,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #deha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #f1 #bjad ,mr4  
,stockman introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,foreign ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to      
prohibit the ,united ,states from       
funding projects that discriminate      
against ,israeli organizations that     
operate beyond the #aidi armistice      
lines4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may
 be cited as the ,prohibiting           
,discrimination ,against ,israel ,act4  
#b4 ,congressional findings ,congress   
finds3 7#a7 ,in #aiie1 the ,interim     
,agreement on the ,west ,bank and the   
,gaza ,strip 7commonly referred to as   
the ,oslo ,,ii ,accord7 formally divided
 ,judea and ,samaria into three         
administrative divisions1 with ,area ,c 
being under full ,israeli civil and     
security control2 therefore1 foreign    
countries should not discriminate       
against ,israeli organizations that     
operate there4  7#b7 ,in #aiie1 the     

,united ,states ,congress passed the    
,jerusalem ,embassy ,act 7,public ,law  
#ajd-de7 which formally recognized      
,jerusalem as the capital of the ,state 
of ,israel1 and concluded that it should
 remain an undivided city4  7#c7 ,the   
claim that ,israeli settlements beyond  
the #aidi armistice lines are an        
obstacle to peace has been repeatedly   
disproven1 and the #bjje expulsion from 
,gaza and the #bjaj freeze on natural   
growth in the settlements harmed the    
peace process and led to an increase in 
violence1 not a decrease4  7#d7         
,notwithstanding allegations to the     
contrary1 ,israeli settlements in these 
territories do not in any way violate   
,article #di of the ,fourth ,geneva     
,convention2 they are completely        
voluntary1 and do not involve individual
 or mass forcible transfers prohibited  
by subpart 7#a7 of ,article #di4  7#e7  
,in #bjji1 the ,kingdom of ,spain       
refused to allow a team from ,ariel     
,university ,center of ,samaria 7now    

known as ,ariel ,university7 to         
participate in a solar energy           
competition funded by the ,united       
,states ,department of ,energy solely   
because the university was located      
beyond ,israel's #aidi armistice line4  
7#f7 ,in #bjaj1 ,the ,government        
,pension ,fund of ,norway excluded      
several ,israeli companies based solely 
on the fact that they operate in ,judea 
and ,samaria4  7#g7 ,in #bjaj1 the      
,european ,court of ,justice issued a   
ruling in ,brita ,gmb,h v4 ,hauptzollamt
 ,hamburg-,hafen 7,case ,c-#chf_/jh7    
prohibiting ,israeli products produced  
beyond the #aidi armistice line from    
being labeled as ,made in ,israel1 which
 caused them to be subject to higher    
tariffs4  7#h7 ,in #bjaj1 the ,united   
,kingdom banned an ,israeli tourism     
advertisement because it included a     
photograph of the ,old ,city of         
,jerusalem1 which is located beyond the 
#aidi armistice line and was fully      
annexed by ,israel in #aihj4  7#i7 ,in  

#bjac1 the ,european ,union issued      
orders forbidding its member states from
 cooperating1 transferring funds1 or    
giving scholarships or research grants  
to organizations beyond ,israel's #aidi 
armistice line4  #c4 ,general           
authorization ,it shall be the policy of
 the ,united ,states that no funds      
authorized or appropriated by ,federal  
law may be expended for any             
international project that prohibits    
participation of ,israeli organizations 
that operate beyond the #aidi armistice 
line4  #d4 ,effective date ,the         
provisions of this ,act shall take      
effect immediately following enactment4