H. Res. 354 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
November 3, 2015. 
Whereas anti-Semitic rhetoric and acts, including violent at-
tacks on people and places of faith, have increased in fre-
quency, variety, and severity in many countries in Eu-
rope; 
Whereas the French Service de Protection de la Communaute 
Juive (Jewish Community Security Service) reported an 
increase in anti-Semitic acts in France between 2013 to 
2014 (from 423 acts to 851), including an increase in 
violent ones (from 105 acts to 241); 
Whereas the Community Security Trust reported an increase 
in anti-Semitic acts in the United Kingdom between 2013 
to 2014 (from 535 acts to 1,168), including an increase 
in violent ones (from 69 to 81); and the Kantor Center 
for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry reported 
an increase in anti-Semitic acts between 2013 and 2014 
in Germany (from 788 acts to 1076, including 36 violent 
acts to 76), Belgium (from 64 acts to 109, including 11 
violent acts to 30), Austria (from 137 acts to 255, in-
cluding 4 violent acts to 9), and Italy (from 45 to 90, 
including 12 violent acts to 23); 
Whereas the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported, in its 
latest available statistics, 870 incidents in 2012 with 
anti-Jewish bias motivation, including 13 violent inci-
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dents, and 625 incidents in 2013 with anti-Jewish bias 
motivation, including four violent incidents; 
Whereas anti-Semitic attacks have been increasingly directed 
at places of ordinary daily life and places of worship, in-
cluding— 
(1) the violent extremist who pledged his loyalty to 
the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and at-
tacked a kosher supermarket in Paris, France, January 
9, 2015, murdering four Jewish patrons; and 
(2) the violent extremist who pledged his loyalty to 
ISIS and attacked the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen, 
Denmark, during a bat mitzvah celebration, February 15, 
2015, murdering a member of the Jewish community on 
security duty, and wounding two members of the Danish 
Police Service; 
Whereas anti-Semitic attacks are threats to the fundamental 
freedoms, rights, security, and diversity of all citizens, so-
cieties, and countries in which they occur; 
Whereas governments have primary responsibility for the se-
curity and safety of all of their citizens and therefore pri-
mary responsibility for monitoring, preventing, and re-
sponding to anti-Semitic violence; 
Whereas Jewish community groups that focus on strength-
ening safety awareness, crisis management, and pre-
paredness are essential to keeping members of the Jewish 
community safe, and complement efforts of government 
and inter-governmental entities; 
Whereas keeping members of Jewish communities safe re-
quires government agencies, intergovernmental institu-
tions and agencies, and law enforcement associations, for-
mally recognizing and partnering with Jewish community
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groups that focus on safety awareness and crisis manage-
ment and preparedness; 
Whereas in the United States, United Kingdom, and France, 
there are examples of formal recognition, partnership, 
training, and information-sharing between government 
entities and Jewish community security groups that have 
strengthened these countries and contributed to the safe-
ty and security of Jewish communities; 
Whereas Jewish community groups, consortia, and initiatives, 
have formed and are forming to focus on safety aware-
ness, crisis management, and preparedness, and partner 
with law enforcement entities and thought leaders; 
Whereas information-sharing and action-focused campaigns, 
including the national ‘‘If You See Something, Say Some-
thing’’ campaign of the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity, which rely on members of the public reporting sus-
picious activity to law enforcement personnel, are critical 
to preventing violent attacks on individuals and commu-
nities; 
Whereas relevant information, research, and analysis is vital 
to strengthening the preparedness, prevention, mitigation, 
and response of Jewish communities and law enforcement 
agencies; 
Whereas broader efforts to counter violent extremism, and ef-
forts to counter anti-Semitism, should be integrated with 
each other as appropriate and share best practices; 
Whereas in the Berlin Declaration of April 29, 2004, partici-
pating States of the Organization for Security and Co-
operation in Europe (OSCE) condemned anti-Semitism 
