; Whereas the Iraq and Syria Genocide Relief and Accountability Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–300 ) affirms that it is the policy of the United States to ensure that assistance for humanitarian, stabilization, and recovery needs of individuals who are or were nationals and residents of Iraq or Syria, and of communities in and from those countries, is directed toward those individuals and communities with the greatest need, including those individuals from communities of religious and ethnic minorities, and communities of religious and ethnic minorities, that the Secretary of State declared were targeted for genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes, and have been identified as being at risk of persecution, forced migration, genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes; Whereas members of these religious and ethnic minority communities in Iraq continue to face daily insecurity, discrimination, and hardship; Whereas internally displaced members of these religious and ethnic minority communities continue to face significant challenges to returning to their ancestral homelands, including in Mosul, Baaj, Sinjar, the Nineveh Plain, and other Yezidi places, due to security concerns, economic hardship, and shifting demographics; Whereas the restoration and economic revitalization of these regions, as well as the repatriation of the Indigenous communities to their ancestral homes in a manner that provides an opportunity for diverse ethnic and religious communities to flourish, advances Iraq’s stability and the security interests of the international community; and Whereas local self-determination and security protection for the communities of these regions, including Mosul, Baaj, Sinjar, and the Nineveh Plain, within the framework of the Federal Republic of Iraq would restore and preserve the fundamental human rights, including property rights, of the Indigenous peoples of these regions: Now, therefore, be it