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House Calendar No. 47 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 326 

[Report No. 116–242] 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States 

efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated 

two-state solution. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2019 

Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Ms. BASS, and Mr. CONNOLLY) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

OCTOBER 17, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. COHEN, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. POCAN, 

Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. WATERS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. HILL of California, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. 

RASKIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, 

Ms. PINGREE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 

Pennsylvania, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Ms. MOORE, Mr. LEVIN of 

Michigan, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, 

Mr. HIMES, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. YARMUTH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. WELCH, 

Mr. KILDEE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms. 

BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. 

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 

Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. COX of California, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. 

FOSTER, Mr. NEAL, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. KIND, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. DELGADO, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BERA, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. QUIGLEY, 

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fornia, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. 

MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. CROW, Mr. KIM, Mr. TED LIEU of California, 

Mr. ROUDA, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. BONAMICI, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. PANETTA, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. 

WEXTON, Mrs. BUSTOS, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. 

FINKENAUER, Mr. EVANS, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. HECK, Mr. KILMER, Ms. PORTER, Mr. ALLRED, 

Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. OMAR, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 

PRESSLEY, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. DELBENE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 

Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. KEATING, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. SCHRADER, Mrs. 

MCBATH, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. LEWIS, 

Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mrs. 

FLETCHER, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. MENG, Mr. NEGUSE, 

Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. TRONE, Mr. 

RICHMOND, Ms. TITUS, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. NADLER, Mr. SCHNEIDER, 

Ms. FRANKEL, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. CASTEN of 

Illinois, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Ms. 

STEVENS, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Ms. 

KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. SCHIFF, 

Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. CASTRO of 

Texas, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. WILD, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. CRIST, Mr. 

PETERS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. LAMB, Mr. SIRES, Mr. LAWSON of 

Florida, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. SOTO, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. RYAN, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. COOPER, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. DEAN, Ms. HOULAHAN, and Mr. LYNCH

OCTOBER 17, 2019 

Reported with amendments, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to 

be printed 

[Strike the preamble and insert the part printed in italic] 

[Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding United States efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated two-state solution. 

Whereas the special relationship between the United States 

and Israel is rooted in shared national security interests 

and shared values of democracy, human rights, and the 

rule of law; 


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Whereas the United States has worked for decades to 

strengthen Israel’s security through assistance and cooperation on defense and intelligence matters in order to 

enhance the safety of United States and Israeli citizens; 

Whereas the United States remains unwavering in its commitment to help Israel address the myriad challenges it 

faces, including threats from anti-Israel terrorist organizations, regional instability, horrifying violence in neighboring states, and hostile regimes that call for its destruction; 

Whereas the United States has long sought a just and stable 

future for Palestinians, and an end to the occupation, including opposing settlement activity and moves toward 

unilateral annexation in Palestinian territory; 

Whereas for more than 20 years, Presidents of the United 

States from both political parties and Israeli Prime Ministers had supported reaching a two-state solution that 

establishes a Palestinian state coexisting side by side with 

Israel in peace and security; 

Whereas United States administrations from both political 

parties have put forward proposals to provide a framework for negotiations toward a two-state solution, including the parameters put forward by President Bill Clinton 

in December 2000, the Road Map proposed by President 

George W. Bush in April 2003, and the principles set 

forth by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State 

John Kerry in December 2016; 

Whereas ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is vital to the 

interests of both parties; and 

Whereas delays to a political solution to the conflict between 

Israelis and Palestinians pose a threat to the ability to 


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maintain a Jewish and democratic state of Israel: Now, 

therefore, be it 

Whereas the special relationship between the United States and 

Israel is rooted in shared national security interests and 

shared values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of 

law; 

Whereas the United States has worked for decades to strengthen 

Israel’s security through assistance and cooperation on defense and intelligence matters in order to enhance the safety of United States and Israeli citizens; 

Whereas the United States remains unwavering in its commitment to help Israel address the myriad challenges it faces, 

including terrorism, regional instability, horrifying violence in neighboring states, and hostile regimes that call 

for its destruction; 