and committed themselves to specific actions to combat
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it, and to collect and maintain reliable information and 
statistics about anti-Semitic crimes; 
Whereas, on December 6, 2013, the Ministerial Council of 
the OSCE, which is composed of the Foreign Ministers 
of participating States, adopted Decision number 3/13 
entitled ‘‘Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion, or 
Belief’’, emphasizing ‘‘the link between security and full 
respect for the freedom of thought’’, and committing 
member governments to adopt ‘‘policies to promote re-
spect and protection for places of worship and religious 
sites, religious monuments, cemeteries and shrines 
against vandalism and destruction’’, among other specific 
actions; 
Whereas, on December 5, 2014, the Ministerial Council of 
the OSCE adopted Declaration number 8, the Basel Dec-
laration, on ‘‘Enhancing Efforts to Combat Anti-Semi-
tism’’, in which members of the Council stated, ‘‘We ex-
press our concern at the disconcerting number of anti-Se-
mitic incidents that continue to take place in the OSCE 
area and remain a challenge to stability and security’’ 
and ‘‘We stress the importance of States collaborating 
with civil society through effective partnerships and 
strengthened dialogue and co-operation on combating 
anti-Semitism’’; and 
Whereas in 2004, Congress passed the Global Anti-Semitism 
Review Act, which established an Office to Monitor and 
Combat Anti-Semitism, headed by a Special Envoy to 
Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
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(1) urges the United States Government to work 
closely with European governments and their law en-
forcement agencies, the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the European Union, 
Europol, and Interpol, encouraging them to— 
(A) formally recognize, partner, train, and 
share information with Jewish community security 
groups to strengthen preparedness, prevention, miti-
gation, and response related to anti-Semitic attacks 
and to support related research initiatives; 
(B) consider the formal partnerships in the 
United States, the United Kingdom, and France, 
between government entities and Jewish community 
security groups, as examples of partnership, train-
ing, and information-sharing; 
(C) support assessments of the— 
(i) general environment in which anti-Se-
mitic attacks occur; 
(ii) data on types of crimes committed and 
the response from law enforcement; 
(iii) relationships of Jewish community 
groups with local law enforcement agencies, in-
cluding joint training opportunities and infor-
mation sharing;
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(iv) preparedness, including emergency re-
sponse plans, of Jewish community groups; 
and 
(v) response of local law enforcement sys-
tems to anti-Semitic attacks, including incident 
reporting, 
initial 
response, 
and 
the 
prioritization and prosecution of those crimes; 
(D) utilize these assessments to help make ad-
justments to their strategies and efforts to combat 
anti-Semitism as needed; 
(E) help Jewish communities develop common, 
baseline safety standards; 
(F) consider developing a standardized pan- 
European information-sharing and alerting system 
that can include governmental and non-govern-
mental agencies, as well as Jewish communities; 
(G) develop safety-awareness and suspicious 
activity reporting campaigns; 
(H) integrate, as appropriate, efforts to combat 
violent extremism and efforts to combat anti-Semi-
tism; 
(I) ensure law enforcement personnel are effec-
tively trained to monitor, prevent, and respond to 
anti-Semitic violence, and to partner with Jewish 
communities;
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(J) reaffirm and work for the implementation 
of the OSCE declarations, decisions, and other com-
mitments focusing on anti-Semitism; and 
(K) ensure senior officials, with commensurate 
authority and resources, have been appointed or 
designated to combat anti-Semitism and collaborate 
with governmental and inter-governmental agencies, 
law 
enforcement 
agencies, 
Jewish 
community 
groups, and other civil society groups; 
(2) reaffirms its support for the mandate of the 
United States Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat 
Anti-Semitism as part of the broader policy priority of 
fostering international religious freedom; and 
(3) urges the Secretary of State to continue robust 
United States reporting on anti-Semitism by the Depart-
ment of State and the Special Envoy to Combat and 
Monitor Anti-Semitism. 
Attest: 
Clerk.