IL HJR0068

Urges the United States Department of State to renegotiate with Iraq over the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive collection discovered in Saddam Hussein's intelligence headquarters in 2003.

Requests the artifacts be kept in a location where long-term preservation and care can be guaranteed, rather than returned to Iraq as planned for summer 2014.

Calls for the collection to be housed in an accessible location for scholars and Iraqi Jews and their descendants with personal interest in the materials.

References concerns from over 40 American Jewish groups about returning sacred religious documents to Iraq due to uncertain conditions in the country.

Directs copies of the resolution be sent to the President, Secretary of State, and Illinois congressional delegation.