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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4581 

To prohibit the United States from funding projects that discriminate against 

Israeli organizations that operate beyond the 1949 armistice lines. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2014 

Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To prohibit the United States from funding projects that 

discriminate against Israeli organizations that operate 

beyond the 1949 armistice lines. 

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 ‘‘Prohibiting Discrimi5 nation Against Israel Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds: 

8 (1) In 1995, the Interim Agreement on the 

9 West Bank and the Gaza Strip (commonly referred 

10 to as the Oslo II Accord) formally divided Judea and 

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1 Samaria into three administrative divisions, with 

2 Area C being under full Israeli civil and security 

3 control; therefore, foreign countries should not dis4 criminate against Israeli organizations that operate 

5 there. 

6 (2) In 1995, the United States Congress passed 

7 the Jerusalem Embassy Act (Public Law 104–45) 

8 which formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital 

9 of the State of Israel, and concluded that it should 

10 remain an undivided city. 

11 (3) The claim that Israeli settlements beyond 

12 the 1949 armistice lines are an obstacle to peace has 

13 been repeatedly disproven, and the 2005 expulsion 

14 from Gaza and the 2010 freeze on natural growth 

15 in the settlements harmed the peace process and led 

16 to an increase in violence, not a decrease. 

17 (4) Notwithstanding allegations to the contrary, 

18 Israeli settlements in these territories do not in any 

19 way violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Conven20 tion; they are completely voluntary, and do not in21 volve ‘‘individual or mass forcible transfers’’ prohib22 ited by subpart (1) of Article 49. 

23 (5) In 2009, the Kingdom of Spain refused to 

24 allow a team from Ariel University Center of Sama25 ria (now known as Ariel University) to participate in 

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1 a solar energy competition funded by the United 

2 States Department of Energy solely because the uni3 versity was located beyond Israel’s 1949 armistice 

4 line. 

5 (6) In 2010, The Government Pension Fund of 

6 Norway excluded several Israeli companies based 

7 solely on the fact that they operate in Judea and Sa8 maria. 

9 (7) In 2010, the European Court of Justice 

10 issued a ruling in Brita GmbH v. Hauptzollamt 

11 Hamburg-Hafen (Case C–386/08) prohibiting Israeli 

12 products produced beyond the 1949 armistice line 

13 from being labeled as ‘‘Made in Israel’’, which 

14 caused them to be subject to higher tariffs. 

15 (8) In 2010, the United Kingdom banned an 

16 Israeli tourism advertisement because it included a 

17 photograph of the Old City of Jerusalem, which is 

18 located beyond the 1949 armistice line and was fully 

19 annexed by Israel in 1980. 

20 (9) In 2013, the European Union issued orders 

21 forbidding its member states from cooperating, 

22 transferring funds, or giving scholarships or re23 search grants to organizations beyond Israel’s 1949 

24 armistice line. 

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1 SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION. 

2 It shall be the policy of the United States that no 

3 funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be 

4 expended for any international project that prohibits par5 ticipation of Israeli organizations that operate beyond the 

6 1949 armistice line. 

7 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

8 The provisions of this Act shall take effect imme9 diately following enactment. 

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