[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3800]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1667. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for 
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1230. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SECURITY AND PROTECTION 
                   OF IRANIAN DISSIDENTS LIVING IN CAMP LIBERTY, 
                   IRAQ.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The residents of Camp Liberty, Iraq, renounced violence 
     and unilaterally disarmed more than a decade ago.
       (2) The United States recognized the residents of the 
     former Camp Ashraf who now reside in Camp Liberty as 
     ``protected persons'' under the Fourth Geneva Convention and 
     committed itself to protect the residents.
       (3) The deterioration in the overall security situation in 
     Iraq has increased the vulnerability of Camp Liberty 
     residents to attacks from proxies of the Iranian 
     Revolutionary Guards Corps and Sunni extremists associated 
     with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
       (4) The increased vulnerability underscores the need for an 
     expedited relocation process and that these Iranian 
     dissidents will neither be safe nor secure in Camp Liberty.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States should--
       (1) take prompt and appropriate steps in accordance with 
     international agreements to promote the physical security and 
     protection of Camp Liberty residents;
       (2) urge the Government of Iraq to uphold its commitments 
     to the United States to ensure the safety and well-being of 
     those living in Camp Liberty;
       (3) urge the Government of Iraq to ensure continued and 
     reliable access to food, clean water, electricity and other 
     energy needs, and any other equipment and supplies necessary 
     to sustain the residents during periods of attack or siege by 
     external forces;
       (4) oppose the extradition of Camp Liberty residents to 
     Iran;
       (5) implement a strategy to provide for the safe, secure, 
     and permanent relocation of Camp Liberty residents that 
     includes the steps that would need to be taken by the United 
     States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
     (UNHCR), and the Camp Liberty residents to potentially 
     relocate some residents to the United States;
       (6) encourage the residents of Camp Liberty to fully 
     cooperate with United States, Iraq, and international 
     authorities in the relocation process; and
       (7) assist the United Nations High Commissioner for 
     Refugees in expediting the ongoing resettlement of all 
     residents of Camp Liberty to safe locations outside Iraq.
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