[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 167 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 167

 Relating to the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and 
       the relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2017

Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. Cruz) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Relating to the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and 
       the relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem.

Whereas each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may designate 
        its own capital;
Whereas, since 1950, the city of Jerusalem has been the capital of the State of 
        Israel;
Whereas the city of Jerusalem is the seat of Israel's President, Parliament, 
        Supreme Court, and the site of numerous government ministries and social 
        and cultural institutions;
Whereas the city of Jerusalem is the spiritual center of Judaism and is also 
        considered a holy city by members of other religious faiths;
Whereas Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every 
        ethnic and religious group are protected as they have been by Israel 
        since 1967;
Whereas, this year, we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reunification of 
        Jerusalem and reaffirm the congressional sentiment that Jerusalem must 
        remain an undivided city;
Whereas every citizen of Israel should have the right to reside anywhere in the 
        undivided city of Jerusalem;
Whereas the President and the Secretary of State should publicly affirm as a 
        matter of United States policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided 
        capital of the State of Israel;
Whereas the President should immediately implement the provisions of the 
        Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) and begin the process 
        of relocating the United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem;
Whereas United States officials should refrain from any actions that contradict 
        United States law on this subject; and
Whereas any official document of the United States Government which lists 
        countries and their capital cities should identify Jerusalem as the 
        capital of Israel: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) it should be the policy of the United States to 
        recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of 
        Israel both de jure and de facto; and
            (2) the United States Embassy should be relocated to 
        Jerusalem.
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