SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) For more than 3,000 years, the Jewish peo-
ple have maintained a continuous connection and 
presence in the land of Israel and their eternal and 
indivisible capital city of Jerusalem. 
(2) The State of Israel was established on May 
14, 1948, in the wake of World War II in order to 
serve as a homeland and place of refuge for the Jew-
ish people. 
(3) From 1948 to 1967, Jerusalem was a di-
vided city and not all Israeli citizens of all faiths 
were entitled to visit the holy sites, and Jews from 
other countries were restricted in their access to holy 
sites in the area controlled by Jordan. In 1967, the 
city of Jerusalem was reunited during the conflict 
known as the Six Day War, and since 1967, Jeru-
salem has been a unified city administered by Israel, 
and persons of all faiths have been guaranteed full 
access to the holy sites within the city. 
(4) On July 31, 1988, Jordan relinquished its 
disputed sovereignty claims to Judea and Samaria 
and East Jerusalem, and therefore sovereign claims 
to these areas remain ‘‘disputed’’, not ‘‘occupied’’. 
(5) In 1990, Congress unanimously adopted 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 106, which declares 
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that Congress ‘‘strongly believes that Jerusalem 
must remain an undivided city in which the rights 
of every ethnic religious group are protected’’. 
(6) In 1995, Congress overwhelmingly approved 
the Jerusalem Embassy Act (Public Law 104–45), 
requiring the establishment of the United States 
Embassy in Jerusalem not later than May 31, 1999. 
(7) The United States maintains its embassy in 
the functioning capital in every country except in the 
State of Israel. 
(8) Israel has far exceeded the 1907 Hague 
Regulation as directed by international law. Israel 
has taken all measures to restore and ensure public 
order and safety in Jerusalem. 
(9) Jerusalem has been far safer and more pro-
tected under Israel’s administration than under any 
previous authorities. 
(10) Civil life is entirely present in Jerusalem, 
and all government institutions and related frame-
works are also present, including the Knesset, the 
Bank of Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 
Prime Minister’s and President’s offices, and the 
Supreme Court. 
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SEC. 3. RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF 
ISRAEL AND RELOCATION OF THE UNITED 
STATES EMBASSY FROM TEL AVIV TO JERU-
SALEM. 
(a) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to 
recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State 
of Israel, both de jure and de facto. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) the United States should recognize the sov-
ereign status of an undivided Jerusalem as the cap-
ital of the State of Israel; 
(2) recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of 
Israel and transferring the United States Embassy 
to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv will send a signal of 
United States commitment and resolve to Israel; 
(3) the President and the Secretary of State 
should publicly affirm as a matter of United States 
policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided 
capital of the State of Israel; 
(4) the President should immediately implement 
the provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 
1995 (Public Law 104–45), as amended by section 
4 of this Act, and begin the process of relocating the 
United States Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; and 
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(5) United States officials should refrain from 
any actions that contradict United States law on 
this subject. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF JERUSALEM ON GOVERN-
MENT DOCUMENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any official document of the United States 
Government which lists countries and their capital cities 
shall identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. 
(d) RELOCATION.—Not later than January 1, 2019, 
the President shall relocate the United States Embassy 
in Israel to Jerusalem. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENT TO THE JERUSALEM EMBASSY ACT OF 
1995. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subject to subsection (b) of this sec-
tion, section 7 of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is 
repealed. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal specified in sub-
section (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2018. 
(c) REDESIGNATION.—At the time of the repeal spec-
ified in subsection (a), section 8 of the Jerusalem Em-
bassy Act of 1995 shall be redesignated as section 7. 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION REPORT. 
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
Congress a report that— 
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(1) details the Department of State’s plan to 
implement this Act; 
(2) includes estimated dates of completion for 
each phase of the establishment of the United States 
Embassy in Jerusalem, including— 
(A) site identification; 
(B) land acquisition; 
(C) architectural, engineering, and con-
struction surveys; 
(D) site preparation; and 
(E) construction; and 
(3) includes an estimate of the funding needed 
to implement this Act, including all costs associated 
with establishing the United States Embassy in Je-
rusalem. 
Æ 
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