,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ecg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,august #b1         
#bjai,mr4 ,harder of ,california        
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,foreign ,affairs  ,,resolution         
,expressing the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives regarding ,united      
,states policy recognizing the ,assyrian
 ,genocide4  ,whereas the ,ottoman      
,empire committed the crime of genocide 
against the ,assyrian people1 killing at
 least #cjj1jjj innocent ,assyrians     
during the time of the ,first ,world    
,war2 ,whereas ,raphael ,lemkin1 who    
coined the term genocide in #aidd1 drew 
on the history of the ,assyrian         
,genocide in his seminal work that      
guided the ,united ,nations ,convention 
on the ,prevention and ,punishment of   
,genocide2 ,whereas the ,elie ,wiesel   
,genocide and ,atrocities ,prevention   
,act of #bjah 7,public ,law #aae-dda7   
establishes that atrocities prevention  

represents a ,united ,states national   
interest1 and affirms that it is the    
policy of the ,united ,states to pursue 
a ,united ,states ,government-wide      
strategy to identify1 prevent1 and      
respond to the risk of atrocities by    
strengthening diplomatic response and   
the effective use of foreign assistance 
to support appropriate transitional     
justice measures1 including criminal    
accountability1 for past atrocities2    
,whereas the resilience and endurance of
 the ,assyrian people is still          
commendable and praiseworthy1 despite   
being victims of an ethnocide that is   
being continued by the ,islamic ,state2 
,whereas ,american families continue to 
feel the effects of the ,assyrian       
,genocide1 including families that have 
never been reunited since2 ,whereas     
recognition and commemoration of a      
genocide is critical to efforts to      
prevent both future genocides and       
further harm to the group upon which the
 genocide was committed2 and ,whereas   

the ,assyrian ,genocide remains         
unrecognized by many countries and      
organizations across the globe1         
including the ,united ,states3 ,now1    
therefore1 be it  ,that it is the sense 
of the ,house of ,representatives that  
it is the policy of the ,united ,states 
to-- 7#a7 commemorate the ,assyrian     
,genocide through official recognition  
and remembrance2  7#b7 reject efforts to
 enlist1 engage1 or otherwise associate 
the ,united ,states ,government with    
denial of the ,assyrian ,genocide or any
 other genocide2  7#c7 call upon the    
,republic of ,turkey to officially      
recognize the ,assyrian ,genocide2 and  
7#d7 encourage education and public     
understanding of the facts of the       
,assyrian ,genocide1 including the      
,united ,states role in the humanitarian
 relief effort1 and the relevance of the
 ,assyrian ,genocide to modern-day      
crimes against humanity4