I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 263 
To render United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 null and void 
as a matter of United States law, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2017 
Mr. LAMBORN (for himself and Mr. FRANKS of Arizona) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To render United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 
null and void as a matter of United States law, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Sov-
ereignty and Commercial Freedom Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to ensure that United 
States sovereignty is of the utmost importance and to pre-
serve commercial freedom in the United States, which is 
necessary for its national interests and security. 
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SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The statements about the legality of Israeli 
civilian presence in the West Bank and East Jeru-
salem in paragraphs 1 through 4 of United Nations 
Security Council Resolution 2334 (2016) do not rep-
resent, and are contrary to, the policy of the United 
States. 
(2) Such statements about the legality of Israeli 
civilian presence in the West Bank and East Jeru-
salem, if applied to United States citizens or to their 
rights to purchase property and reside in these terri-
tories, violate United States principles of civil rights 
and non-discrimination. 
(3) As a resolution passed pursuant to the au-
thorities provided in chapter 6 of the Charter of the 
United Nations, United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 2334 has no legal force or effect. 
(4) The policies expressed in United Nations 
Security Council Resolution 2334 contradict the 
policies expressed in United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), as well 
as in numerous commitments made by the United 
States (including the commitments endorsed in 
House Concurrent Resolution 460, as adopted by the 
House of Representatives in the 108th Congress). 
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SEC. 4. NO EFFECT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUN-
CIL RESOLUTION 2334 ON UNITED STATES 
LAW. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 2334 shall have no force or effect under United 
States law, and the United States shall not be bound by 
any provision of such Resolution, including the differentia-
tion provision in paragraph 5 of such Resolution. 
(b) NO SUPPORT IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.—Nothing 
in United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 or in 
any subsequently adopted United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolution relating to Israel may be used to establish 
or demonstrate the existence of a violation of United 
States law or an offence against the law of nations in 
United States courts, including by giving standing, a 
cause of action, or a source of damages as a matter of 
law. 
(c) DEFINITION OF OFFENCE AGAINST THE LAW OF 
NATIONS.—As defined pursuant to the authority in article 
I, section 8, clause 10 of the Constitution, an ‘‘offence 
against the law of nations’’ shall not include any activity 
described in paragraphs 1 through 4 of United Security 
Council Resolution 2334. 
SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Any reference to ‘‘Israel’’ in any United States law, 
or in any treaty or other international agreement to which 
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both the United States and Israel are parties (including 
any binational program between the United States and 
Israel), shall be interpreted to include any territory over 
which Israel exercises civil jurisdiction, including East Je-
rusalem, Areas ‘‘C’’ and ‘‘H2’’ of the West Bank (as such 
areas are defined in the Oslo Accords and in subsequent 
agreements), and the Golan Heights. 
SEC. 6. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY. 
This Act is enacted pursuant to the powers of Con-
gress over foreign commerce, the defining of offenses 
against the law of nations, and regulation of the jurisdic-
tion of the Federal courts in article I, section 8 of the 
Constitution. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as 
an act of recognition of territorial sovereignty, or of pre-
judging any future diplomatic negotiations between Israel 
and the Palestinian Authority. 
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