[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 98 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 98

Commemorating the 39th anniversary of the reunification of the city of 
                               Jerusalem.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 8, 2006

Mr. Brownback (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Allen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Frist, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Smith, Mrs. Clinton, 
Mr. Reid, Mrs. Dole, and Mr. Inhofe) submitted the following concurrent 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Commemorating the 39th anniversary of the reunification of the city of 
                               Jerusalem.

Whereas, for 3,000 years, Jerusalem has been the holiest city of Judaism 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 39th year that Jerusalem has been administered as a 
        unified city in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are 
        protected;
Whereas, in 1990, the Senate and House of Representatives overwhelmingly adopted 
        S. Con. Res. 106 (101st Congress) and H. Con. Res. 290 (101st Congress), 
        declaring that Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, ``must remain an 
        undivided city'' and calling on Israel and the Palestinians to begin 
        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, the Parliament, and the Supreme Court;
Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45; 109 Stat. 398), 
        which became law on November 8, 1995, states as a matter of United 
        States policy that Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of 
        Israel in which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are 
        protected; and
Whereas section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 
        (5 U.S.C. 8411 note; Public Law 107-228) directs that the Secretary of 
        State shall, upon the request of a citizen or a legal guardian of a 
        citizen, 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 Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) congratulates the residents of Jerusalem and the people 
        of Israel on the 39th 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--
                    (A) to discontinue use of the waiver contained in 
                the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45; 
                108 Stat. 398);
                    (B) to carry out the provisions of that Act 
                immediately; and
                    (C) to begin the process of relocating the United 
                States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; and
            (5) further urges officials of the United States to carry 
        out section 214 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
        Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-228; 116 Stat. 1365).
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