I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4519 
To prohibit the United States from funding projects that discriminate against 
Israeli organizations that operate beyond the 1949 armistice lines. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 29, 2014 
Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the United States from funding projects that 
discriminate against Israeli organizations that operate 
beyond the 1949 armistice lines. 
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 ‘‘Prohibiting Discrimi-
nation Against Israel Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress finds: 
(1) In 1995, the Interim Agreement on the 
West Bank and the Gaza Strip (commonly referred 
to as the Oslo II Accord) formally divided Judea and 
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Samaria into three administrative divisions, with 
Area C being under full Israeli civil and security 
control; therefore, foreign countries should not dis-
criminate against Israeli organizations that operate 
there. 
(2) In 1995, the United States Congress passed 
the Jerusalem Embassy Act (Public Law 104–45) 
which formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital 
of the State of Israel, and concluded that it should 
remain an undivided city. 
(3) The claim that Israeli settlements beyond 
the 1949 armistice lines are an obstacle to peace has 
been repeatedly disproven, and the 2005 expulsion 
from Gaza and the 2010 freeze on natural growth 
in the settlements harmed the peace process and led 
to an increase in violence, not a decrease. 
(4) Notwithstanding allegations to the contrary, 
Israeli settlements in these territories do not in any 
way violate Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Conven-
tion; they are completely voluntary, and do not in-
volve ‘‘individual or mass forcible transfers’’ prohib-
ited by subpart (1) of Article 49. 
(5) In 2009, the Kingdom of Spain refused to 
allow a team from Ariel University Center of Sama-
ria (now known as Ariel University) to participate in 
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a solar energy competition funded by the United 
States Department of Energy solely because the uni-
versity was located beyond Israel’s 1949 armistice 
line; at the same time, the Spanish government 
funded projects from universities in other disputed 
regions including Artsakh State University in 
Nagorno-Karabakh and Eastern Mediterranean Uni-
versity in Northern Cyprus. 
(6) In 2010, The Government Pension Fund of 
Norway excluded several Israeli companies based 
solely on the fact that they operate in Judea and Sa-
maria. 
(7) In 2010, the European Court of Justice 
issued a ruling in Brita GmbH v. Hauptzollamt 
Hamburg-Hafen (Case C–386/08) prohibiting Israeli 
products produced beyond the 1949 armistice line 
from being labeled as ‘‘Made in Israel’’, which 
caused them to be subject to higher tariffs. 
(8) In 2010, the United Kingdom banned an 
Israeli tourism advertisement because it included a 
photograph of the Old City of Jerusalem, which is 
located beyond the 1949 armistice line and was fully 
annexed by Israel in 1980. 
(9) In 2013, the European Union issued orders 
forbidding its member states from cooperating, 
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transferring funds, or giving scholarships or re-
search grants to organizations beyond Israel’s 1949 
armistice line. 
SEC. 3. GENERAL AUTHORIZATION. 
It shall be the policy of the United States that no 
funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law may be 
expended for any international project that prohibits par-
ticipation of Israeli organizations that operate beyond the 
1949 armistice line. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The provisions of this Act shall take effect imme-
diately following enactment. 
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