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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 107 

To prohibit voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations until 

the President certifies to Congress that United Nations Security Council 

Resolution 2334 has been repealed. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 12, 2017 

Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. RISCH, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. ROUNDS, 

Mr. THUNE, Mr. HATCH, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. 

DAINES, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. LEE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. 

WICKER, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. MCCAIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

MCCONNELL, and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit voluntary or assessed contributions to the United 

Nations until the President certifies to Congress that 

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 has 

been repealed. 

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 ‘‘Safeguard Israel Act 

5 of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find3 ings: 

4 (1) On December 23, 2016, President Barack 

5 Obama instructed United States Permanent Rep6 resentative to the United Nations Samantha Power 

7 to abstain from United Nations Security Council 

8 Resolution 2334, which condemns our close friend 

9 and ally Israel. 

10 (2) The failure to veto United Nations Security 

11 Council Resolution 2334, which attempts to pre12 judge the basis for negotiations, predetermine the 

13 outcome of negotiations, and dictate terms and con14 ditions on this issue, was an abandonment of long15 standing policy of the United States and previous 

16 commitments made to Israel. 

17 (3) United Nations Security Council Resolution 

18 2334 falsely claims that Israel’s sovereignty over the 

19 eastern part of Jerusalem and Jewish communities 

20 in the West Bank are illegal under international law, 

21 and that the Old City of Jerusalem, along with the 

22 Temple Mount, the holiest site for the Jewish peo23 ple, and the Western Wall are ‘‘occupied Palestinian 

24 territory’’. 

25 (4) United Nations Security Council Resolution 

26 2334 encourages the International Criminal Court to 


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1 open an illegitimate formal investigation against 

2 Israel. 

3 (5) United Nations Security Council Resolution 

4 2334 will help to strengthen the Palestinian diplo5 matic, economic, and legal warfare campaign against 

6 Israel, particularly because of a paragraph that calls 

7 upon states to make a distinction in their dealings 

8 with Israel between pre-1967 Israel and Israel be9 yond the 1967 lines, encouraging boycotts, divest10 ments, and sanctions against Israel. 

11 (6) Senate Resolution 6 and House Resolution 

12 11 (115th Congress) object to United Nations Secu13 rity Council Resolution 2334 and rebuke the Obama 

14 Administration for permitting the adoption of this 

15 biased, anti-Israel resolution. 

16 (7) On December 16, 2016, outgoing United 

17 Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admitted 

18 the United Nations bias against Israel in his final 

19 address to the United Nations Security Council 

20 when he stated, ‘‘Decades of political maneuverings 

21 have created a disproportionate volume of resolu22 tions, reports, and conferences criticizing Israel.’’. 

23 (8) The United Nations passes more resolutions 

24 condemning Israel than any other country in the 

25 world. 


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1 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con2 gress that— 

3 (1) the United States needs to hold the United 

4 Nations accountable for its hostile actions to 

5 delegitimize Israel; and 

6 (2) Congress should respond with concrete con7 sequences to the United Nations for the adoption of 

8 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 

9 and the overt bias of the United Nations against 

10 Israel. 

11 SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON FUNDING TO THE UNITED NA12 TIONS. 

13 The United States Government may not make any 

14 voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations 

15 or any United Nations organization, including any United 

16 Nations specialized agency, fund, or program and any 

17 other body or entity affiliated with the United Nations or 

18 founded by a United Nations treaty, convention, or agree19 ment, until the President certifies to the appropriate con20 gressional committees that United Nations Security Coun21 cil Resolution 2334 (2016) has been repealed. 

22 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE23 FINED. 

24 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com25 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

2 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

3 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

4 Senate; and 

5 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

6 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

7 Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 

8 Representatives. 

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