IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 354 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the safety 
and security of Jewish communities in Europe. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2015 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. DEUTCH, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. 
ENGEL, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. ISRAEL, and Mr. ROS-
KAM) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the safety and security of Jewish communities in 
Europe. 
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); the Community Se-
curity Trust reported an increase in anti-Semitic acts in 
the United Kingdom between 2013 to 2014 (from 535 
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acts to 1,168), including an increase in violent ones (from 
69 to 81); and the Kantor Center for the Study of Con-
temporary 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), Bel-
gium (from 64 acts to 109, including 11 violent acts to 
30), Austria (from 137 acts to 255, including 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-
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-
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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 
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; 
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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 
it, including to combat hate crimes 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’’ 
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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— 
(1) urges the United States Government, in-
cluding the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the 
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to 
work closely with European governments and their 
law enforcement agencies, the Organization for Se-
curity and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Euro-
pean Union, Europol, and Interpol, encouraging and 
enabling them to— 
(A) formally recognize, partner with, and 
train Jewish community groups focused on 
strengthening preparedness, mitigation, and re-
sponse related to anti-Semitic attacks; 
(B) support initiatives to research, analyze, 
and strengthen the preparedness, mitigation, 
and response of Jewish community groups and 
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law enforcement agencies to anti-Semitic at-
tacks; 
(C) share essential, relevant information 
with, and have clear, open channels to receive 
and respond to information from, Jewish com-
munity groups focused on strengthening pre-
paredness, mitigation, and response related to 
anti-Semitic attacks; 
(D) consider formal partnerships in the 
United States, United Kingdom, and France, 
between government entities and Jewish com-
munity security groups as examples of govern-
ment recognition of partnership, training, and 
information-sharing, with Jewish community se-
curity groups; 
(E) support assessments of the— 
(i) 
general 
environment 
of 
hate 
crimes, the broader context for under-
standing the environment for anti-Semitic 
attacks; 
(ii) anti-Semitism environment that 
includes gathering and analyzing data on 
crimes committed, response from law en-
forcement, types of attacks or incidents 
that are most prevalent, types of targets 
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