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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 769 

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Resolution 2334 has been repealed.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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 31, 2017 

Ms. GRANGER (for herself and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

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been repealed. 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’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

7 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find8 ings: 


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

2 Obama instructed United States Permanent Rep3 resentative to the United Nations Samantha Power 

4 to abstain from United Nations Security Council 

5 Resolution 2334, which condemns our close friend 

6 and ally Israel. 

7 (2) The failure to veto United Nations Security 

8 Council Resolution 2334, which attempts to pre9 judge the basis for negotiations, predetermine the 

10 outcome of negotiations, and dictate terms and con11 ditions on this issue, was an abandonment of long12 standing policy of the United States and previous 

13 commitments made to Israel. 

14 (3) United Nations Security Council Resolution 

15 2334 falsely claims that Israel’s sovereignty over the 

16 eastern part of Jerusalem and Jewish communities 

17 in the West Bank are illegal under international law, 

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

19 Temple Mount, the holiest site for the Jewish peo20 ple, and the Western Wall are ‘‘occupied Palestinian 

21 territory’’. 

22 (4) United Nations Security Council Resolution 

23 2334 encourages the International Criminal Court to 

24 open an illegitimate formal investigation against 

25 Israel. 


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1 (5) United Nations Security Council Resolution 

2 2334 will help to strengthen the Palestinian diplo3 matic, economic, and legal warfare campaign against 

4 Israel, particularly because of a paragraph that calls 

5 upon states to make a distinction in their dealings 

6 with Israel between pre-1967 Israel and Israel be7 yond the 1967 lines, encouraging boycotts, divest8 ments, and sanctions against Israel. 

9 (6) Senate Resolution 6 and House Resolution 

10 11 (115th Congress) object to United Nations Secu11 rity Council Resolution 2334 and rebuke the Obama 

12 Administration for permitting the adoption of this 

13 biased, anti-Israel resolution. 

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

15 Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon admitted 

16 the United Nations bias against Israel in his final 

17 address to the United Nations Security Council 

18 when he stated, ‘‘Decades of political maneuverings 

19 have created a disproportionate volume of resolu20 tions, reports, and conferences criticizing Israel.’’. 

21 (8) The United Nations passes more resolutions 

22 condemning Israel than any other country in the 

23 world. 

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con25 gress that— 


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

2 Nations accountable for its hostile actions to 

3 delegitimize Israel; and 

4 (2) Congress should respond with concrete con5 sequences to the United Nations for the adoption of 

6 United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 

7 and the overt bias of the United Nations against 

8 Israel. 

9 SEC. 3. RESTRICTION ON FUNDING TO THE UNITED NA10 TIONS. 

11 The United States Government may not make any 

12 voluntary or assessed contributions to the United Nations 

13 or any United Nations organization, including any United 

14 Nations specialized agency, fund, or program and any 

15 other body or entity affiliated with the United Nations or 

16 founded by a United Nations treaty, convention, or agree17 ment, until the President certifies to the appropriate con18 gressional committees that United Nations Security Coun19 cil Resolution 2334 (2016) has been repealed. 

20 SEC. 4. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE21 FINED. 

22 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means— 

24 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

25 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 


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1 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

2 Senate; and 

3 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the 

4 Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on 

5 Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 

6 Representatives. 

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