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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3063 

To prohibit the use of funds for a United States Embassy, Consulate General, 

Legation, Consular Office, or any other diplomatic facility in Jerusalem 

other than the United States Embassy to the State of Israel, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 26, 2021 

Mr. HAGERTY (for himself, Mr. RISCH, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. YOUNG, 

Mr. COTTON, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. TILLIS, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. SASSE, Mrs. HYDESMITH, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. WICKER, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. LEE, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. INHOFE, 

Mr. CRAMER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. DAINES, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 

HOEVEN, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. ERNST, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Mrs. 

FISCHER, and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of funds for a United States Embassy, 

Consulate General, Legation, Consular Office, or any 

other diplomatic facility in Jerusalem other than the 

United States Embassy to the State of 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upholding the 1995 

3 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act of 2021’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) There has been overwhelming bipartisan 

7 support in Congress for recognizing Jerusalem as 

8 the eternal and undivided capital of the State of 

9 Israel and moving the United States Embassy from 

10 Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

11 (2) On May 22, 1990, Congress unanimously 

12 adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 (101st 

13 Congress), which declares that Congress ‘‘strongly 

14 believes that Jerusalem must remain an undivided 

15 city in which the rights of every ethnic religious 

16 group are protected’’. 

17 (3) In June 1992, Congress unanimously adopt18 ed Senate Concurrent Resolution 113 (102nd Con19 gress) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 

20 reunification of Jerusalem, and reaffirming congres21 sional sentiment that Jerusalem must remain an un22 divided city. 

23 (4) In June 1993, 257 members of the House 

24 of Representatives signed a letter to the Secretary of 

25 State Warren Christopher stating that the relocation 


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1 of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem ‘‘should 

2 take place no later than . . . 1999’’. 

3 (5) In March 1995, 93 United States Senators 

4 signed a letter to Secretary of State Warren Chris5 topher encouraging ‘‘planning to begin now’’ for re6 location of the United States Embassy to the city of 

7 Jerusalem. 

8 (6) In November 1995, the Jerusalem Embassy 

9 Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–45) became law after 

10 receiving a 93–5 vote in the Senate and a 374–37 

11 vote in the House of Representatives. The law ex12 presses support for recognizing Jerusalem as the 

13 capital of Israel and facilitating the relocation of the 

14 United States Embassy to Jerusalem. 

15 (7) The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 states, 

16 as the policy of the United States— 

17 (A) ‘‘Jerusalem should remain an undi18 vided city in which the rights of every ethnic 

19 and religious group are protected’’; 

20 (B) ‘‘Jerusalem should be recognized as 

21 the capital of the State of Israel’’; and 

22 (C) ‘‘the United States Embassy in Israel 

23 should be established in Jerusalem no later 

24 than May 31, 1999’’. 


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1 (8) On May 20, 1997, the Senate unanimously 

2 passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 21 (105th 

3 Congress) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of 

4 the reunification of Jerusalem during the Six Day 

5 War, which— 

6 (A) ‘‘congratulates the residents of Jeru7 salem and the people of Israel on the thirtieth 

8 anniversary of the reunification of that historic 

9 city’’; 

10 (B) ‘‘strongly believes that Jerusalem must 

11 remain an undivided city in which the rights of 

12 every ethnic and religious group are protected 

13 as they have been by Israel during the past 30 

14 years’’; 

15 (C) ‘‘calls upon the President and Sec16 retary of State to publicly affirm as a matter 

17 of United States policy that Jerusalem must re18 main the undivided capital of the state of 

19 Israel’’; and 

20 (D) ‘‘urges United States officials to re21 frain from any actions that contradict United 

22 States law on this subject’’. 

23 (9) On June 10, 1997, the House of Represent24 atives adopted House Concurrent Resolution 60 

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1 rate the 30th anniversary of the reunification of Je2 rusalem during the Six Day War, which— 

3 (A) ‘‘congratulates the residents of Jeru4 salem and the people of Israel on the 30th an5 niversary of the reunification of that historic 

6 city’’; 

7 (B) ‘‘strongly believes that Jerusalem must 

8 remain an undivided city in which the rights of 

9 every ethnic and religious group are protected 

10 as they have been by Israel during the past 30 

11 years’’; 

12 (C) ‘‘calls upon the President and the Sec13 retary of State to affirm publicly as a matter 

14 of United States policy that Jerusalem must re15 main the undivided capital of the State of 

16 Israel’’; and 

17 (D) ‘‘urges United States officials to re18 frain from any actions that contradict this pol19 icy’’. 

