,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1         
#bjag,mr4 ,lamborn 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,franks of ,arizona7 introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to render ,united ,nations     
,security ,council ,resolution #bccd    
null and void as a matter of ,united    
,states law1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,united ,states ,sovereignty and
 ,commercial ,freedom ,act4  #b4        
,purpose ,the purpose of this ,act is to
 ensure that ,united ,states sovereignty
 is of the utmost importance and to     
preserve commercial freedom in the      
,united ,states1 which is necessary for 
its national interests and security4    
#c4 ,findings ,congress finds the       
following3 7#a7 ,the statements about   
the legality of ,israeli civilian       
presence in the ,west ,bank and ,east   
,jerusalem in paragraphs #a through #d  

of ,united ,nations ,security ,council  
,resolution #bccd 7#bjaf7 do not        
represent1 and are contrary to1 the     
policy of the ,united ,states4  7#b7    
,such statements about the legality of  
,israeli civilian presence in the ,west 
,bank and ,east ,jerusalem1 if applied  
to ,united ,states citizens or to their 
rights to purchase property and reside  
in these territories1 violate ,united   
,states principles of civil rights and  
non-discrimination4  7#c7 ,as a         
resolution passed pursuant to the       
authorities provided in chapter #f of   
the ,charter of the ,united ,nations1   
,united ,nations ,security ,council     
,resolution #bccd has no legal force or 
effect4  7#d7 ,the policies expressed in
 ,united ,nations ,security ,council    
,resolution #bccd contradict the        
policies expressed in ,united ,nations  
,security ,council ,resolutions #bdb    
7#aifg7 and #cch 7#aigc71 as well as in 
numerous commitments made by the ,united
 ,states 7including the commitments     

endorsed in ,house ,concurrent          
,resolution #dfj1 as adopted by the     
,house of ,representatives in the #ajhth
 ,congress74  #d4 ,no effect of ,united 
,nations ,security ,council ,resolution 
#bccd on ,united ,states law  7a7 ,in   
general ,united ,nations ,security      
,council ,resolution #bccd shall have no
 force or effect under ,united ,states  
law1 and the ,united ,states shall not  
be bound by any provision of such       
,resolution1 including the              
differentiation provision in paragraph  
#e of such ,resolution4  7b7 ,no support
 in legal proceedings ,nothing in       
,united ,nations ,security ,council     
,resolution #bccd or in any subsequently
 adopted ,united ,nations ,security     
,council ,resolution relating to ,israel
 may be used to establish or demonstrate
 the existence of a violation of ,united
 ,states law or an offence against the  
law of nations in ,united ,states       
courts1 including by giving standing1 a 
cause of action1 or a source of damages 

as a matter of law4  7c7 ,definition of 
offence against the law of nations ,as  
defined pursuant to the authority in    
article ,i1 section #h1 clause #aj of   
the ,constitution1 an offence against   
the law of nations shall not include any
 activity described in paragraphs #a    
through #d of ,united ,security ,council
 ,resolution #bccd4  #e4 ,rule of       
construction  ,any reference to ,israel 
in any ,united ,states law1 or in any   
treaty or other international agreement 
to which both the ,united ,states and   
,israel are parties 7including any      
binational program between the ,united  
,states and ,israel71 shall be          
interpreted to include any territory    
over which ,israel exercises civil      
jurisdiction1 including ,east           
,jerusalem1 ,areas ,c and ,h#b of the   
,west ,bank 7as such areas are defined  
in the ,oslo ,accords and in subsequent 
agreements71 and the ,golan ,heights4   
#f4 ,constitutional authority ,this ,act
 is enacted pursuant to the powers of   

,congress over foreign commerce1 the    
defining of offenses against the law of 
nations1 and regulation of the          
jurisdiction of the ,federal courts in  
article ,i1 section #h of the           
,constitution4 ,nothing in this ,act    
shall be construed as an act of         
recognition of territorial sovereignty1 
or of prejudging any future diplomatic  
negotiations between ,israel and the    
,palestinian ,authority4