Whereas the foundation for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was
Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist and a solemn obligation
to end terrorism and violence; (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House)

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HRES 575 EH
H. Res. 575
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
December 16, 2005.

Whereas the foundation for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process was
Palestinian recognition of Israel's right to exist and a solemn obligation
to end terrorism and violence;

Whereas the removal of all Israeli presence in Gaza signifies an end to
Israeli responsibility there and a shift in security responsibility of Gaza
to the Palestinian Authority;

Whereas Israel's evacuation of Gaza affords the Palestinian Authority, now
the responsible governing authority in Gaza, the opportunity to demonstrate
its ability to govern, to establish the rule of law, to end corruption, and
thereby to demonstrate that it is a partner for peace;

Whereas Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has repeatedly called
for the establishment of `One Authority, One Law, and One Gun';

Whereas since the withdrawal of Israeli military forces, the Palestinian
Authority has taken few steps to establish rule of law in Gaza;

Whereas Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, and other
terrorist organizations have vowed to continue terrorism against Israeli
civilians, seek the destruction of the State of Israel, and employ violence
and terror in fulfillment of that aim;

Whereas the inclusion of Hamas, or any other terrorist group on the State
Department list of foreign terrorist organizations, into the Palestinian
structure could be construed as an implicit endorsement of their
anti-American and anti-Israeli terrorist ideology;

Whereas the first provision of the Road Map to Middle East Peace calls for
the Palestinians to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure;

Whereas these terrorist organizations, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad,
operate virtually without interference from the Palestinian Authority;

Whereas Hamas has announced its intention to run in Palestinian legislative
elections scheduled for January 2006;

Whereas Abbas has indicated his willingness to see Hamas participate in the
elections without first calling for it to disband its militia or for it to
renounce its goal of destroying the State of Israel;

Whereas the United States has clearly stated that armed militias attached to
political parties are incompatible with democratic societies;

Whereas President Bush has stated that Hamas `seeks to end dissent in every
form, to control every aspect of life * * * the terrorists are preparing a
future of oppression and misery';

Whereas the forces of freedom must continue to keep an untiring vigil
against the enemies of rising democracies; and

Whereas the United States has a longstanding policy of not dealing or
negotiating with terrorists: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--

(1) reaffirms its commitment to the safety and security of the democratic
State of Israel;

(2) asserts that terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, should not be
permitted to participate in Palestinian elections until such organizations
recognize Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state, cease incitement,
condemn terrorism, and permanently disarm and dismantle their terrorist
infrastructure;

(3) calls on the Palestinian Authority President Abbas before the election
to declare openly his intention to take action to dismantle the terrorist
organizations;

(4) asserts that the inclusion of Hamas, or any other terrorist group on the
Department of State's list of foreign terrorist organizations, in the
Palestinian Authority's government will inevitably raise serious questions
for the United States about the commitment of the Palestinian Authority and
its leadership to making peace with Israel and will potentially undermine
the ability of the United States to have a constructive relationship with,
or provide further assistance to, the Palestinian Authority; and

(5) states its strong belief that, as underlined in every recent
Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, progress in the peace process requires
sustained Palestinian effort to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure, and
that delay in confronting that principal obligation only emboldens the
opponents of peace and threatens its realization.

Attest:
Clerk.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The unfinished business is the question of
suspending the rules and agreeing to the resolution, H . Res . 575 , as
amended.

The Clerk read the title of the resolution.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen) that the House suspend the rules
and agree to the resolution, H . Res . 575 , as amended, on which the yeas
and nays are ordered.

This will be a 5-minute vote.

The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 397, nays
17, answered ``present'' 7, not voting 12, as follows:

