[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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   SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 42--TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF CONGRESS 
   REGARDING THE SAFE AND EXPEDITIOUS RESETTLEMENT TO ALBANIA OF ALL 
                       RESIDENTS OF CAMP LIBERTY

  Mr. McCAIN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                            S. Con. Res. 42

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring),

     SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE SAFE RESETTLEMENT OF CAMP 
                   LIBERTY RESIDENTS.

       It is the sense of Congress 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.

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