That the Senate—
underscores the importance of the United States Refugee Resettlement Program as a critical tool for the United States global leadership, including leveraging foreign policy, strengthening national and regional security, and encouraging international support of refugees;
reaffirms the bipartisan commitment of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees, including the education of refugee children and displaced persons who flee war, persecution, or torture in search of freedom and safety;
recognizes individuals who have risked their lives working individually and for non-governmental organizations and international agencies, such as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to provide life-saving assistance and protection for people displaced by conflict around the world; and
calls upon the United States Government—
to uphold its international leadership role responding to the global refugee crisis with humanitarian assistance and protection for the most vulnerable;
to continue to provide adequate funding for refugee resettlement in the United States and protection for refugees overseas;
to work in partnership with the international community to find solutions to existing conflicts and to prevent new conflicts;
to alleviate the burden on front-line refugee host countries that absorb the majority of the refugees of the world through humanitarian and development support; and
to reaffirm the long-standing tradition of resettling refugees in the United States regardless of nationality or religion.