; Whereas the 219 kidnapped girls were held captive, abused, made to be slaves, forced into marriage with their abductors, repeatedly raped, starved, and, in some cases, forcibly converted to Islam; Whereas the international community, including the United Nations Secretary-General and the United Nations Security Council, condemned the abduction and called for the immediate release of the girls; Whereas Boko Haram ruthlessly killed some of the kidnapped girls for trying to escape, and some girls died during childbirth; Whereas thousands of women, girls, and boys kidnapped by Boko Haram have endured similar horrific experiences; Whereas the parents of the kidnapped girls and concerned citizens banded together and embarked upon a global awareness campaign to urge the rescue of the girls, using the Twitter hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, through which over 3,300,000 people around the world expressed their outrage at the abduction and continue maintaining a vigil for the girls’ return; Whereas the United States Government sent advisors to Nigeria and supplied surveillance and reconnaissance to help rescue the girls; Whereas 21 girls were released in October 2016, 82 girls were released in May 2017, and four years since their abduction, over 100 girls distressingly still remain in captivity and are subjected to deplorable abuses as recounted by the returnees; Whereas many of the returned girls are being kept in a government facility in Abuja away from their families; Whereas the scourge of Boko Haram continues to menace the population of the Lake Chad Basin area, including northern Nigeria; Whereas, on February 19, 2018, Boko Haram militants stormed the town of Dapchi and abducted 110 girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical School and two other children; Whereas 106 of the children from the Dapchi kidnapping have been released and five are presumed to have perished; Whereas Leah Sharibu remains a hostage because she refuses to convert to Islam