106th CONGRESS
   2d Session
    H. CON. RES. 426

Concerning the violence in the Middle East.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
     October 12, 2000

Mr. GILMAN (for himself, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr.
ACKERMAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BEREUTER, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. CANNON, Mr. CHABOT, Mr.
BERMAN, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. EHLERS,
Ms. DELAURO, Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr.
GEKAS, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. FROST, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr.
HOEFFEL, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. LAZIO, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LEACH, Mrs. LOWEY, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr.
MCCOLLUM, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MICA, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr.
NADLER, Mr. OSE, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SHERMAN,
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SISISKY, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. SHAW, Mr. WEINER, Mr. SMITH of
New Jersey, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SMITH of Michigan, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. WELLER, Mr.
WEYGAND, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. HOLT) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Concerning the violence in the Middle East.

Whereas the Arab-Israeli conflict must be resolved by peaceful negotiation;

Whereas since 1993 Israel and the Palestinians have been engaged in intensive negotiations over the future of the West Bank and Gaza;

Whereas the United States, through its consistent support of Israel and the cause of peace, made the current peace process possible;

Whereas the underlying basis of those negotiations was recognition of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) by Israel in exchange for the renunciation of violence by the PLO and its Chairman Yasser Arafat, first expressed in a letter to then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin dated September 9, 1993, in which Mr. Arafat stated: `[T]he PLO renounces the use of terrorism and other acts of violence, and will assume responsibility over all PLO elements and personnel in order to assure their compliance, prevent violations and discipline violators.';

Whereas as a result of those negotiations, the Palestinians now fully control over 40 percent of the West Bank and Gaza, with over 95 percent of the Palestinian population under the civil administration of the Palestinian Authority;

Whereas as a result of peace negotiations, Israel turned over control of these areas to the Palestinian Authority with the clear understanding and expectation that the Palestinians would maintain order and security there;

Whereas the Palestinian Authority, with the assistance of Israel and the international community, created a strong police force, almost twice the number allowed under the Oslo Accords, specifically to maintain public order;

Whereas the Government of Israel made clear to the world its commitment to peace at Camp David, where it expressed its readiness to take wide-ranging and painful steps in order to bring an end to the conflict, but these proposals were rejected by Chairman Arafat;

Whereas perceived provocations must only be addressed at the negotiating table;

Whereas it is only through negotiations, and not through violence, that the Palestinians can hope to achieve their political aspirations;

Whereas even in the face of the desecration of Joseph's Tomb, a Jewish holy site in the West Bank, the Government of Israel has made it clear that it will withdraw forces from Palestinian areas if the Palestinian Authority maintains order in those areas; and

Whereas the Palestinian leadership not only did too little for far too long to control the violence, but in fact encouraged it: Now, therefore, be it

     Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the Congress--

          (1) expresses its solidarity with the state and people of Israel at this time of crisis;

          (2) condemns the Palestinian leadership for encouraging the violence and doing so little for so long to stop it, resulting in the senseless loss of life;

          (3) calls upon the Palestinian leadership to refrain from any exhortations to public incitement, urges the Palestinian leadership to vigorously use its security forces to act immediately to stop all violence, to show respect for all holy sites, and to settle all grievances through negotiations;

          (4) commends successive Administrations on their continuing efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East;

          (5) urges the current Administration to use its veto power at the United Nations Security Council to ensure that the Security Council does not again adopt unbalanced resolutions addressing the uncontrolled violence in the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority; and

          (6) calls on all parties involved in the Middle East conflict to make all possible efforts to reinvigorate the peace process in order to prevent further senseless loss of life by all sides.


FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 549
(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined)

      H CON RES 426     2/3 YEA-AND-NAY     25-OCT-2000   2:26 PM
      QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
      BILL TITLE:  Concerning the Violence in the Middle East
 

