places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, monuments, relics, holy sites, and other religious properties, including movable properties, such as artwork, manuscripts, vestments, vessels, and other artifacts; and</text> </paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H52BD56965C42448281720CAA520F6960"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow the rightful Christian church and lay owners of Christian church properties, without hindrance or restriction, to preserve, reconstruct, and repair, as they see fit, all Christian churches and other places of worship, monasteries, schools, hospitals, monuments, relics, holy sites, and other religious properties within Turkey.</text> </paragraph></section> 
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<attestation><attestation-group><attestor display="no">Karen L. Haas,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation>
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