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GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM REVIEW ACT

MARKUP

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2292

SEPTEMBER 29, 2004

Serial No. 108–140

Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations

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Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/international—relations 

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COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 

HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman 

JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa 

CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey, 

Vice Chairman 

DAN BURTON, Indiana 

ELTON GALLEGLY, California 

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida 

CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina 

DANA ROHRABACHER, California 

EDWARD R. ROYCE, California 

PETER T. KING, New York 

STEVE CHABOT, Ohio 

AMO HOUGHTON, New York 

JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York 

ROY BLUNT, Missouri 

THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado 

RON PAUL, Texas 

NICK SMITH, Michigan 

JOSEPH R. PITTS, Pennsylvania 

JEFF FLAKE, Arizona 

JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia 

MARK GREEN, Wisconsin 

JERRY WELLER, Illinois 

MIKE PENCE, Indiana 

THADDEUS G. MCCOTTER, Michigan 

KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida 

Vacancy 

TOM LANTOS, California 

HOWARD L. BERMAN, California 

GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York 

ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 

Samoa 

DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey 

ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey 

SHERROD BROWN, Ohio 

BRAD SHERMAN, California 

ROBERT WEXLER, Florida 

ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York 

WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts 

GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York 

BARBARA LEE, California 

JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York 

JOSEPH M. HOEFFEL, Pennsylvania 

EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon 

SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada 

GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California 

ADAM B. SCHIFF, California 

DIANE E. WATSON, California 

ADAM SMITH, Washington 

BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota 

BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky 

THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Staff Director/General Counsel 

ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director 

DANIEL FREEMAN, Counsel/Parliamentarian 

MARILYN C. OWEN, Senior Staff Associate 

LIBERTY DUNN, Staff Associate 

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C O N T E N T S 

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MARKUP OF 

S. 2292, To require a report on acts of anti-Semitism around the world ........... 2

Amendment to S. 2292 offered by the Honorable Christopher H. Smith, 

a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey and Vice 

Chairman, Committee on International Relations ........................................ 8

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GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM REVIEW ACT 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2004

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:31 a.m. in room 

2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Henry J. Hyde (Chairman of the Committee), presiding. 

Chairman HYDE. The Committee will come to order. The business meeting of the Committee is now in session. And without objection, the Chairman is authorized to seek consideration of S. 

2292, a bill to require a report on acts of anti-Semitism around the 

world, under suspension of the rules, and the proposed amendment 

to the bill which the Members have before them will be deemed 

adopted. 

Without objection, so ordered, and the business meeting is recessed. 

[The bill, S. 2292, and the amendment referred to, follow:]

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108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2292

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 10, 2004

Referred to the Committee on International Relations

AN ACT

To require a report on acts of anti-Semitism around the

world.

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 ‘‘Global Anti-Semitism

5 Review Act of 2004’’.


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress makes the following findings:

3 (1) Acts of anti-Semitism in countries through4 out the world, including some of the world’s strong5 est democracies, have increased significantly in fre6 quency and scope over the last several years.

7 (2) During the first 3 months of 2004, there

8 were numerous instances of anti-Semitic violence

9 around the world, including the following incidents:

10 (A) In Australia on January 5, 2004, poi11 son was used to ignite, and burn anti-Semitic

12 slogans into, the lawns of the Parliament House

13 in the state of Tasmania.

14 (B) In St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb15 ruary 15, 2004, vandals desecrated approxi16 mately 50 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery,

17 painting the stones with swastikas and anti-Se18 mitic graffiti.

19 (C) In Toronto, Canada, over the weekend

20 of March 19 through March 21, 2004, vandals

21 attacked a Jewish school, a Jewish cemetery,

22 and area synagogues, painting swastikas and

23 anti-Semitic slogans on the walls of a syna24 gogue and on residential property in a nearby,

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1 (D) In Toulon, France, on March 23,

2 2004, a Jewish synagogue and community cen3 ter were set on fire.

4 (3) Anti-Semitism in old and new forms is also

5 increasingly emanating from the Arab and Muslim

6 world on a sustained basis, including through books

7 published by government-owned publishing houses in

8 Egypt and other Arab countries.

9 (4) In November 2002, state-run television in

10 Egypt broadcast the anti-Semitic series entitled

11 ‘‘Horseman Without a Horse,’’ which is based upon

12 the fictitious ‘‘Protocols of the Learned Elders of

13 Zion’’. The Protocols have been used throughout the

14 last century by despots such as Adolf Hitler to jus15 tify violence against Jews.

16 (5) In November 2003, Arab television featured

17 an anti-Semitic series, entitled ‘‘Ash-Shatat’’ (or

18 ‘‘The Diaspora’’), which depicts Jewish people

19 hatching a plot for Jewish control of the world.

20 (6) The sharp rise in anti-Semitic violence has

21 caused international organizations such as the Orga22 nization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

23 (OSCE) to elevate, and bring renewed focus to, the

24 issue, including the convening by the OSCE in June


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1 2003 of a conference in Vienna dedicated solely to

2 the issue of anti-Semitism.

