[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 24 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 24

Providing for the recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of 
Israel before the United States recognizes a Palestinian state, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 14 (legislative day, November 12), 2003

  Mr. Brownback (for himself, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Santorum) 
  introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
Providing for the recognition of Jerusalem as the undivided capital of 
Israel before the United States recognizes a Palestinian state, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Jerusalem Resolution''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for 
        3,000 years.
            (2) Jerusalem has never been the capital for any other 
        state other than for the Jewish people.
            (3) Jerusalem is central to Judaism and is cited in the 
        Tanach, the Hebrew Bible, 766 times.
            (4) Jerusalem is not mentioned by name in the Koran.
            (5) Every sovereign nation has the right to designate its 
        own capital.
            (6) Jerusalem is the seat of the Government of Israel, 
        including the President, the parliament, and the Supreme Court.
            (7) United States law states as a matter of United States 
        policy that Jerusalem should be the undivided capital of 
        Israel.
            (8) Israel is the only country in which the United States 
        neither maintains an embassy in the city designated as the 
        capital by the host country nor recognizes such city as the 
        capital.
            (9) The citizens of Israel should be allowed to worship 
        freely and according to their traditions.
            (10) Israel supports religious freedom for all faiths.
            (11) Relocating the United States Embassy in Israel from 
        Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would express the continued support of 
        the United States for Israel and for an undivided Jerusalem.

SEC. 3. LOCATION OF UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN ISRAEL.

    Not later than 180 days before recognizing a Palestinian state, the 
United States shall move the United States Embassy in Israel from Tel 
Aviv to Jerusalem.

SEC. 4. RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS UNDIVIDED CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.

    The United States shall not recognize a Palestinian state until the 
international community resolves the status of Jerusalem by recognizing 
the city as the undivided capital of Israel.

SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FREEDOM OF WORSHIP.

    It is the sense of Congress that the citizens of Israel should be 
allowed, as a fundamental human right recognized by the United States 
and United Nations General Assembly resolution 181 of November 29, 
1947, to worship freely and according to their traditions.
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