YEAS NAYS PRES NV
REPUBLICAN 198 9 2 12
DEMOCRATIC 166 21 8 14
INDEPENDENT 1   1  
TOTALS 365 30 11 26

--- YEAS    365 ---
Abercrombie Gibbons Obey
Ackerman Gillmor Olver
Aderholt Gilman Ortiz
Allen Gonzalez Ose
Andrews Goode Owens
Archer Goodlatte Oxley
Armey Gordon Packard
Baca Goss Pallone
Bachus Graham Pascrell
Baird Granger Pastor
Baker Green (TX) Pease
Baldacci Green (WI) Pelosi
Baldwin Greenwood Peterson (MN)
Ballenger Gutierrez Petri
Barcia Gutknecht Phelps
Barr Hall (OH) Pickering
Barrett (NE) Hall (TX) Pitts
Barrett (WI) Hansen Pombo
Bartlett Hastings (WA) Pomeroy
Barton Hayes Porter
Bass Hayworth Portman
Becerra Hefley Price (NC)
Bentsen Herger Pryce (OH)
Bereuter Hill (IN) Quinn
Berkley Hill (MT) Radanovich
Berman Hilleary Ramstad
Berry Hinchey Rangel
Biggert Hinojosa Regula
Bilbray Hobson Reyes
Bilirakis Hoeffel Reynolds
Bishop Hoekstra Riley
Blagojevich Holden Rodriguez
Bliley Holt Roemer
Blumenauer Hooley Rogan
Blunt Horn Rogers
Boehlert Houghton Ros-Lehtinen
Boehner Hoyer Rothman
Bonilla Hulshof Roukema
Bono Hunter Roybal-Allard
Borski Hutchinson Rush
Boswell Hyde Ryan (WI)
Boyd Inslee Ryun (KS)
Brady (PA) Isakson Sabo
Brady (TX) Istook Salmon
Brown (FL) Jackson-Lee (TX) Sanchez
Bryant Jefferson Sandlin
Burr Jenkins Saxton
Burton Johnson (CT) Scarborough
Buyer Johnson, E. B. Schaffer
Callahan Johnson, Sam Schakowsky
Calvert Jones (NC) Scott
Camp Kanjorski Sensenbrenner
Canady Kaptur Sessions
Cannon Kasich Shaw
Capps Kelly Shays
Capuano Kennedy Sherman
Cardin Kildee Sherwood
Carson Kind (WI) Shimkus
Castle King (NY) Shows
Chabot Kingston Shuster
Chambliss Kleczka Simpson
Clement Knollenberg Sisisky
Clyburn Kolbe Skeen
Coble Kuykendall Skelton
Collins LaFalce Slaughter
Combest Lampson Smith (MI)
Condit Lantos Smith (NJ)
Cook Larson Smith (TX)
Cooksey Latham Smith (WA)
Costello LaTourette Souder
Cox Leach Spence
Coyne Levin Spratt
Cramer Lewis (CA) Stabenow
Crane Lewis (GA) Stearns
Crowley Lewis (KY) Stenholm
Cubin Linder Strickland
Cummings Lipinski Stump
Cunningham LoBiondo Sweeney
Davis (FL) Lowey Tancredo
Davis (IL) Lucas (KY) Tanner
Davis (VA) Lucas (OK) Tauscher
Deal Luther Tauzin
DeGette Maloney (CT) Taylor (MS)
DeLauro Maloney (NY) Taylor (NC)
DeLay Manzullo Terry
DeMint Markey Thomas
Deutsch Mascara Thompson (CA)
Diaz-Balart Matsui Thornberry
Dickey McCarthy (MO) Thune
Dicks McCarthy (NY) Tiahrt
Dixon McCrery Tierney
Doggett McDermott Toomey
Dooley McHugh Towns
Doolittle McInnis Traficant
Doyle McIntyre Turner
Dreier McKeon Udall (CO)
Duncan McNulty Udall (NM)
Dunn Meehan Upton
Ehlers Meek (FL) Velazquez
Ehrlich Menendez Visclosky
Emerson Millender-McDonald Vitter
English Miller (FL) Walden
Eshoo Miller, Gary Walsh
Etheridge Miller, George Wamp
Evans Minge Watkins
Everett Mink Watts (OK)
Ewing Moakley Weiner
Farr Mollohan Weldon (FL)
Fattah Moore Weldon (PA)
Filner Moran (KS) Weller
Fletcher Morella Wexler
Foley Murtha Weygand
Forbes Myrick Whitfield
Fossella Nadler Wicker
Fowler Napolitano Wilson
Frank (MA) Neal Wolf
Frelinghuysen Nethercutt Woolsey
Frost Ney Wu
Gallegly Northup Wynn
Ganske Norwood Young (AK)
Gejdenson Nussle Young (FL)
Gekas Oberstar
--- NAYS    30 ---
Bonior   y Goodling Moran (VA)
Boucher  y Hilliard Paul
Clay  n Hostettler Payne
Clayton  y Jackson (IL) Rahall
Coburn  y Kilpatrick Rohrabacher
Conyers y Kucinich Sanford
Dingell Lee Serrano
Edwards Martinez Stark
Ford McKinney Thompson (MS)
Gilchrest Metcalf Waters
--- PRESENTS    11 ---
DeFazio Rivers Sununu
Jones (OH) Sanders Thurman
LaHood Sawyer Watt (NC)
Lofgren Snyder
--- NOT VOTING    26 ---
Brown (OH) John Peterson (PA)
Campbell Klink Pickett
Chenoweth-Hage Largent Royce
Danner Lazio Shadegg
Delahunt McCollum Stupak
Engel McGovern Talent
Franks (NJ) McIntosh Waxman
Gephardt Meeks (NY) Wise
Hastings (FL) Mica