3 (7) The OSCE will again convene a conference

4 dedicated to addressing the problem of anti-Semi5 tism on April 28–29, 2004, in Berlin, with the

6 United States delegation to be led by former Mayor

7 of New York City Ed Koch.

8 (8) The United States Government has strongly

9 supported efforts to address anti-Semitism through

10 bilateral relationships and interaction with inter11 national organizations such as the OSCE, the Euro12 pean Union, and the United Nations.

13 (9) Congress has consistently supported efforts

14 to address the rise in anti-Semitic violence. During

15 the 107th Congress, both the Senate and the House

16 of Representatives passed resolutions expressing

17 strong concern with the sharp escalation of anti-Se18 mitic violence in Europe and calling on the Depart19 ment of State to thoroughly document the phe20 nomenon.

21 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

22 It is the sense of Congress that—

23 (1) the United States Government should con24 tinue to strongly support efforts to combat anti25 Semitism worldwide through bilateral relationships


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1 and interaction with international organizations such

2 as the OSCE; and

3 (2) the Department of State should thoroughly

4 document acts of anti-Semitism that occur around

5 the world.

6 SEC. 4. REPORTS.

7 (a) ONE-TIME REPORT.—Not later than November

8 15, 2004, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Com9 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com10 mittee on International Relations of the House of Rep11 resentatives a report on acts of anti-Semitism around the

12 world, including a description of—

13 (1) acts of physical violence against, or harass14 ment of, Jewish people, and acts of violence against,

15 or vandalism of, Jewish community institutions,

16 such as schools, synagogues, or cemeteries, that oc17 curred in each country;

18 (2) the responses of the governments of those

19 countries to such actions;

20 (3) the actions taken by such governments to

21 enact and enforce laws relating to the protection of

22 the right to religious freedom of Jewish people; and

23 (4) the efforts by such governments to promote

24 anti-bias and tolerance education.


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1 (b) INFORMATION REQUIRED IN ANNUAL DEPART2 MENT OF STATE REPORTS.—The Secretary of State shall

3 include the information required under subsection (a) in

4 the annual reports of the Department of State known as

5 the Annual Report on International Religious Freedom

6 and the Annual Human Rights Report.

Passed the Senate May 7, 2004.

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

Secretary.


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AMENDMENT TO S. 2292

OFFERED BY MR. SMITH

Page 2, line 7, after ‘‘During’’ insert the following:

‘‘the last 3 months of 2003 and’’.

Page 2, after line 9, insert the following new subparagraphs:

1 (A) In Putrajaya, Malaysia, on October 16,

2 2003, former Prime Minister Mahatir Moham3 mad told the 57 national leaders assembled for

4 the Organization of the Islamic Conference that

5 Jews ‘‘rule the world by proxy’’, and called for

6 a ‘‘final victory’’ by the world’s 1.3 billion Mus7 lims, who, he said, ‘‘cannot be defeated by a

8 few million Jews.’’.

9 (B) In Istanbul, Turkey, on November 15,

10 2003, simultaneous car bombs exploded outside

11 two synagogues filled with worshippers, killing

12 24 people and wounding more than 250 people.

Page 2, line 10, redesignate subparagraph (A) as

subparagraph (C).

Page 2, line 14, redesignate subparagraph (B) as

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Page 2, line 19, redesignate subparagraph (C) as

subparagraph (E).

Page 3, line 1, redesignate subparagraph (D) as

subparagraph (F).

Page 4, after line 20, insert the following new paragraph:

1 (10) Anti-Semitism has at times taken the form

2 of vilification of Zionism, the Jewish national move3 ment, and incitement against Israel.

Page 5, line 2, insert after ‘‘OSCE’’ the following:

‘‘, the European Union, and the United Nations’’.

Page 5, line 7, strike ‘‘(a) ONE-TIME REPORT.––’’.

Page 5, line 11, insert ‘‘one-time’’ before ‘‘report’’.

Page 5, line 22, strike ‘‘and’’ at the end.

Page 5, line 24, strike the period at the end and insert ‘‘; and’’.

Page 5, after line 24, insert the following new paragraph:

4 (5) instances of propaganda in government and

5 nongovernment media that attempt to justify or pro6 mote racial hatred or incite acts of violence against

7 Jewish people.


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Page 6, beginning line 1, strike subsection (b) and

insert the following new sections:

1 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE

2 TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMITISM.

3 The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956

4 is amended by adding after section 58 (22 U.S.C. 2730)

5 the following new section:

6 ‘‘SEC. 59. MONITORING AND COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM.

7 ‘‘(a) OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ANTI-SEMI8 TISM.—

9 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Sec10 retary shall establish within the Department of State

11 an Office to Monitor and Combat anti-Semitism (in

12 this section referred to as the ‘Office’) .

