IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 852 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Israel maintains 
sovereignty over the Temple Mount and recognizing the importance of 
religious freedom for all on the Temple Mount. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 31, 2025 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself and Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Israel maintains sovereignty over the Temple Mount and 
recognizing the importance of religious freedom for all 
on the Temple Mount. 
Whereas the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest site 
in Judaism, and a holy site for Christians and Muslims 
alike; 
Whereas, roughly 3,000 years ago in the 10th Century BC, 
the First Temple was constructed upon the Temple 
Mount, commonly known as ‘‘Solomon’s Temple’’, and 
was destroyed in the 6th Century BC; 
Whereas, in approximately 516 BC, the Second Temple was 
constructed upon the Temple Mount, commonly known as 
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‘‘Herod’s Temple’’, and was destroyed in approximately 
70 AD; 
Whereas, for roughly 3,000 years, the Temple Mount’s has 
remained the holiest site in Judaism, and the Jewish peo-
ple’s connection to the Temple Mount has been dem-
onstrated by archaeological evidence, biblical texts, and 
historical records; 
Whereas, during the Six-Day War, Israel reunified Jerusalem 
in 1967 and all of Jerusalem has remained under Israeli 
sovereignty since then; 
Whereas, in 1988, Jordan renounced all claims to its previous 
holdings in Jerusalem; 
Whereas, in 1990, the Congress unanimously adopted S. Con. 
Res. 106, which declares that the Congress ‘‘strongly be-
lieves that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in 
which the rights of every ethnic and religious group are 
protected’’; 
Whereas, in 1992, the House of Representatives and Senate 
unanimously passed S. Con. Res. 113, a resolution hon-
oring the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Jeru-
salem and expressing that the Congress strongly believes 
that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city and recog-
nizing Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem; 
Whereas, in 1995, the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate overwhelmingly passed S. 1322 (P.L. 104–45), the 
Jerusalem Embassy Act which states that the Policy of 
the United States is that Jerusalem should remain an 
undivided city and the capital of the State of Israel; 
Whereas, 23 years after the passage of the Jerusalem Em-
bassy Act, President Donald J. Trump moved the United 
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States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and recognized 
Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel; 
Whereas Israel upholds religious freedom for all by ensuring 
access to holy sites for people of all faiths, however, Jew-
ish and Christian rights on the Temple Mount are se-
verely restricted as compared to the rights of Muslims; 
Whereas Muslims can currently enter the Temple Mount 
from 11 different gates, but non-Muslims can only enter 
the Temple Mount from 1 gate; 
Whereas the hours of the lone non-Muslim gate is severely re-
stricted compared to the Muslim gates to the Temple 
Mount; 
Whereas non-Muslims are not permitted access to the Temple 
Mount on Friday or Saturday, preventing Jews from ob-
serving Shabbat upon the Temple Mount; 
Whereas international actors that seek to downplay the con-
nection of the Jewish people to the Temple Mount are 
distorting history and increasing tensions; 
Whereas the October 7th Massacres carried out by Hamas 
and other terrorist organizations desecrated the Temple 
Mount by referring to these terrorist attacks as the ‘‘Al- 
Aqsa Flood’’; and 
Whereas the United States has long championed religious lib-
erty and recognizes Israel’s sovereign right to protect and 
preserve its religious and historic sites for members of all 
faiths: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) affirms the inalienable right of the Jewish 
people to full access the Temple Mount and the right 
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to pray and worship on the Temple Mount, con-
sistent with the principles of religious freedom; 
(2) recognizes the integral role of the Temple 
Mount to the Jewish people’s heritage and history; 
(3) supports the Government of Israel in its ef-
forts to safeguard the rights of Muslim worshippers, 
and integrity of Islamic structures there, in accord-
ance with Israel’s current policies; and 
(4) reaffirms its recognition of Jerusalem as 
Israel’s undivided capital, as reaffirmed repeatedly 
in United States policy and law, which includes 
Israeli sovereignty over the Temple Mount. 
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