[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 417 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 417

                Standing with Israel against terrorism.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 19, 2023

  Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Risch, Ms. 
Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. 
 Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Brown, Mr. Budd, Ms. 
Butler, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, 
 Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. 
 Ernst, Mr. Fetterman, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
   Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. 
Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Johnson, Mr. 
 Kaine, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, 
Mr. Lee, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Marshall, 
 Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Ossoff, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
 Reed, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. 
 Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of 
South Carolina, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
 Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Mr. Vance, Mr. Warner, Mr. Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
    Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the 
        following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
                Standing with Israel against terrorism.

Whereas on October 7, 2023, Hamas, an organization designated by the United 
        States as a foreign terrorist organization, launched an unprecedented 
        attack on Israel by air, land, and sea;
Whereas this heinous assault took place just after the 50th anniversary of the 
        multi-front 1973 Yom Kippur War against Israel and while Israeli Jews 
        were preparing to celebrate Simchat Torah;
Whereas Hamas, which has long been supported by Iran, launched thousands of 
        rockets into southern and central Israel;
Whereas Hamas terrorists crossed the Israeli land border, killing civilians and 
        abducting hostages in more than 20 towns in southern Israel, including 
        children and the elderly;
Whereas the initial attack killed more than 1,300 Israelis and injured thousands 
        more;
Whereas American citizens in Israel are among those killed and abducted by Hamas 
        since October 7, 2023;
Whereas since October 7, 2023, Hamas is directly responsible for the deaths of 
        hundreds of Palestinians;
Whereas expansion of this war to other fronts by Hezbollah, Iran, or others 
        would create an even more devastating regional catastrophe;
Whereas Iran has long provided hundreds of millions of dollars in material 
        support to Hamas and other terrorist groups, such as Palestinian Islamic 
        Jihad;
Whereas since 1998, the United States Government has supported successive 
        Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Israel, 
        and in the MOU negotiated in 2016, the United States pledged to provide 
        Israel with $3,300,000,000 per year in foreign military financing and 
        $500,000,000 per year in missile defense funding for 10 years, which 
        Congress has appropriated annually since 2018;
Whereas section 513(c) of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
        280), as amended by section 1273 of the United States-Israel Security 
        Assistance Authorization Act of 2020 (subtitle H of title XII of Public 
        Law 116-283), authorized not less than $3,300,000,000 in foreign 
        military financing for Israel for fiscal years 2021 through 2028, in 
        accordance with such MOU;
Whereas Congress has responded with emergency supplemental appropriations beyond 
        the terms of such MOU, when needed, such as a $225,000,000 appropriation 
        in 2014 to replenish immediate Iron Dome interceptors after Hamas fired 
        thousands of rockets into Israel, and appropriations of an additional 
        $1,000,000,000 for the Iron Dome after the May 2021 conflict during 
        which Hamas launched more than 4,400 rockets into Israel; and
Whereas the United States will make every effort to prevent Iran, Hezbollah, and 
        others from entering the conflict against Israel, including increasing 
        credible regional deterrence through the deployment of naval and air 
        assets to the Middle East:
Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE.

    The Senate--
            (1) stands with Israel as it defends itself, including 
        Israeli efforts to diminish the threat posed by Hamas;
            (2) reaffirms Israel's right to self-defense, and is 
        committed to helping Israel safeguard its people from future 
        aggression;
            (3) calls on all countries to unequivocally condemn Hamas' 
        war on Israel, including Hamas' intentional targeting of, and 
        attacks against, civilians;
            (4) demands that Hamas immediately cease its attacks 
        against Israel and safely release all living hostages and 
        return the bodies of deceased hostages;
            (5) condemns Iran's support for global terrorism, including 
        its support for terrorist groups such as Hamas and Palestinian 
        Islamic Jihad;
            (6) calls on the United States to lead an international 
        effort to deprive Hamas of Iranian and other sources of funding 
        and lethal assistance that the terror group relies on to 
        threaten Israel;
            (7) warns against any other party hostile to Israel taking 
        advantage of the current situation;
            (8) reaffirms the United States' commitment to Israel's 
        security; and
            (9) stands ready to assist Israel with emergency resupply 
        or other security, diplomatic, and intelligence support needs, 
        both during the immediate crisis and in the near future, 
        including by accelerating delivery of defense articles and 
        systems.

SEC. 2. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Nothing in this resolution may be construed as a declaration of war 
or an authorization for the use of military force.
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