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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 117 

To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to Jerusalem 

the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 7, 2015 

Mr. HELLER (for himself and Mr. CRUZ) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

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 2015’’. 


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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) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

5 United States to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided 

6 capital of the State 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 104–45) 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) AMENDMENT OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Je5 rusalem 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) RESTRICTION ON FUNDING SUBJECT TO OPEN15 ING DETERMINATION.—Not more than 50 percent of the 

16 funds appropriated to the Department of State for fiscal 

17 year 2015 for ‘‘Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 

18 Abroad’’ may be obligated until the Secretary of State de19 termines and reports to Congress that the United States 

20 Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened. 

21 (f) FISCAL YEARS 2016 AND 2017 FUNDING.— 

22 (1) FISCAL YEAR 2016.—Of the funds author23 ized to be appropriated for ‘‘Acquisition and Mainte24 nance of Buildings Abroad’’ for the Department of 

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1 essary should be made available until expended only 

2 for construction and other costs associated with the 

3 establishment of the United States Embassy in 

4 Israel in the capital of Jerusalem. 

5 (2) FISCAL YEAR 2017.—Of the funds author6 ized to be appropriated for ‘‘Acquisition and Mainte7 nance of Buildings Abroad’’ for the Department of 

8 State for fiscal year 2017, such sums as may be nec9 essary should be made available until expended only 

10 for construction and other costs associated with the 

11 establishment of the United States Embassy in 

12 Israel in the capital of Jerusalem. 

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

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

15 diplomatic mission and the residence of the United States 

16 chief of mission. 

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