Foreign Affairs - Middle East - Legislation and Congressional Record Statements

Congressional Record Statements

April 22, 2008
H.R. 322
Honoring the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel

July 12, 2007
Free the Israeli Soldiers

July 19, 2006
H.R. 921
Condemning the recent attacks against the State of Israel, holding terrorists and their state-sponsors accountable for such attacks, supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, and for other purposes.

May 22, 2006
H.R. 4861
The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act

May 4, 2006
2006 USTR Special 301 Report

April 26, 2006
H.R. 282
The Iran Freedom Support Act

April 5, 2006
H.Con.Res. 370
Expressing the sense of the Congress that Saudi Arabia should fully live up to its World Trade Organization commitments and end all aspects of of any boycott on Israel

February 15, 2006
S.Con.Res. 79
Calling for no direct United States assistance to be provided to the Palestinian Authority if any political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats maintains a position calling for the destruction of Israel.

October 28, 2005
H.Res. 523
Condemning Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats against Israel

June 23, 2004
H.Con.Res. 460
Regarding the security of Israel and the principles of peace in the Middle East

April 27, 2004
Israel Independence Day

June 25, 2003
H.Res. 294
Expressing solidarity with Israel in its fight against terrorism

May 2, 2002
H.Res. 392
Expressing solidarity with Israel in its fight against terrorism

April 18, 2002
Israel Independence Day

December 5, 2001
H.Con.Res. 280
Expressing solidarity with Israel in the fight against terrorism

Legislation

H.Res. 921
Condemning the recent attacks against the State of Israel, holding terrorists and their state-sponsors accountable for such attacks, supporting Israel’s right to defend itself, and for other purposes.

H.Con.Res. 311
Expressing the sense of Congress that the international community should recognize the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East should establish a program for resettling Palestinian refugees.

H.Con.Res. 371
Supporting the construction by Israel of a security fence to prevent Palestinian terrorist attacks and condemning the decision by the United Nations General Assembly to request the International Court of Justice to render an opinion on the legality of the security fence.

H.Con.Res. 390
Condemning the adoption of United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/14 (December 8, 2003) which requests the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to render an advisory opinion concerning the international legal consequences arising from Israel's construction of a security fence in parts of the West Bank, and for other purposes.

H.Res. 285
Condemning the terrorist attacks in the Middle East by Hamas and other terrorist organizations and urging the European Union to classify the entire entity of Hamas as a terrorist organization, and for other purposes.

H.R. 401
Koby Mandell Act of 2003

H.R. 1828
Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003; To halt Syrian support for terrorism, end its occupation of Lebanon, stop its development of weapons of mass destruction, and hold Syria accountable for the serious international security problems it has caused in the Middle East.

H.R. 3927
Life Insurance Anti-Discrimination in Travel Act; To prohibit discrimination in the provision of life insurance on the basis of a person's previous lawful travel experiences.

H.R. 3643
Saudi Arabia Accountability Act of 2003; To halt Saudi support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and to secure full Saudi cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents.

H.R. 3871
United States-Israel Homeland Security Foundation Act; To establish a U.S.-Israel Homeland Security Foundation to make grants for joint business ventures between private U.S. and Israeli corporate entities to develop products and services with homeland security applications.