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Shown Here: Introduced in House (01/15/2013)
113th CONGRESS 1st Session
H. R. 252
To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to
relocate to Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 15, 2013
Mr. Chaffetz
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign
Affairs
A BILL
To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to
relocate to Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
“Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act
of 2013”.
SEC. 2. Recognition of
Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and relocation of the United States Embassy
to Jerusalem.
(a) Policy.—It
is 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 104–5) and begin the process of relocating the United States
Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; and
(5) United States
officials should refrain from any actions that contradict United States law on
this subject.
(c) Removal 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) Identification
of Jerusalem on Government documents.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any official document of the United States Government which
lists countries and their capital cities shall identify Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel.
(e) Timetable.—
(1) STATEMENT OF
POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States that the United
States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem as soon as
possible, but not later than January 1, 2015.
(2) OPENING
DETERMINATION.—Not more than 50 percent of the funds appropriated
to the Department of State for fiscal year 2015 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.
(f) Fiscal years
2013 and 2014 funding.—
(1) FISCAL YEAR
2013.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for
“Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad” for the Department
of State for fiscal year 2013, 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 Israel in the capital of
Jerusalem.
(2) FISCAL YEAR
2014.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for
“Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad” for the Department
of State for fiscal year 2014, 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 Israel in the capital of
Jerusalem.
(g) 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.