HR 1372: To clarify that it is United States policy to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

Congress: 116 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel

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Sponsor: Gallagher, Mike (R-WI)

Summary

This bill establishes that it is U.S. policy to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. References to "Israel" in future acts of Congress relating to appropriations or foreign commerce shall be interpreted to include the Golan Heights.

Editorial Explainer

This bill makes it official U.S. policy to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Going forward, any future law about foreign aid or trade that mentions 'Israel' will automatically include the Golan Heights.

Why it matters

This codifies U.S. recognition of Israeli control over the Golan Heights—territory Syria lost in the 1967 war—and binds all future Congress spending and trade laws to that position without requiring separate votes. It limits congressional flexibility to condition aid or trade on the status of occupied territories.

Cosponsors (58)