IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 797 
Condemning the Biden Administration for failing to fulfill the United States 
Government’s duty to American citizens left stranded in Israel. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 19, 2023 
Mr. MILLS (for himself, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. DONALDS, Mrs. CHAVEZ- 
DEREMER, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. COLLINS, Mrs. LUNA, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 
BIGGS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mrs. 
CAMMACK, Mr. OWENS, Mr. CAREY, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
JACKSON of Texas, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, and Mr. TIMMONS) submitted the 
following resolution 
OCTOBER 25, 2023 
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the Biden Administration for failing to fulfill 
the United States Government’s duty to American citi-
zens left stranded in Israel. 
Whereas approximately 500,000 United States citizens live in 
Israel, and as many as 900,000 United States citizens 
visit Israel each year; 
Whereas Hamas terrorist operatives initiated a large-scale co-
ordinated offensive against Israel on October 7, 2023, 
brutally murdering more than 1,300 innocent men, 
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women, and children, and taking many others hostage, 
including United States citizens; 
Whereas, on October 8, 2023, Israel declared war against 
Hamas; 
Whereas beginning on October 9, 2023, airlines cancelled 
flights departing from Israel, leaving United States citi-
zens with extremely limited to no viable options to evac-
uate from the ongoing conflict; 
Whereas in response to United States citizens requesting as-
sistance to leave the war zone in Israel due to a lack of 
available methods to leave, the Department of State’s 
email responses failed to provide useful and actionable in-
formation, including noting that ‘‘some flights have been 
reduced or suspended’’ and ‘‘U.S. carriers have tempo-
rarily suspended flights to Israel’’, yet that ‘‘travelers 
should check with the airlines on the availability of flights 
and flight status’’; 
Whereas 146 bipartisan Members of the House of Represent-
atives transmitted a letter to Secretary of State Antony 
Blinken on October 10, 2023, urging the Department to 
‘‘use all resources at its disposal, including charter 
flights, to help those Americans that remain in Israel and 
wish to return to the United States’’; 
Whereas the Department of State reportedly instructed 
United States citizens at least through October 10, 2023, 
that the Department had no plans to provide evacuation 
options out of Israel, as well as that United States per-
sons seeking assistance should make no further contact 
to the Department; 
Whereas, on October 10, 2023, Department of State Spokes-
person Matthew Miller stated that ‘‘There are flights that 
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are getting out of the airport in Tel Aviv’’ and that ‘‘we 
have encouraged people to try to avail themselves of those 
options’’ despite commercial flights becoming increasingly 
scarce and having limited capacity for numerous days in 
advance of their departure; 
Whereas El Al was one of the only commercial airlines con-
tinuing to operate flights leaving Israel, and El Al report-
edly informed United States citizens seeking to leave 
Israel that the airline had no alternative flights available 
because all flights were at capacity; 
Whereas, on October 12, 2023, the Department of State an-
nounced it would begin coordinating flights to assist 
United States persons wishing to leave Israel; 
Whereas the first charter flight organized by the Department 
of State departed on October 13, 2023, and at least 16 
other countries began operating repatriation flights be-
fore the United States; 
Whereas the United States Department of State refused until 
October 13, 2023, to provide meaningful resources to 
help United States citizens evacuate from Israel despite 
widespread violence and increasing danger to the lives of 
Americans, including those with medical conditions with 
dwindling critical medications and other particularly vul-
nerable populations; 
Whereas, on October 13, 2023, the Department of State au-
thorized the departure of family members of United 
States Government personnel and some non-emergency 
personnel from United States Embassy Jerusalem and 
United States Branch Office Tel Aviv; 
Whereas the Biden Administration has used taxpayer funds 
to provide free housing and other resources to illegal im-
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migrants entering the United States, yet United States 
citizens seeking to evacuate from the developing war zone 
in Israel are not prioritized for such resources or assist-
ance; and 
Whereas it is the duty and responsibility of the United States 
Government, inasmuch as it is reasonably within its 
power, to preserve and protect the safety and interests of 
the citizens of the United States of America domestically 
and abroad: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives con-
demns the failure of President Joseph R. Biden and Sec-
retary of State Antony Blinken to uphold their responsi-
bility to the citizens of the United States in Israel by fail-
ing to take reasonable steps to provide methods for their 
viable evacuation from Israel. 
Æ 
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