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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8050 

To prohibit United States Government recognition of the Israeli Government’s 

claim of sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 14, 2020 

Ms. MCCOLLUM (for herself, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, 

Mr. POCAN, Ms. OMAR, and Mr. CARSON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit United States Government recognition of the 

Israeli Government’s claim of sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, 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 ‘‘Israeli Annexation 

5 Non-Recognition Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 It is the sense of Congress that— 

8 (1) unilateral annexation of any part of the oc9 cupied West Bank by the Government of Israel— 


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1 (A) is a flagrant violation of international 

2 law and a prohibited act of aggression under 

3 Article 2(4) of the UN Charter; 

4 (B) is contrary to the values of the Amer5 ican people and the long-standing policy of the 

6 United States to support and promote equality, 

7 human rights, and dignity for both Palestinians 

8 and Israelis; and 

9 (C) undermines United States national se10 curity interests in the Middle East as well as 

11 diplomatic efforts by the United States and the 

12 international community to achieve a just and 

13 lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinian 

14 people; 

15 (2) promoting human rights, human dignity, 

16 and democratic rights for all Palestinians and 

17 Israelis are foreign policy priorities of the United 

18 States; 

19 (3) the United States rejects any undemocratic 

20 system or act of aggression in which Israel unilater21 ally exercises permanent rule over a Palestinian peo22 ple denied self-determination and human rights; and 

23 (4) any annexation of the occupied West Bank 

24 by the Government of Israel is condemned by Con25 gress as the illegal annexation of occupied territory 


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1 and should not be recognized as legitimate by the 

2 United States. 

3 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNITED STATES RECOGNI4 TION OF THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT’S CLAIM 

5 OF SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE WEST BANK. 

6 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

7 United States not to recognize any claim by the Govern8 ment of Israel of sovereignty over any part of the occupied 

9 West Bank including its airspace. 

10 (b) PROHIBITION.—No Federal department or agen11 cy may take any action or extend any assistance in a man12 ner that extends or implies United States recognition of 

13 such a claim of sovereignty in violation of international 

14 humanitarian law or customary international law. 

15 (c) WAIVER.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may waive 

17 the prohibition in subsection (b) on a case-by-case 

18 basis beginning 30 days after the date on which the 

19 President certifies to Congress that such waiver is 

20 vital to the national security interests of the United 

21 States. 

22 (2) JOINT RESOLUTION OF DISAPPROVAL.—A 

23 waiver certified pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not 

24 take effect if, during the 30-day period described in 


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1 paragraph (1), there is enacted a joint resolution 

2 disapproving such waiver. 

3 (d) FUNDING LIMITATION.—No Federal funds ap4 propriated or otherwise made available to the ‘‘Foreign 

5 military financing program’’ account, or otherwise author6 ized to be appropriated or made available to carry out sec7 tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), 

8 may be made available to deploy or support the deploy9 ment of personnel, training, services, lethal materials, 

10 equipment, facilities, logistics, transportation, or any other 

11 activity in territory in the West Bank unilaterally annexed 

12 by Israel, or to facilitate or support the unilateral annex13 ation of such territory. 

14 (e) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than September 30, 

15 2021, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall 

16 certify to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

17 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations 

18 of the Senate one of the following with respect to the pre19 ceding fiscal year: 

20 (1) A certification that none of the funds obli21 gated or expended in the previous fiscal year for as22 sistance to the Government of Israel have been used 

23 by such Government to support personnel, training, 

24 lethal materials, equipment, facilities, logistics, 

25 transportation or any other activity that supports or 


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1 is associated with any of the activities prohibited 

2 under subsection (d). 

3 (2) A certification that funds obligated or ex4 pended in the previous fiscal year have supported or 

5 been associated with an activity prohibited under 

6 subsection (d), along with a report describing in de7 tail the amount of such funds used by the Govern8 ment of Israel in violation of such subsection and 

9 each activity supported by such funds. 

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