20 (10) In September 2002, Congress passed the 

21 Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 

22 2003 (Public Law 107–228), which states, in section 

23 214, the following: 

24 (A) ‘‘The Congress maintains its commit25 ment to relocating the United States Embassy 


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1 in Israel to Jerusalem and urges the President, 

2 pursuant to the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 

3 1995 (Public Law 104–45; 109 Stat. 398), to 

4 immediately begin the process of relocating the 

5 United States Embassy in Israel to Jeru6 salem.’’. 

7 (B) ‘‘None of the funds authorized to be 

8 appropriated by this Act may be expended for 

9 the operation of a United States consulate or 

10 diplomatic facility in Jerusalem unless such 

11 consulate or diplomatic facility is under the su12 pervision of the United States Ambassador to 

13 Israel.’’. 

14 (C) ‘‘None of the funds authorized to be 

15 appropriated by this Act may be available for 

16 the publication of any official government docu17 ment which lists countries and their capital cit18 ies unless the publication identifies Jerusalem 

19 as the capital of Israel.’’. 

20 (D) ‘‘For purposes of the registration of 

21 birth, certification of nationality, or issuance of 

22 a passport of a United States citizen born in 

23 the city of Jerusalem, the Secretary shall, upon 

24 the request of the citizen or the citizen’s legal 

25 guardian, record the place of birth as Israel.’’. 


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1 (11) On June 5, 2007, the House of Represent2 atives passed, by voice vote, House Concurrent Reso3 lution 152 (110th Congress), to commemorate the 

4 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem 

5 during the Six Day War. The resolution ‘‘reiterates 

6 [Congress’] commitment to the provisions of the Je7 rusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and calls upon the 

8 President and all United States officials to abide by 

9 its provisions’’. 

10 (12) On June 5, 2017, the Senate unanimously 

11 passed Senate Resolution 176 (115th Congress) to 

12 commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reunifica13 tion of Jerusalem during the Six Day War. The res14 olution ‘‘reaffirms the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 

15 1995 (Public Law 104–45) as United States law, 

16 and calls upon the President and all United States 

17 officials to abide by its provisions.’’. 

18 (13) On December 7, 2017, the United States 

19 took the first step to implement the Jerusalem Em20 bassy Act of 1995 by formally recognizing Jerusalem 

21 as the ‘‘eternal capital of Israel’’. 

22 (14) On May 14, 2018, the United States fur23 ther implemented the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 

24 1995 by officially opening the United States Em25 bassy in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem. 


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1 (15) On March 4, 2019, the United States took 

2 the final step to implement and become fully compli3 ant with the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 by— 

4 (A) moving the official United States Am5 bassador’s residence to Jerusalem; and 

6 (B) merging the Consulate General of the 

7 United States in Jerusalem with the United 

8 States Embassy in Jerusalem. 

9 (16) On February 2, 2021, the Senate adopted 

10 Senate Amendment 786 to the budget resolution 

11 (section 3012 of Senate Concurrent Resolution 5), 

12 by a vote of 97–3, to maintain the United States 

13 Embassy in Jerusalem permanently, and effectively 

14 preventing it from being downgraded or moved out 

15 of Israel’s capital of Jerusalem. 

16 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

17 It is the policy of the United States— 

18 (1) to uphold, preserve, and reaffirm the clear 

19 purpose and intent of the Statement of the Policy of 

20 the United States in section 3(a) of the Jerusalem 

21 Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–45; 109 

22 Stat. 399); 

23 (2) to uphold, preserve, and reaffirm United 

24 States recognition of Jerusalem as the eternal cap25 ital of the State of Israel and an undivided city in 


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1 which the rights of every ethnic and religious group 

2 are protected; 

3 (3) to maintain the United States Embassy to 

4 the State of Israel in Jerusalem, the capital of the 

5 State of Israel; and 

6 (4) not to reopen, open, or otherwise maintain 

7 a United States Embassy, Consulate General, Lega8 tion, Consular Office, or any other diplomatic facility 

9 in Jerusalem other than the United States Embassy 

10 to the State of Israel. 

11 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN DIP12 LOMATIC FACILITIES. 

13 Section 1 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 

14 (22 U.S.C. 292) is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Notwith17 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds au18 thorized to be appropriated on or after the date of the 

19 enactment of this subsection may be used for a United 

20 States Embassy, Consulate General, Legation, Consular 

21 Office, or any other diplomatic facility in Jerusalem other 

22 than the United States Embassy to the State of Israel.’’. 

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