,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #dh  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,august 
#a1 #bjac ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south        
,carolina 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,meadows1  
,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,duncan of ,south    
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,de,santis1 ,mrs4       
,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,westmoreland1 ,mr4     
,pearce1 and ,mr4 ,cramer7 submitted the
 following concurrent resolution2 which 
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,commemorating the #dfth  
anniversary of the reunification of     
,jerusalem4  ,whereas for #c1jjj years  
,jerusalem has been the focal point of  
,jewish religious devotion2 ,whereas    
there has been a continuous ,jewish     
presence in ,jerusalem for three        
millennia and a ,jewish majority in the 
city since the #ahdjs2 ,whereas the once
 thriving ,jewish majority of the       
historic ,old ,city of ,jerusalem was   
driven out by force during the #aidh    
,arab-,israeli ,war2 ,whereas from #aidh

 to #aifg1 ,jerusalem was a divided     
city1 and ,israeli citizens of all      
faiths1 as well as ,jewish citizens of  
all states1 were denied access to holy  
sites in the area controlled by ,jordan2
 ,whereas in #aifg1 ,jerusalem was      
reunited by ,israel during the conflict 
known as the ,six ,day ,war2 ,whereas   
since #aifg1 ,jerusalem has been a      
united city1 and persons of all         
religious faiths have been guaranteed   
full access to holy sites within the    
city2 ,whereas this year marks the #dfth
 year that ,jerusalem has been          
administered as a unified city1 in which
 the rights of all faiths have been     
respected and protected2 ,whereas each  
sovereign country1 under international  
law and custom1 has the right to        
designate its own capital2 ,whereas this
 year marks the #feth anniversary of    
,israel's independence2 ,whereas        
,jerusalem is the seat of the           
,government of ,israel1 including the   
,president1 ,parliament1 and the        

,supreme ,court2 ,whereas the ,united   
,states maintains its embassy in the    
functioning capital of every country    
except in the case of ,israel1 a friend 
and strategic ally of the ,united       
,states2 ,whereas the ,jerusalem        
,embassy ,act of #aiie 7,public ,law    
#ajd-de71 which became law on ,november 
#h1 #aiie1 states as a matter of ,united
 ,states policy that ,jerusalem should  
remain the undivided capital of ,israel2
 and ,whereas the ,foreign ,relations   
,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,year #bjjc
 7,public ,law #ajg-bbh7 directs that   
the ,secretary of ,state shall1 upon the
 request of a citizen or a citizen's    
legal guardian1 record the place of     
birth of a ,united ,states citizen born 
in the city of ,jerusalem as ,israel3   
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that           
,congress--  7#a7 congratulates the     
residents of ,jerusalem and the people  
of ,israel on the #dfth anniversary of  
the reunification of that historic city2
  7#b7 congratulates the people of      

,israel on the #feth anniversary of     
their independence2  7#c7 strongly      
believes that ,jerusalem must remain an 
undivided city in which the rights of   
every ethnic and religious group are    
protected as they have been by ,israel  
during the past #df years2  7#d7 calls  
upon the ,president and the ,secretary  
of ,state to repeatedly affirm publicly1
 as a matter of ,united ,states policy1 
that ,jerusalem must remain the         
undivided capital of the ,state of      
,israel2  7#e7 strongly urges the       
,president to discontinue the waiver    
contained in the ,jerusalem ,embassy    
,act of #aiie 7,public ,law #ajd-de71   
immediately implement the provisions of 
that ,act1 and begin the process of     
relocating the ,united ,states ,embassy 
in ,israel to ,jerusalem2  7#f7 further 
urges ,united ,states officials to      
refrain from any actions that contradict
 ,united ,states law on this subject2   
and  7#g7 reaffirms ,israel's right to  
take necessary steps to prevent any     

future division of ,jerusalem4