IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1230 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2024 Mr. Nickel (for himself, Ms. Wild , Mr. Davis of Illinois , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Carey , Mr. Davis of North Carolina , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Jackson of North Carolina ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Recognizing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost during Sri Lanka’s almost 30-year armed conflict, which ended 15 years ago on May 18, 2009, and ensuring nonrecurrence of past violence, including the Tamil Genocide, by supporting the right to self-determination of Eelam Tamil people and their call for an independence referendum for a lasting peaceful resolution.