,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acgb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bf1       
#bjai,mr4 ,gallagher 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,mast1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4 ,banks1 ,ms4 
,stefanik1 ,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,meadows1   
,mr4 ,johnson of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,perry1    
,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4 ,green of          
,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1 ,mr4 ,budd1   
and ,mr4 ,hice of ,georgia7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 
and in addition to the ,committees on   
,ways and ,means1 ,science1 ,space1 and 
,technology1 and ,agriculture1 for a    
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
clarify that it is ,united ,states      
policy to recognize ,israel's           
sovereignty over the ,golan ,heights4   
,that it is the sense of the ,house of  
,representatives that--  #a4 ,findings  

,congress finds the following3  7#a7 ,on
 ,september #a1 #aige1 ,president       
,gerald ,ford provided a diplomatic     
assurance to ,israel that the ,u4,s4    
will support the position that an       
overall settlement with ,syria in the   
framework of a peace agreement must     
assure ,israel's security from attack   
from the ,golan ,heights and it will    
give great weight to ,israel's position 
that any peace agreement with ,syria    
must be predicated on ,israel remaining 
on the ,golan ,heights4  7#b7 ,in       
,october #aiia1 ,secretary of ,state    
,james ,baker provided a diplomatic     
assurance to ,israel that the ,united   
,states continues to stand behind the   
assurance given by ,president ,ford to  
,prime ,minister ,rabin on ,september   
#a1 #aige4  7#c7 ,iran has used the war 
in ,syria to establish a long-term      
military presence in the ,levant1 to    
attack ,israel from across the ,golan   
,heights1 and to create territorial     
corridors that allow it to provide arms 

to its troops and terrorist proxies4    
#b4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that-- 7#a7 ,israel's     
security from attacks from ,syria and   
,lebanon cannot be assured without      
,israeli sovereignty over the ,golan    
,heights2  7#b7 in light of new         
realities on the ground1 including      
,iran's presence in ,syria-- 7,a7 it is 
unrealistic to expect that the outcome  
of a peace agreement between ,israel and
 ,syria will be an ,israeli withdrawal  
from the ,golan ,heights2 and  7,b7 it  
is realistic to expect that any peace   
agreement between ,israel and ,syria    
will only be achieved on the basis of   
,israel remaining on the ,golan         
,heights2 and  7#c7 it is in the ,united
 ,states national security interest to  
ensure that-- 7,a7 ,israel retains      
control of the ,golan ,heights2 and     
7,b7 the ,syrian regime of ,bashar      
al-,assad faces diplomatic and          
geopolitical consequences for its       
killing of civilians1 the ethnic        

cleansing of ,arab ,sunnis1 and the use 
of weapons of mass destruction4  #c4    
,statement of ,united ,states policy ,it
 shall be the policy of the ,united     
,states-- 7#a7 to recognize ,israel's   
sovereignty over the ,golan ,heights2   
and  7#b7 to promote and conduct joint  
projects with ,israel on the ,golan     
,heights1 including projects-- 7,a7 in  
basic and applied scientific fields2    
7,b7 in industrial research and         
development2 and  7,c7 in strategic and 
applied research of agricultural        
problems4  #d4 ,rule of construction    
,any reference to ,israel in any        
existing or future ,act of ,congress    
relating to appropriations or foreign   
commerce1 including customs and         
international trade1 shall be           
interpreted to include the ,golan       
,heights4