,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ajhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,august #ad1    
#bjbj,ms4 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,garamendi1 ,mr4 ,cox of ,california1   
,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1  
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1
 ,ms4 ,lofgren1 and ,mr4 ,raskin7       
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs1 and in addition to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a 
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,,resolution       
,condemning targeted terrorist attacks  
against members of the ,sikh1 ,hindu1   
and other religious minority communities
 in ,afghanistan and supporting refugee 
protection for ,sikhs and ,hindus in    
,afghanistan in recognition of the      
systematic religious persecution1       
discrimination1 and existential danger  

faced by the members of these           
communities4  ,whereas ,sikhs and       
,hindus are indigenous but endangered   
minorities in ,afghanistan1 numbering   
approximately #gjj out of a community   
that recently included over #h1jjj      
members2 ,whereas members of the        
,islamic ,state-,khorasan1 the ,islamic 
,state of ,iraq and the ,levant 7,,isil7
 affiliate in ,afghanistan1 attacked a  
,sikh temple in ,kabul1 ,afghanistan1 on
 ,march #be1 #bjbj1 killing #be         
worshipers1 including ,tanya ,kaur1 a   
four-year-old girl2 ,whereas ,islamic   
,state-,khorasan militants made further 
attempts on the lives of the survivors  
before and after the funeral ceremony   
held for the victims2 ,whereas the      
,islamic ,state-,khorasan claimed       
responsibility for a suicide bombing in 
,jalalabad1 ,afghanistan1 on ,july #a1  
#bjah1 which took the lives of #ai      
people1 including most of the senior    
leadership of the ,sikh and ,hindu      
communities in ,afghanistan1 who had    

assembled to meet the ,afghan           
,president2 ,whereas these acts of      
violence follow a greater pattern of    
targeted violence against ,sikhs1       
,hindus1 and other religious minorities 
in ,afghanistan in recent years2        
,whereas the ,department of ,state and  
,united ,states ,commission on          
,international ,religious ,freedom have 
documented systemic discrimination      
against ,sikhs and ,hindus in           
,afghanistan1 including restrictions on 
religious practices1 illegal seizure of 
property1 the inability to send their   
children to public schools due to       
harassment1 judicial bias against       
religious minorities1 and constitutional
 limitations on the political rights of 
religious minorities2 ,whereas the      
former ,taliban-led government routinely
 persecuted and discriminated against   
the ,afghan ,sikh community1 restricting
 their funeral rites and forcing the    
community to publicly identify          
themselves by wearing yellow armbands2  

and ,whereas the ,president of the      
,united ,states has proposed resettling 
up to #ah1jjj refugees pursuant to      
section #bjg of the ,immigration and    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaeg7  
for fiscal year #bjbj1 in contrast to   
the ,obama administration's proposal of 
#aaj1jjj refugees for fiscal year #bjaf3
 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house
 of ,representatives-- 7#a7 expresses   
concern for the safety of ,sikhs and    
,hindus in ,afghanistan2  7#b7 condemns 
all terrorist attacks1 religious        
persecution1 and discrimination against 
members of the ,sikh and ,hindu         
religious minority communities in       
,afghanistan2  7#c7 recognizes that     
members of the ,sikh and ,hindu         
communities face existential danger in  
,afghanistan2 and  7#d7 supports        
resettling ,sikhs and ,hindus from      
,afghanistan in the ,united ,states     
under the ,united ,states ,refugee      
,admissions ,program pursuant to section
 #bjg of the ,immigration and           

,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aaeg74