Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act

S.11
Introduced: 
January 3, 2017
115
First
January 3, 2017
Referred to Senate (sub)committee

This bill stipulates that it should be U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the “undivided” capital of Israel, that every Israeli citizen should have the right to reside anywhere in Jerusalem, and that the president should implement the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

The bill would also freeze 50% of the funding appropriated in FY 2017 for security, construction, and maintenance at all U.S. embassies until the U.S. embassy in Israel opened in Jerusalem. If the embassy in Jerusalem was not opened by 10/1/17, all FY 2017 funding for all U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance would be entirely eliminated, except at the U.S. embassy in Israel.

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