That the Senate—
reaffirms our Nation’s proud history of refugee resettlement;
recognizes January 27, 2019, as the second anniversary of the Executive order that suspended the admission of refugees and individuals from specified Muslim-majority countries;
reaffirms the strong bipartisan commitment of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees, including by facilitating the resettlement in the United States of refugees who cannot safely return to their homes or rebuild their lives in countries from which they fled to preserve their lives;
emphasizes the importance of USRAP as a critical tool for United States global leadership;
recognizes the profound consequences faced by refugees and their families who have been stranded, separated, and scarred by existing United States refugee policies, which have stranded many refugees who were in the middle of the refugee resettlement process and have left other refugees with little hope of anticipated entry into the United States; and
calls upon the United States Government—
to resettle a robust number of refugees to meet its share of the global need during fiscal years 2019 and 2020, with an emphasis on rebuilding USRAP and returning to historic levels of refugee admissions;
to operate USRAP in good faith in order to meet the stated objectives of the program and to restore historic levels of refugee arrivals;
to uphold its international leadership role in responding to displacement crises with humanitarian assistance and protection of the most vulnerable populations;
to improve consultation with Congress and adherence to the clear congressional intent of the Refugee Act of 1980; and
to recommit to offering freedom from oppression and resettling the most vulnerable refugees regardless of their country of origin or religious beliefs.