[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S828]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3299. Mr. HELLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 757, to improve the enforcement of sanctions 
against the Government of North Korea, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL 
                   AND RELOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY TO 
                   JERUSALEM.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--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.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) 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;
       (2) every citizen of Israel should have the right to reside 
     anywhere in the undivided city of Jerusalem;
       (3) 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;
       (4) 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;
       (5) United States officials should refrain from any actions 
     that contradict United States law on this subject; and
       (6) any official document of the United States Government 
     which lists countries and their capital cities should 
     identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
       (c) Amendment of Waiver Authority.--The Jerusalem Embassy 
     Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-45) is amended--
       (1) by striking section 7; and
       (2) by redesignating section 8 as section 7.
       (d) Restriction on Funding Subject to Opening 
     Determination.--Not more than 50 percent of the funds 
     appropriated to the Department of State for fiscal year 2016 
     for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad'' may 
     be obligated until the Secretary of State determines and 
     reports to Congress that the United States Embassy in 
     Jerusalem has officially opened.
       (e) Fiscal Years 2017 and 2018 Funding.--
       (1) Fiscal year 2017.--Of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 
     Abroad'' for the Department of State for fiscal year 2017, 
     such sums as may be necessary should be made available until 
     expended only for construction and other costs associated 
     with the establishment of the United States Embassy in 
     Jerusalem.
       (2) Fiscal year 2018.--Of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 
     Abroad'' for the Department of State for fiscal year 2018, 
     such sums as may be necessary should be made available until 
     expended only for construction and other costs associated 
     with the establishment of the United States Embassy in 
     Jerusalem.
       (f) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States 
     Embassy'' means the offices of the United States diplomatic 
     mission and the residence of the United States chief of 
     mission.
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