H.R. 439 Summary

• Condemns the abduction of more than 200 female students from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School in Nigeria by terrorist group Boko Haram on April 14, 2014, and the subsequent kidnapping of 11 additional girls on May 12, 2014

• Expresses support for U.S. military and law enforcement assistance to Nigeria to help locate and safely return the abducted girls to their families

• Urges the President of the United States to take swift action to prevent the execution of Meriam Ibrahim, a Sudanese woman sentenced to death by hanging and 100 lashes for apostasy and adultery under Sudan's Public Order Criminal Code

• Affirms that freedom of religion is an unalienable right based on the First Amendment and universal human dignity principles

• Directs the House Clerk to send authenticated copies of the resolution to the President, Ohio Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media