[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5111-S5112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself, Mr. Smith and Ms. Collins):
  S.J. Res. 12. A joint resolution providing for the recognition of 
Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel before the United States 
recognizes a Palestinian state, and for other purposes; to the 
Committee on Foreign Relations.
  Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text 
of the joint resolution be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the joint resolution was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                              S.J. Res. 12

       Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
     United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Jerusalem 
     Resolution''.

     SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for 
     3,000 years.
       (2) Jerusalem has never been the capital for any other 
     state other than for the Jewish people.
       (3) Jerusalem is central to Judaism and is cited in the 
     Tanach, the Hebrew Bible, 766 times.
       (4) Jerusalem is not mentioned by name in the Koran.
       (5) Every sovereign nation has the right to designate its 
     own capital.
       (6) Jerusalem is the seat of the Government of Israel, 
     including the President, the parliament, and the Supreme 
     Court.
       (7) United States law states as a matter of United States 
     policy that Jerusalem should be the undivided capital of 
     Israel.
       (8) Israel is the only country in which the United States 
     neither maintains an embassy in the city designated as the 
     capital by the host country nor recognizes such city as the 
     capital.
       (9) The citizens of Israel should be allowed to worship 
     freely and according to their traditions.
       (10) Israel supports religious freedom for all faiths.
       (11) Relocating the United States Embassy in Israel from 
     Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would

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     express the continued support of the United States for Israel 
     and for an undivided Jerusalem.
       (12) The year 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the 
     reunification of Jerusalem.

     SEC. 3. LOCATION OF UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN ISRAEL.

       Not later than 180 days before recognizing a Palestinian 
     state, the United States shall move the United States Embassy 
     in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

     SEC. 4. RECOGNITION OF ISRAEL AS UNDIVIDED CAPITAL OF ISRAEL.

       The United States shall not recognize a Palestinian state 
     until the international community resolves the status of 
     Jerusalem by recognizing the city as the undivided capital of 
     Israel.

     SEC. 5. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FREEDOM OF WORSHIP.

       It is the sense of Congress that the citizens of Israel 
     should be allowed, as a fundamental human right recognized by 
     the United States and United Nations General Assembly 
     resolution 181 of November 29, 1947, to worship freely and 
     according to their traditions.

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