For this purpose it withheld 50% of the funds appropriated to the State Department specifically for "Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad" as allocated in fiscal year 1999 until the United States Embassy in Jerusalem had officially opened.
UU ini menahan 50 persen dana yang dialokasikan ke Kementerian Luar Negeri untuk pos "Pengadaan dan Pengelolaan Bangunan di Luar Negeri" pada tahun anggaran 1999 sampai Kedutaan Besar Amerika Serikat di Yerusalem resmi dibuka.