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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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Jerusalem Embassy 

5 and Recognition Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF 

2 ISRAEL AND RELOCATION OF THE UNITED 

3 STATES EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM. 

4 (a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 

5 recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State 

6 of Israel, both de jure and de facto. 

7 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con8 gress that— 

9 (1) Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in 

10 which the rights of every ethnic and religious group 

11 are protected as they have been by Israel since 

12 1967; 

13 (2) every citizen of Israel should have the right 

14 to reside anywhere in the undivided city of Jeru15 salem; 

16 (3) the President and the Secretary of State 

17 should publicly affirm as a matter of United States 

18 policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided 

19 capital of the State of Israel; 

20 (4) the President should immediately implement 

21 the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 

22 1995 (Public Law 104–5) and begin the process of 

23 relocating the United States Embassy in Israel to 

24 Jerusalem; and 


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1 (5) United States officials should refrain from 

2 any actions that contradict United States law on 

3 this subject. 

4 (c) REMOVAL OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Jeru5 salem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–45) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by striking section 7; and 

8 (2) by redesignating section 8 as section 7. 

9 (d) IDENTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM ON GOVERN10 MENT DOCUMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law, any official document of the United States 

12 Government which lists countries and their capital cities 

13 shall identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 

14 (e) TIMETABLE.— 

15 (1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 

16 the United States that the United States Embassy 

17 in Israel should be established in Jerusalem as soon 

18 as possible, but not later than January 1, 2015. 

19 (2) OPENING DETERMINATION.—Not more than 

20 50 percent of the funds appropriated to the Depart21 ment of State for fiscal year 2015 for ‘‘Acquisition 

22 and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad’’ may be obli23 gated until the Secretary of State determines and 

24 reports to Congress that the United States Embassy 

25 in Jerusalem has officially opened. 


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1 (f) FISCAL YEARS 2013 AND 2014 FUNDING.— 

2 (1) FISCAL YEAR 2013.—Of the funds author3 ized to be appropriated for ‘‘Acquisition and Mainte4 nance of Buildings Abroad’’ for the Department of 

5 State for fiscal year 2013, such sums as may be nec6 essary should be made available until expended only 

7 for construction and other costs associated with the 

8 establishment of the United States Embassy in 

9 Israel in the capital of Jerusalem. 

10 (2) FISCAL YEAR 2014.—Of the funds author11 ized to be appropriated for ‘‘Acquisition and Mainte12 nance of Buildings Abroad’’ for the Department of 

13 State for fiscal year 2014, such sums as may be nec14 essary should be made available until expended only 

15 for construction and other costs associated with the 

16 establishment of the United States Embassy in 

17 Israel in the capital of Jerusalem. 

18 (g) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United 

19 States Embassy’’ means the offices of the United States 

20 diplomatic mission and the residence of the United States 

21 chief of mission. 

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