[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 412 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 412

Commemorating the thirty-ninth anniversary of the reunification of the 
                           city of Jerusalem.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2006

 Ms. Ros-Lehtinen (for herself, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Wexler, Mr. McCotter, 
    Mr. Pence, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Burton of 
Indiana, Mr. Pombo, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Ryun of Kansas, Mr. McHenry, 
Mr. Engel, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
    Chandler, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Ackerman) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Commemorating the thirty-ninth anniversary of the reunification of the 
                           city of Jerusalem.

Whereas for 3,000 years Jerusalem has been Judaism's holiest city and the focal 
        point of Jewish religious devotion;
Whereas Jerusalem is also considered a holy city by members of other religious 
        faiths;
Whereas, from 1948 to 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city and Israeli citizens of 
        all faiths, as well as Jewish citizens of all countries, were denied 
        access to certain holy sites;
Whereas, in 1967, Jerusalem was reunited by Israel during the conflict known as 
        the Six Day War;
Whereas, since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city, and persons of all 
        religious faiths have been guaranteed full access to holy sites within 
        the city;
Whereas this year marks the thirty-ninth year that Jerusalem has been 
        administered as a unified city in which the rights of all faiths have 
        been respected and protected;
Whereas, in 1990, the United States Senate and House of Representatives 
        overwhelmingly adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 and House 
        Concurrent Resolution 290 declaring that Jerusalem, the capital of 
        Israel, ``must remain an undivided city'' and calling on Israel and the 
        Palestinians to undertake negotiations to resolve their differences;
Whereas each sovereign country, under international law and custom, has the 
        right to designate its own capital;
Whereas Jerusalem is the seat of the Government of Israel, including the 
        President, Parliament, and the Supreme Court;
Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45), which became law 
        on November 8, 1995, states as a matter of United States policy that 
        Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel;
Whereas the United States maintains its embassy in the functioning capital of 
        every country except in the case of Israel, a friend and strategic ally 
        of the United States; and
Whereas the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
        107-228) directs that the Secretary of State shall, upon the request of 
        a citizen or a citizen's legal guardian, record the place of birth of a 
        United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem as Israel: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That Congress--
            (1) congratulates the residents of Jerusalem and the people 
        of Israel on the thirty-ninth anniversary of the reunification 
        of that historic city;
            (2) strongly believes that Jerusalem must remain an 
        undivided city in which the rights of every ethnic and 
        religious group are protected as they have been by Israel 
        during the past 39 years;
            (3) calls upon the President and Secretary of State to 
        publicly affirm as a matter of United States policy that 
        Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of the State of 
        Israel;
            (4) strongly urges the President to discontinue the waiver 
        contained in the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-
        45), immediately implement the provisions of that Act, and 
        begin the process of relocating the United States Embassy in 
        Israel to Jerusalem; and
            (5) further urges United States officials to refrain from 
        any actions that contradict United States law on this subject.
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