This resolution would condemn the violence directed by Turkish security forces against peaceful protesters outside the Turkish Ambassador’s residence who were protesting Turkish government policy in light of the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visiting the U.S. It calls on the State Department to ask Turkey to waive diplomatic immunity for officials who were taken into custody because of their participation in the violence, which the resolution called “unprofessional and brutal.” The resolution also suggests that the U.S. should take steps to strengthen freedoms for the press and civil society in countries like Turkey and combat efforts by foreign leaders to suppress peaceful protest in their own countries.

As a simple resolution, this legislation wouldn’t advance to the Senate or have the force of law if passed by the House.