[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
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  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT OF 1993

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.


                           Amendment No. 1538

  Mr. RIEGLE. Mr. President, I know Senator Moynihan has a very keen 
interest and is a principal cosponsor on the amendment that has been 
sent to the desk by Senator Brown.
  What I may do now, knowing the strength of Senator Moynihan's 
feelings and others, is to go ahead and move the adoption of that 
amendment and then reserve time for him.
  He is on his way, I am told.
  So I say to Senator Brown, I am wondering if he would mind if I, just 
for the moment, set his amendment aside in deference to Senator 
Moynihan, who is on his way to the floor and wants to say something, 
and then I am prepared to move its adoption.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, if I might ask for leave to speak for 3 
minutes on the amendment before it is set aside.
  Mr. RIEGLE. Of course.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be listed as a 
cosponsor of the Brown amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Colorado on 
offering this amendment, which has as its essential provision to 
commend the administration for its efforts not to forget the meaning of 
Jerusalem and to oppose attempts in the United Nations to refer to 
Jerusalem as occupied territory; and, that the United States should 
exercise its veto in the United Nations Security Council on any 
Security Council resolution that states or implies that Jerusalem is 
occupied territory.
  Mr. President, the Mideast peace process is a matter of great 
importance to this country and to the world. There should not be an 
effort to bring the status of Jerusalem into those talks at this time 
or to suggest in any way that Jerusalem is part of any occupied 
territory, which would only inflame and make those peace talks more 
complicated.
  Jerusalem, an undivided Jerusalem, is a part of Israel. This sense-
of-the-Congress resolution would emphasize that. I think it is a very 
important resolution and ought to be adopted.
  I thank the Chair and I yield the floor.
  Mr. RIEGLE. Mr. President, I ask we temporarily lay aside the 
amendment by Senator Brown until Senator Moynihan has arrived and had a 
chance to speak.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. BROWN. Reserving the right to object, if the Senator would, there 
is a modification of the amendment which I think is appropriate.
  Mr. RIEGLE. Let me reserve my request until the Senator sends his 
modification to the desk.


                    Amendment No. 1538, as modified

  Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the amendment be 
modified, in the third paragraph by substituting the word ``community'' 
for ``majority,'' so it would read, ``once thriving Jewish community,'' 
instead of ``majority.'' This is a recommendation of Senator Moynihan 
that I thought made sense.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has a right to modify his 
amendment and it is so modified.
  The amendment (No. 1538), as modified, is as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section:

     SEC.   . UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING JERUSALEM.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) For three thousand years Jerusalem has been the focal 
     point of Jewish religious devotion;
       (2) Jerusalem is also considered a holy city by the members 
     of other religious faiths;
       (3) The once thriving Jewish community of the historic Old 
     City of Jerusalem was driven out by force during the 1948 
     Arab-Israeli War;
       (4) From 1948 to 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city and 
     Israeli citizens of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of 
     all states were denied access to holy sites in the area 
     controlled by Jordan;
       (5) In 1967, Jerusalem was reunited during the conflict 
     known as the Six Day War;
       (6) Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city 
     administered by Israel and persons of all religious faiths 
     have been guaranteed full access to holy sites within the 
     city;
       (7) 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'';
       (8) The Vice President has stated the Administration's 
     intention not to ``forget the meaning of Jerusalem'';
       (9) The Secretary of State recently reiterated U.S. 
     opposition to attempts in the United Nations to refer to 
     Jerusalem as ``occupied territory'';
       (10) It is reported that the United Nations Security 
     Council may consider a resolution condemning the Hebron 
     massacre but which also refers to Jerusalem as ``occupied'' 
     territory;
       (b) Sense of Congress.--Therefore, it is the sense of the 
     Congress
       (1) That the Administration should be commended for its 
     efforts not to ``forget the meaning of Jerusalem'' and to 
     oppose attempts in the United Nations to refer to Jerusalem 
     as ``occupied'' territory;
       (2) That sacrificing core principles for short term 
     objectives will ultimately retard, not advance, the peace 
     process;
       (3) That the United States should exercise its veto in the 
     United Nations Security Council on any Security Council 
     resolution that states or implies that Jerusalem is 
     ``occupied'' territory.

  Mr. BROWN. I ask unanimous consent Senators Dole, Burns, and 
Feinstein be added as cosponsors.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. RIEGLE. I ask we now temporarily set aside the Brown amendment so 
I might proceed with an amendment dealing with the securitization 
provision, which I am going to send to the desk in behalf of Senator 
D'Amato and myself.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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