H.Res. 1092

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1092 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1092

Condemning Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related 
human rights abuses in the West Bank, and calling for accountability 
and specific United States policy responses to deter further violations 
and protect the viability of a negotiated two-State solution.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 2, 2026

Mr. Khanna submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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RESOLUTION

Condemning Israeli settlement expansion, settler violence, and related 
human rights abuses in the West Bank, and calling for accountability 
and specific United States policy responses to deter further violations 
and protect the viability of a negotiated two-State solution.

Whereas the United States has a national interest in promoting respect for 
internationally recognized human rights, protecting civilians, upholding 
international humanitarian law, and advancing a durable peace between 
Israelis and Palestinians;
Whereas Israeli settlement expansion, land confiscation, home demolitions, and 
violence perpetuated by settler extremists in the West Bank, undermine 
stability, threaten civilian lives and property, and threaten the 
viability of a negotiated two-State solution;
Whereas senior Israeli officials, including Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich 
and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have promoted or enabled 
policies that advance de facto annexation and facilitate settlement 
expansion in the West Bank;
Whereas Palestinian communities in the West Bank face demolition orders and 
forcible displacement, including in communities such as Umm al-Khair, 
where residents have reported rapid demolitions and a lack of effective 
accountability;
Whereas credible reporting has documented numerous incidents of settler 
violence, including incidents reported in Khallet al Sidra, and 
allegations that Israeli security forces have often failed not only to 
prevent such violence but also to ensure accountability for 
perpetrators, contributing to a climate of impunity;
Whereas Israeli civil society organizations have reported significant land 
seizure actions in areas of archaeological and religious significance, 
including in the vicinity of Sebastia, and have raised concerns 
regarding inadequate time and process for affected residents to object;
Whereas the Israeli security cabinet has recently approved measures expanding 
Israeli supervision and enforcement activities related to archaeological 
and heritage sites into Areas A and B of the West Bank, raising concerns 
regarding the expansion of administrative control and its impact on 
Palestinian communities and territorial contiguity;
Whereas the Israeli security cabinet has also advanced additional measures 
affecting governance, land administration, and settlement entrenchment 
in the West Bank that further consolidate control and raise concerns 
regarding de facto annexation;
Whereas the establishment of unauthorized Israeli settlement ``outposts'' that 
are retroactively authorized contributes to violence, displacement, and 
further settlement expansion;
Whereas ``E1'' refers to the area in the West Bank between East Jerusalem and 
the Maale Adumim Settlement, and statements by senior Israeli officials 
have indicated that development in the E1 corridor would prevent the 
establishment of a Palestinian state, and such construction, approvals, 
tenders, or enabling infrastructure would materially undermine 
territorial contiguity needed for a negotiated two-State solution;
Whereas Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, including in neighborhoods such 
as Silwan, face home demolitions, evictions, settlement activity, and 
land designations that threaten displacement and further undermine the 
geographic and political viability of a negotiated two-State solution;
Whereas certain applications of United States double-taxation relief and foreign 
tax credit provisions may have the effect of reducing United States tax 
liability for individuals residing in Israeli settlements in the West 
Bank, thereby indirectly subsidizing settlement activity that 
contributes to land confiscation, displacement, and other actions 
inconsistent with long-standing United States policy: Now, therefore, be 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) reaffirms the commitment of the United States to the 
protection of civilians, respect for internationally recognized 
human rights, and a negotiated resolution to the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict that ensures equal measures of freedom, 
security, and self determination for Israelis and Palestinians;
(2) condemns Israeli settlement expansion, land 
confiscation, home demolitions, forcible displace- ment, and 
settler violence in the West Bank, and expresses grave concern 
regarding credible allegations of impunity from the Government 
of Israel for such acts;
(3) calls upon the Government of Israel to immediately halt 
home demolitions and to pause the issuance and enforcement of 
demolition orders in the West Bank, including in communities 
such as Umm al-Khair, pending transparent review procedures 
that meet due process requirements and ensure protection of 
civilians;
(4) calls upon the Government of Israel to cancel land 
confiscation actions in Sebastia and provide affected residents 
a meaningful opportunity to challenge such past, ongoing, and 
potential future actions through fair and transparent 
procedures;
(5) calls upon the Government of Israel to halt approvals 
for additional West Bank settlements, take effective steps to 
prevent and ensure accountability for associated settler 
violence, evacuate unauthorized settlement outposts and prevent 
their retroactive authorization, and facilitate the safe return 
of individuals and families previously displaced from land in 
the West Bank due to settlement expansion, including through 
restoration or restitution of property or compensation where 
appropriate;
(6) urges the President and the Secretary of State to use 
all available authorities, including the Global Magnitsky Human 
Rights Accountability Act and related visa authorities, to 
impose targeted sanctions on individuals credibly implicated in 
ordering, directing, materially assisting, or knowingly 
facili1tating serious human rights abuses in the West Bank, 
including senior officials as appropriate, in- cluding Bezalel 
Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir;
(7) urges the President and relevant agencies to impose 
appropriate measures, consistent with United States law, 
against entities that knowingly finance, construct, or 
otherwise materially support settlement expansion or activity 
that contributes to home demolitions, land confiscation, or 
forcible displacement in the West Bank;
(8) expresses support for legislative and administrative 
actions to end the application of United States double-taxation 
relief in ways that indirectly subsidize settlement activity, 
including tax benefits associated with taxes paid to Israel by 
United States persons residing in Israeli settlements in the 
West Bank;
(9) affirms the principle that United States tax- payer 
resources should not subsidize or facilitate set- tlement 
expansion, home demolitions, land confisca- tion, or other 
actions that contribute to forcible displacement or serious 
human rights abuses in the West Bank; and
(10) calls upon the President to condition specified 
categories of United States security assistance, as appropriate 
and consistent with United States law, on a verifiable freeze 
of E1 activity, including any approvals, tenders, construction, 
or enabling in- frastructure that advances E1.
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