Recognizing the self-determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as a British Overseas Territory.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 952 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 952

Recognizing the self-determination of Gibraltar to determine its status
                    as a British Overseas Territory.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2025

Mr. Rouzer (for himself, Ms. Titus, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr.
 Diaz-Balart, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Finstad, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Bacon, Ms.
 Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Walkinshaw,
  Mr. Courtney, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cole, and Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania)
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee
                           on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

Recognizing the self-determination of Gibraltar to determine its status
                    as a British Overseas Territory.

Whereas the Department of State recognizes Gibraltar as an overseas territory of
        the United Kingdom based on the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht;
Whereas the citizens of Gibraltar have freely and democratically expressed their
        view to remain a British Overseas Territory in 1967 and 2002, when 99.6
        and 98.48 percent of the Gibraltarians, respectively, voted in a popular
        referenda their wish to remain a British Overseas Territory;
Whereas the United States has relied on Gibraltar's military facilities numerous
        times, including America's first overseas military intervention in 1801
        against the Barbary States, World War II, and the North Atlantic Treaty
        Organization intervention in 2011 in Libya;
Whereas, during World War II, General Dwight Eisenhower used Gibraltar as his
        headquarters to plan the liberation of North Africa stating, ``Without
        it the vital air cover would not have been quickly established on the
        North African fields.'';
Whereas the security situation in North Africa and the Middle East continues to
        underscore the need for the United States to maintain secure access to
        Gibraltar's military facilities;
Whereas Gibraltar has the right, under the United Nations Charter and the
        International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to determine its
        own future; and
Whereas the United Kingdom is a loyal ally that has stood by the United States:
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives
that--
            (1) the United States honors the contribution that
        Gibraltar has made to advancing United States security
        interests in the Mediterranean region since 1801 and extends
        its deepest appreciation and thanks to the Government of
        Gibraltar and its citizens; and
            (2) the views and rights of Gibraltarians should always be
        imperative in any discussion of Gibraltar's status as a British
        Overseas Territory.
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