13 ‘‘(2) HEAD OF OFFICE.—

14 ‘‘(A) SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MONITORING

15 AND COMBATING ANTI-SEMITISM.—The head of

16 the Office shall be the Special Envoy for Moni17 toring and Combating anti-Semitism (in this

18 section referred to as the ‘Special Envoy’).

19 ‘‘(B) APPOINTMENT OF HEAD OF OF20 FICE.—The Secretary shall appoint the Special

21 Envoy. If the Secretary determines that such is

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1 ees of the Department. The Secretary may

2 allow such officer or employee to retain the po3 sition (and the responsibilities associated with

4 such position) held by such officer or employee

5 prior to the appointment of such officer or em6 ployee to the position of Special Envoy under

7 this paragraph.

8 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE OF OFFICE.—Upon establishment, the

9 Office shall assume the primary responsibility for—

10 ‘‘(1) monitoring and combatting acts of anti11 Semitism and anti-Semitic incitement that occur in

12 foreign countries;

13 ‘‘(2) coordinating and assisting in the prepara14 tion of that portion of the report required by sec15 tions 116(d)(7) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assist16 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)(7) and

17 2304(b)) relating to an assessment and description

18 of the nature and extent of acts of anti-Semitism

19 and anti-Semitic incitement for inclusion in the an20 nual country reports on human rights practices; and

21 ‘‘(3) coordinating and assisting in the prepara22 tion of that portion of the report required by section

23 102(b)(1)(A)(iv) of the International Religious Free24 dom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)(A)(iv)) re25 lating to an assessment and description of the naVerDate Mar 21 2002 15:07 Oct 26, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\FULL\M092904\96355.000 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL

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1 ture and extent of acts of anti-Semitism and anti2 Semitic incitement for inclusion in the annual inter3 national religious freedom report.

4 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATIONS.—The Special Envoy shall con5 sult with domestic and international nongovernmental or6 ganizations and multilateral organizations and institu7 tions, as the Special Envoy considers appropriate to fulfill

8 the purposes of this section.’’.

9 SEC. 6. INCLUSION IN DEPARTMENT OF STATE ANNUAL RE10 PORTS OF INFORMATION CONCERNING ACTS

11 OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

12 (a) INCLUSION IN COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN

13 RIGHTS PRACTICES.—The Foreign Assistance Act of

14 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended—

15 (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))—

16 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9),

17 and (10), as paragraphs (9), (10), and (11), re18 spectively; and

19 (B) by inserting after paragraph (7) the

20 following new paragraph:

21 ‘‘(8) wherever applicable, a description of the

22 nature and extent of acts of anti-Semitism and anti23 Semitic incitement that occur during the preceding

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1 ‘‘(A) acts of physical violence against, or

2 harassment of Jewish people, and acts of vio3 lence against, or vandalism of Jewish commu4 nity institutions, including schools, synagogues,

5 and cemeteries;

6 ‘‘(B) instances of propaganda in govern7 ment and nongovernment media that attempt to

8 justify or promote racial hatred or incite acts of

9 violence against Jewish people;

10 ‘‘(C) the actions, if any, taken by the gov11 ernment of the country to respond to such vio12 lence and attacks or to eliminate such propa13 ganda or incitement;

14 ‘‘(D) the actions taken by such government

15 to enact and enforce laws relating to the protec16 tion of the right to religious freedom of Jewish

17 people; and

18 ‘‘(E) the efforts of such government to

19 promote anti-bias and tolerance education;’’;

20 and

21 (2) after the fourth sentence of section 502B(b)

22 (22 U.S.C. 2304(b)), by inserting the following new

23 sentence: ‘‘Wherever applicable, a description of the

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1 tions of such acts required under section

2 116(d)(8).’’.

3 (b) INCLUSION IN INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS

4 FREEDOM REPORT.—Section 102(b)(1)(A) of the Inter5 national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C.

6 6412(b)(1)(A)) is amended—

7 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

8 (2) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the

9 end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

10 (3) by adding after clause (iii) the following

11 new clause:

12 ‘‘(iv) wherever applicable, an assess13 ment and description of the nature and ex14 tent of acts of anti-Semitism and anti-Se15 mitic incitement that occur in that country

16 during the preceding year, including—

17 ‘‘(I) acts of physical violence

18 against, or harassment of, Jewish peo19 ple, acts of violence against, or van20 dalism of, Jewish community institu21 tions, and instances of propaganda in

22 government and nongovernment media

23 that incite such acts; and

24 ‘‘(II) the actions taken by the

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1 spond to such violence and attacks or

2 to eliminate such propaganda or in3 citement, to enact and enforce laws

4 relating to the protection of the right

5 to religious freedom of Jewish people,

6 and to promote anti-bias and toler7 ance education.’’.

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF INCLUSIONS.—The amend9 ments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply begin10 ning with the first report under sections 116(d) and

11 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.

12 2151n(d) and 2304(b)) and section 102(b) of the Inter13 national Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C.

14 6312(b)) submitted more than 180 days after the date of

15 the enactment of this Act.

[Whereupon, at 10:32 a.m., the Committee was adjourned.]

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