3.0.0 11 2023-01-11T13:34:08Z 2023-01-11T13:34:08Z Senate S 2017-01-03 115 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-01-03T18:06:50Z Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel Act 115 257 HR 2017-02-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa. Related bill CRS 2017-01-03 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2017-01-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-01-03 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-01-03 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-01-03 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2017-01-03 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-01-04 False T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2017-01-04 False H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2017-01-17 False J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2017-01-23 False International Affairs Appropriations Arab-Israeli relations Building construction Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Israel Middle East Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status International Affairs 00 2017-01-03 Introduced in Senate 2017-01-09T22:40:24Z Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act

This bill states that it should be U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as they have been by Israel, (2) every Israeli citizen should have the right to reside anywhere in Jerusalem, (3) the President and the Department of State should affirm as a matter of U.S. policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of Israel, (4) the President should implement the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and begin the process of relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, (5) U.S. officials should refrain from actions that contradict U.S. law on this subject, and (6) any official U.S. government document that lists countries and their capital cities should identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is amended to eliminate the President's authority to waive certain funding limitations for State Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.

The bill: (1) prohibits more than 50% of the amounts appropriated to the State Department for FY2017 for embassy security, construction, and maintenance from being obligated until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened; and (2) restricts the availability and expenditure of amounts authorized for such purpose for FY 2018 and FY2019 to construction and other costs associated with the establishment of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.

]]> Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act Display Title Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act Introduced in Senate 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s11is/xml/BILLS-115s11is.xml 2017-01-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.