,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #agj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,diaz-,balart 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,campbell1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,petri1 
,mr4 ,roskam1 ,mr4 ,holding1 ,mr4 ,hall1
 ,mr4 ,marchant1 ,mr4 ,sensenbrenner1   
,mr4 ,faleomavaega1 ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen1
 ,mr4 ,mc,intyre1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 ,mr4   
,griffith of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,ryan of   
,ohio1 and ,mr4 ,poe of ,texas7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,,resolution         
,recognizing the ,falkland ,islands     
referendum in favor of retaining their  
status as a ,british ,overseas          
,territory4  ,whereas the ,falkland     
,islands held a referendum on ,march    
#aj1 #bjac1 and ,march #aa1 #bjac1 to   
determine whether they wish to retain   
their status as a ,british ,overseas    
,territory of the ,united ,kingdom2     
,whereas the ,falkland ,islands1        
supervised under an ,international      

,observer ,mission1 have voted #ii4h    
percent in favor of retaining their     
,british ,overseas ,territory ,status2  
,whereas the ,falkland ,islands have the
 right1 under the ,united ,nations      
,charter and the ,international         
,covenant on ,civil and ,political      
,rights1 to determine their own future2 
and ,whereas the ,united ,kingdom is a  
loyal ally that has stood by the ,united
 ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
it is the sense of the ,house of        
,representatives that--  7#a7 the       
,united ,states recognizes that the     
,falkland ,islands referendum reflects  
the freely expressed and democratic     
views of the ,falkland ,islanders2  7#b7
 the ,falkland ,islands have expressed  
their desire to remain a self-governing 
,british ,overseas ,territory2 and  7#c7
 the views and rights of the ,falkland  
,islanders should be taken into account 
in any discussion on the future of the  
,falkland ,islands4