Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2011

Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2011 - States that it is U.S. policy to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel.

Amends the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 to eliminate the President's authority to waive certain funding limitations for Department of State acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.

Requires any official U.S. document which lists countries and their capital cities to identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Limits appropriations that may be obligated in FY2013 for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.

States that for each of FY2012-FY2013, of funds authorized to be appropriated for Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad, necessary sums should be made available until expended only for construction and other costs associated with the establishment in Jerusalem of the U.S. Embassy in Israel.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1622 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1622

    To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to 
 Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 23, 2011

     Mr. Heller (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Kyl) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to 
 Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL AND 
              RELOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States to 
recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the state of Israel, 
both de jure and de facto.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the 
        rights of every ethnic and religious group are protected as 
        they have been by Israel since 1967;
            (2) every citizen of Israel should have the right to reside 
        anywhere in the undivided city of Jerusalem;
            (3) the President and the Secretary of State should 
        publicly affirm as a matter of United States policy that 
        Jerusalem must remain the undivided capital of the State of 
        Israel;
            (4) the President should immediately implement the 
        provisions of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 (Public Law 
        104-45) and begin the process of relocating the United States 
        Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem; and
            (5) United States officials should refrain from any actions 
        that contradict United States law on this subject.
    (c) Amendment of Waiver Authority.--The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 
1995 (Public Law 104-45) is amended--
            (1) by striking section 7; and
            (2) by redesignating section 8 as section 7.
    (d) Identification of Jerusalem on Government Documents.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any official document of 
the United States Government which lists countries and their capital 
cities shall identify Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
    (e) Restriction on Funding Subject to Opening Determination.--Not 
more than 50 percent of the funds appropriated to the Department of 
State for fiscal year 2013 for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of 
Buildings Abroad'' may be obligated until the Secretary of State 
determines and reports to Congress that the United States Embassy in 
Jerusalem has officially opened.
    (f) Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013 Funding.--
            (1) Fiscal year 2012.--Of the funds authorized to be 
        appropriated for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 
        Abroad'' for the Department of State for fiscal year 2012, such 
        sums as may be necessary should be made available until 
        expended only for construction and other costs associated with 
        the establishment of the United States Embassy in Israel in the 
        capital of Jerusalem.
            (2) Fiscal year 2013.--Of the funds authorized to be 
        appropriated for ``Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings 
        Abroad'' for the Department of State for fiscal year 2013, such 
        sums as may be necessary should be made available until 
        expended only for construction and other costs associated with 
        the establishment of the United States Embassy in Israel in the 
        capital of Jerusalem.
    (g) Definition.--In this section, the term ``United States 
Embassy'' means the offices of the United States diplomatic mission and 
the residence of the United States chief of mission.
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