Bill Sponsor
Senate Simple Resolution 376
115th Congress(2017-2018)
A resolution urging the Governments of Burma and Bangladesh to ensure the safe, dignified, voluntary, and sustainable return of the Rohingya refugees who have been displaced by the campaign of ethnic cleansing conducted by the Burmese military.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 23, 2018
Overview
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Introduced
Jan 23, 2018
Latest Action
Mar 21, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Simple Resolution
Simple Resolution
A form of legislative measure introduced and potentially acted upon by only one congressional chamber and used for the regulation of business only within the chamber of origin. Depending on the chamber of origin, they begin with a designation of either H.Res. or S.Res. Joint resolutions and concurrent resolutions are other types of resolutions.
Bill Number
376
Congress
115
Policy Area
International Affairs
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Summary

Condemns: (1) the violence and displacement inflicted on Burma's (Myanmar's) Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, and (2) the attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army militant group. Calls for an immediate halt to all hostilities by Burmese authorities.

Calls on:

  • the government of Burma to allow full access to Rakhine State and to ensure the full participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and that the voices of refugees are represented,
  • the UNHCR and international nongovernmental organizations to play a role in monitoring repatriation efforts by the governments of Bangladesh and Burma, and
  • the United Nations to consider the feasibility of Bangladesh's proposal for a safe zone or for a peacekeeping mission to protect vulnerable communities under international supervision.

Commends: (1) the positive role of the government of Bangladesh in receiving Rohingya refugees and urges that government to continue allowing the full participation of the UNHCR and human rights organizations in accessing refugee camps, and (2) the Bangladesh's efforts to provide shelter and relief for such refugees.

Calls for any return of Rohingya to include specified guarantees.

Recognizes that any forced relocation of Rohingya refugees into areas not of their choosing is unacceptable.

Calls on the government of Burma to:

  • allow for a flexible and practical approach to dealing with evidence of Rohingya residence in Burma;
  • address root causes consistent with the Rakhine Advisory Commission recommendations and fully implement such recommendations;
  • address the issue of statelessness for the Rohingya, the deprivation of rights, and institutionalized and pervasive discrimination; and
  • release journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.

Calls on the government of Bangladesh to ensure that all refugees have freedom of movement and are not subject to unsafe, involuntary, precipitous, or uninformed returns to Burma.

Text (2)
March 21, 2018
January 23, 2018
Actions (5)
03/21/2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358.
03/21/2018
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
03/20/2018
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
01/23/2018
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S468-469)
01/23/2018
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
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