Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have the right to determine their status as a sovereign country.

the United States recognizes the sacrifices, commitment to human rights, and legal and moral case for self-determination of the residents of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), and that the residents of the KRI have the freedom to decide without outside coercion; and

the United States calls on the international community and domestic institutions to likewise recognize the right of self-determination of the people of the KRI.