Whereas the lessons of past genocides should be applied to help prevent future war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; Whereas, on March 17, 2016, the Department of State declared that Da’esh is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control, including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims , and is also responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at these same groups and in some cases against Sunni Muslims and Kurds and other minorities ; Whereas the House of Representatives, on March 14, 2016, passed H. Con. Res. 75, which concluded that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIL against Christians, Yezidis, and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide ; Whereas the Senate, on July 7, 2016, passed S. Res. 340, which concluded that the atrocities perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against Christians, Yezidis, Shi'a, and other religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and Syria constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide ; Whereas the United States has a proud record of protesting and providing relief to Armenian and other Christian survivors of the Ottoman Empire’s genocidal campaign; Whereas President Woodrow Wilson encouraged the formation of the Near East Relief, chartered by an Act of Congress, which raised $116,000,000 (over $2,500,000,000 in 2017 dollars) between 1915 and 1930, the Senate adopted resolutions condemning these massacres, and United States diplomats organized and led protests of these crimes