IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 412 
Commemorating the thirty-ninth anniversary of the reunification of the city 
of Jerusalem. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2006 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN
(for herself, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, Mr. PENCE, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, Mr. POMBO, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. RYUN of Kan-
sas, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 
CROWLEY, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CHABOT, and Mr. ACKER-
MAN) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on International Relations 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Commemorating the thirty-ninth anniversary of the 
reunification of the city of Jerusalem. 
Whereas for 3,000 years Jerusalem has been Judaism’s holi-
est city and the focal point of Jewish religious devotion; 
Whereas Jerusalem is also considered a holy city by members 
of other religious faiths; 
Whereas, from 1948 to 1967, Jerusalem was a divided city 
and Israeli citizens of all faiths, as well as Jewish citizens 
of all countries, were denied access to certain holy sites; 
Whereas, in 1967, Jerusalem was reunited by Israel during 
the conflict known as the Six Day War; 
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Whereas, since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city, and 
persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full 
access to holy sites within the city; 
Whereas this year marks the thirty-ninth year that Jerusalem 
has been administered as a unified city in which the 
rights of all faiths have been respected and protected; 
Whereas, in 1990, the United States Senate and House of 
Representatives overwhelmingly adopted Senate Concur-
rent Resolution 106 and House Concurrent Resolution 
290 declaring that Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, 
‘‘must remain an undivided city’’ and calling on Israel 
and the Palestinians to undertake negotiations to resolve 
their differences; 
Whereas each sovereign country, under international law and 
custom, has the right to designate its own capital; 
Whereas Jerusalem is the seat of the Government of Israel, 
including the President, Parliament, and the Supreme 
Court; 
Whereas the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 
104–45), which became law on November 8, 1995, states 
as a matter of United States policy that Jerusalem 
should remain the undivided capital of Israel; 
Whereas the United States maintains its embassy in the 
functioning capital of every country except in the case of 
Israel, a friend and strategic ally of the United States; 
and 
Whereas the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal 
Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228) directs that the Sec-
retary of State shall, upon the request of a citizen or a 
citizen’s legal guardian, record the place of birth of a 
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United States citizen born in the city of Jerusalem as 
Israel: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress— 
(1) congratulates the residents of Jerusalem 
and the people of Israel on the thirty-ninth anniver-
sary of the reunification of that historic city; 
(2) strongly believes that Jerusalem must re-
main an undivided city in which the rights of every 
ethnic and religious group are protected as they 
have been by Israel during the past 39 years; 
(3) calls upon the President and Secretary of 
State to publicly affirm as a matter of United States 
policy that Jerusalem must remain the undivided 
capital of the State of Israel; 
(4) strongly urges the President to discontinue 
the waiver contained in the Jerusalem Embassy Act 
of 1995 (Public Law 104–45), immediately imple-
ment the provisions of that Act, and begin the proc-
ess of relocating the United States Embassy in 
Israel to Jerusalem; and 
(5) further urges United States officials to re-
frain from any actions that contradict United States 
law on this subject. 
Æ 
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