Whereas the United States has long sought a just, stable, and 

lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that recognizes the Palestinian right to self-determination and offers Israel long-term security and full normalization with 

its neighbors; 

Whereas for more than 20 years, Presidents of the United 

States from both political parties and Israeli Prime Ministers have supported reaching a two-state solution that establishes a Palestinian state coexisting side by side with 

Israel in peace and security; 

Whereas for more than 20 years, Presidents of the United 

States from both political parties have opposed settlement 

expansion, moves toward unilateral annexation of territory, and efforts to achieve Palestinian statehood status 

outside the framework of negotiations with Israel; 


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Whereas United States administrations from both political 

parties have put forward proposals to provide a framework 

for negotiations toward a two-state solution, including the 

parameters put forward by President Bill Clinton in December 2000, the Road Map proposed by President George 

W. Bush in April 2003, and the principles set forth by 

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John 

Kerry in December 2016; 

Whereas ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is vital to the 

interests of both parties and the leadership of both parties 

must negotiate in good faith in order to achieve peace; and 

Whereas delays to a political solution to the conflict between 

Israelis and Palestinians pose a threat to the ability to 

maintain a Jewish and democratic state of Israel and the 

establishment of a viable, democratic Palestinian state: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 

3 (1) only the achievement of a two-state solution 

4 that enhances stability and security in the Middle 

5 East can both— 

6 (A) ensure the State of Israel’s survival as 

7 a secure Jewish and democratic state; and 

8 (B) fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the 

9 Palestinian people for a state of their own; 

10 (2) while the United States remains indispen11 sable to any viable effort to achieve that goal, only 


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1 the Israelis and the Palestinians can make the dif2 ficult choices necessary to end their conflict; 

3 (3) the United States, with the support of re4 gional and international partners, can play a con5 structive role toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian 

6 conflict by putting forward a proposal for achieving 

7 a two-state solution that is consistent with the 

8 broadly held consensus positions for resolving the 

9 conflict’s final status issues as reflected in previous 

10 United States proposals; and 

11 (4) a United States proposal that fails to ex12 pressly endorse a two-state solution as its objective, 

13 that expressly or tacitly encourages unilateral annex14 ation of territory, or is otherwise inconsistent with 

15 the broadly held consensus positions for resolving 

16 the conflict’s final status issues as reflected in pre17 vious United States proposals is likely to put a 

18 peaceful end to the conflict further out of reach. 

19 That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 

20 that— 

21 (1) only the outcome of a two-state solution that 

22 enhances stability and security for Israel, Palestin23 ians, and their neighbors can both ensure the state of 

24 Israel’s survival as a Jewish and democratic state 


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1 and fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the Pales2 tinian people for a state of their own; 

3 (2) while the United States remains indispen4 sable to any viable effort to achieve that goal, only the 

5 Israelis and the Palestinians can make the difficult 

6 choices necessary to end their conflict; 

7 (3) the United States, with the support of re8 gional and international partners, can play a con9 structive role toward ending the Israeli-Palestinian 

10 conflict by putting forward a proposal for achieving 

11 a two-state solution that is consistent with previous 

12 United States proposals to resolve the conflict’s final 

13 status issues in ways that recognize the Palestinian 

14 right to self-determination and enhance Israel’s long15 term security and normalization with its neighbors; 

16 and 

17 (4) a United States proposal to achieve a just, 

18 stable, and lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian 

19 conflict should expressly endorse a two-state solution 

20 as its objective and discourage steps by either side 

21 that would put a peaceful end to the conflict further 

22 out of reach, including unilateral annexation of terri23 tory or efforts to achieve Palestinian statehood status 

24 outside the framework of negotiations with Israel. 


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House Calendar No. 47 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 326 

[Report No. 116–242] 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatiated two-state solution. the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a nego- tives regarding United States efforts to resolve 

OCTOBER 17, 2019 

Reported with amendments, referred to the House 

Calendar, and ordered to be printed 


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