,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #efg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1      
#bjai,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,cotton1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and 
,mr4 ,graham7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations
  ,a ,,bill  ,clarifying that it is     
,united ,states policy to recognize     
,israel's sovereignty over the ,golan   
,heights4  ,that it is the sense of the 
,senate 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   
and  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