IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 144 
Commemorating the anniversary of United States recognition of Jerusalem 
as the capital of the State of Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2018 
Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. BUCK, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. HARPER, 
Mr. ROKITA, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. 
NORMAN, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. GOH-
MERT, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. DUNCAN 
of South Carolina, Mr. LATTA, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. 
WILLIAMS, Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BACON, 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. MAST, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. 
RATCLIFFE, Mr. GIBBS, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Mr. 
BURGESS, 
Mr. 
LOUDERMILK, 
Mr. 
GAETZ, 
Mr. 
ROUZER, 
Mr. 
DESJARLAIS, Mr. BUDD, Mr. EMMER, Mr. BRAT, Mrs. HANDEL, Mr. 
CLOUD, and Mr. SCALISE) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the anniversary of United States recognition 
of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. 
Whereas, more than three thousand years ago, King David 
established Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; 
Whereas Jerusalem is the spiritual home of the Jewish peo-
ple; 
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•HCON 144 IH 
Whereas even during periods of exile and oppression, the 
Jewish people continued to view Jerusalem as the sacred 
city to which they longed to return; 
Whereas once the modern State of Israel declared its inde-
pendence on May 14, 1948, Jerusalem was named its 
capital; 
Whereas Jerusalem was divided by war at the time of the 
State of Israel’s independence, and the Jewish people 
were prevented from visiting holy sites in East Jerusalem 
for years afterward; 
Whereas while the United States was one of the first nations 
to recognize the State of Israel’s independence and con-
tinues to be Israel’s strongest ally, the United States did 
not officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; 
Whereas the United States subsequently established its Em-
bassy in Tel Aviv, not Jerusalem, in 1949; 
Whereas after the conclusion of the Six-Day War in 1967, 
the State of Israel reestablished control over the entirety 
of Jerusalem; 
Whereas, since 1967, Jerusalem has been a free city in which 
not only Jews, but individuals of all faiths, are welcome 
to worship; 
Whereas, in 1980, the Israeli Knesset declared Jerusalem its 
‘‘united and eternal capital’’; 
Whereas, in 1995, Congress unanimously passed the Jeru-
salem Embassy Act, stating that ‘‘Jerusalem should be 
recognized as the capital of the State of Israel’’ and the 
United States Embassy reestablished there; 
Whereas Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack 
Obama, and Donald Trump have all expressed support 
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•HCON 144 IH 
for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of the State of 
Israel; and 
Whereas it is expected custom for the United States to recog-
nize the self-declared capital cities of its allies, and to op-
erate its Embassies from such cities: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) commemorates the anniversary of the 
Trump administration’s public recognition of Jeru-
salem as the capital of the State of Israel on Decem-
ber 6, 2017; 
(2) applauds the subsequent relocation of the 
United States Embassy to Jerusalem on May 14, 
2018; and 
(3) reaffirms the eternal friendship between the 
United States and the State of Israel. 
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