,h4 ,,res4 #ehe  ,in the ,house of      
,representatives1 ,u4 ,s41  ,december   
#c1 #bjai  ,,resolution  ,whereas1 on   
,april #aj1 #aiih1 the ,government of   
,ireland and the ,government of the     
,united ,kingdom signed the ,good       
,friday ,agreement2 ,whereas the main   
goal of the ,good ,friday ,agreement was
 to bring an end to the violence on the 
island of ,ireland and to ensure        
self-determination1 peace1 and          
reconciliation for the people of the    
island of ,ireland2 ,whereas the        
successful negotiation of the ,good     
,friday ,agreement stands as a historic 
and groundbreaking success that has     
proven critical to the decades of       
relative peace that have followed2      
,whereas an exit from the ,european     
,union by the ,united ,kingdom that does
 not appropriately protect the ,good    
,friday ,agreement threatens to         
undermine progress that has been made in
 moving beyond the legacy of the past in
 ,northern ,ireland2 ,whereas the       

power-sharing agreement negotiated      
between the ,government of ,ireland1 the
 ,government of the ,united ,kingdom1   
and parties in ,northern ,ireland in    
#aiih was a critical step toward        
negotiating lasting solutions to the    
issues described in the ,good ,friday   
,agreement and in other agreements that 
followed2 ,whereas the collapse of the  
power-sharing institutions in #bjag has 
created additional difficulties and is  
serving as a roadblock to continued     
progress2 ,whereas despite the historic 
progress of the ,good ,friday ,agreement
 and subsequent agreements1 important   
issues remain unresolved in ,northern   
,ireland1 including securing justice for
 victims of state-sponsored violence and
 other violence and providing for the   
rights of all sections of the community2
 ,whereas the reintroduction of         
barriers1 checkpoints1 or personnel1    
also known as a hard border1 between the
 ,republic of ,ireland and ,northern    
,ireland would further threaten economic

 cooperation between the ,republic of   
,ireland and the ,united ,kingdom as    
well as the successes of the ,good      
,friday ,agreement2 ,whereas the ,united
 ,states ,congress served a prominent   
assisting role in the negotiation of    
,good ,friday ,agreement and has taken a
 leading role in striving for peace on  
the island of ,ireland more broadly2 and
 ,whereas ,congress greatly values the  
close relationships the ,united ,states 
shares with both the ,united ,kingdom   
and the ,republic of ,ireland and stands
 steadfastly committed to supporting the
 peaceful resolution of any and all     
political challenges in ,northern       
,ireland3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7   
urges the ,united ,kingdom and the      
,european ,union to ensure that any exit
 from the ,european ,union by the       
,united ,kingdom supports continued     
peace on the island of ,ireland and the 
principles1 objectives1 and commitments 
of the ,good ,friday ,agreement2  7#b7  

urges a successful outcome to the       
dialogue between all parties in         
,northern ,ireland to ensure that all of
 the institutions of the ,good ,friday  
,agreement operate again and that       
ongoing political challenges and debates
 can be overcome2  7#c7 expresses       
support for the full implementation of  
the ,good ,friday ,agreement and        
subsequent agreements2  7#d7 expresses  
opposition to the reintroduction of a   
hard border between the ,republic of    
,ireland and ,northern ,ireland2  7#e7  
supports the right of all the people on 
the island of ,ireland to self-determine
 their future as provided for in the    
,good ,friday ,agreement2 and  7#f7 will
 insist that any new or amended trade   
agreements and other bilateral          
agreements between the ,government of   
the ,united ,states and the ,government 
of the ,united ,kingdom include         
conditions requiring obligations under  
the ,good ,friday ,agreement to be met4 
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