[Roll No. 650]
YEAS--397
Ackerman, Aderholt, Akin, Alexander, Allen, Andrews, Baca, Bachus, Baird,
Baker, Baldwin, Barrow, Bartlett(MD), Bass, Bean, Beauprez, Berkley, Berman,
Berry, Biggert, Bilirakis, Bishop(GA), Bishop(NY), Bishop(UT), Blackburn,
Blunt, Boehlert, Boehner, Bonilla, Bonner, Bono, Boozman, Boren, Boswell,
Boucher, Boustany, Boyd, Bradley(NH), Brady(PA), Brady(TX), Brown(OH),
Brown(SC), Brown,Corrine, Brown-Waite,Ginny, Burgess, Burton(IN),
Butterfield, Buyer, Calvert, Camp(MI), Campbell(CA), Cannon, Cantor, Capito,
Capps, Cardin, Cardoza, Carnahan, Carson, Carter, Case, Castle, Chabot,
Chandler, Chocola, Clay, Cleaver, Clyburn, Coble, Cole(OK), Conaway,
Conyers, Cooper, Costa, Costello, Cramer, Crenshaw, Crowley, Cubin, Cuellar,
Culberson, Cummings, Davis(AL), Davis(CA), Davis(FL), Davis(IL), Davis(KY),
Davis(TN), Davis,Tom, Deal(GA), DeFazio, DeGette, Delahunt, DeLauro, DeLay,
Dent, Diaz-Balart,L., Dicks, Doggett, Doyle, Drake, Dreier, Duncan, Edwards,
Ehlers, Emanuel, Emerson, Engel, English(PA), Eshoo, Etheridge, Evans,
Everett, Farr, Fattah, Feeney, Ferguson, Filner, Fitzpatrick(PA), Flake,
Foley, Forbes, Ford, Fortenberry, Fossella, Foxx, Frank(MA), Franks(AZ),
Frelinghuysen, Gallegly, Garrett(NJ), Gerlach, Gibbons, Gilchrest, Gillmor,
Gingrey, Gohmert, Gonzalez, Goode, Goodlatte, Gordon, Granger, Graves,
Green(WI), Green,Al, Green,Gene, Grijalva, Hall, Harman, Harris, Hart,
Hastings(FL), Hastings(WA), Hayes, Hayworth, Hefley, Hensarling, Herger,
Herseth, Higgins, Hinchey, Hinojosa, Hobson, Hoekstra, Holden, Holt, Honda,
Hooley, Hostettler, Hoyer, Hulshof, Hunter, Inglis(SC), Inslee, Israel,
Issa, Jackson(IL), Jackson-Lee(TX), Jefferson, Jenkins, Jindal, Johnson(CT),
Johnson(IL), Johnson,Sam, Jones(NC), Jones(OH), Kanjorski, Kaptur, Keller,
Kelly, Kennedy(MN), Kennedy(RI), Kildee, Kind, King(IA), King(NY), Kingston,
Kirk, Kline, Knollenberg, Kuhl(NY), Langevin, Lantos, Larsen(WA),
Larson(CT), Latham, LaTourette, Levin, Lewis(CA), Lewis(GA), Lewis(KY),
Linder, Lipinski, LoBiondo, Lofgren,Zoe, Lowey, Lucas, Lungren,Daniel,E.,
Lynch, Mack, Maloney, Manzullo, Marchant, Markey, Marshall, Matheson,
Matsui, McCaul(TX), McCollum(MN), McCotter, McCrery, McGovern, McHenry,
McHugh, McIntyre, McKeon, McMorris, McNulty, Meehan, Meek(FL), Meeks(NY),
Melancon, Menendez, Mica, Michaud, Millender-McDonald, Miller(FL),
Miller(MI), Miller(NC), Miller,Gary, Miller,George, Mollohan, Moore(KS),
Moran(KS), Murphy, Murtha, Musgrave, Myrick, Nadler, Neal(MA), Neugebauer,
Ney, Northup, Norwood, Nunes, Nussle, Oberstar, Olver, Ortiz, Osborne,
Otter, Owens, Oxley, Pallone, Pascrell, Pastor, Pearce, Pelosi, Pence,
Peterson(MN), Peterson(PA), Petri, Pickering, Pitts, Platts, Poe, Pombo,
Pomeroy, Porter, Price(GA), Price(NC), Pryce(OH), Putnam, Radanovich,
Ramstad, Rangel, Regula, Rehberg, Reichert, Renzi, Reyes, Reynolds,
Rogers(AL), Rogers(KY), Rogers(MI), Rohrabacher, Ros-Lehtinen, Ross,
Rothman, Roybal-Allard, Royce, Ruppersberger, Rush, Ryan(OH), Ryan(WI),
Ryun(KS), Sabo, Salazar, Sanchez,Linda,T., Sanchez,Loretta, Sanders, Saxton,
Schakowsky, Schiff, Schmidt, Schwartz(PA), Schwarz(MI), Scott(GA),
Scott(VA), Sensenbrenner, Serrano, Sessions, Shadegg, Shaw, Shays, Sherman,
Sherwood, Shimkus, Shuster, Simmons, Simpson, Skelton, Slaughter, Smith(NJ),
Smith(TX), Smith(WA), Snyder, Sodrel, Solis, Souder, Spratt, Stearns,
Strickland, Stupak, Sullivan, Tancredo, Tanner, Tauscher, Taylor(MS),
Taylor(NC), Terry, Thomas, Thompson(CA), Thompson(MS), Thornberry, Tiahrt,
Tiberi, Tierney, Towns, Turner, Udall(CO), Udall(NM), Upton, Van,Hollen,
Velázquez, Visclosky, Walden(OR), Walsh, Wamp, Wasserman,Schultz, Waxman,
Weiner, Weldon(FL), Weldon(PA), Weller, Westmoreland, Wexler, Whitfield,
Wicker, Wilson(NM), Wilson(SC), Wolf, Woolsey, Wu, Wynn, Young(AK),
Young(FL)

NAYS--17
Abercrombie, Blumenauer, Dingell, Johnson, E. B., Kilpatrick (MI), Kucinich,
Lee, McDermott, McKinney, Moran (VA), Obey, Paul, Rahall, Stark, Waters,
Watson, Watt

ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--7
Becerra, Capuano, Gutierrez, Gutknecht, Kolbe, Leach, Moore (WI)

NOT VOTING--12
Barrett (SC), Barton (TX), Davis, Jo Ann, Diaz-Balart, M.,
Doolittle, Hyde, Istook, LaHood, McCarthy, Napolitano, Payne, Sweeney

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE
The SPEAKER pro tempore (during the vote). Members are advised that 2
minutes remain in this vote.

[Time: 14:58]
Mr. Rohrabacher changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So (two-thirds of those voting having responded in the affirmative) the
rules were suspended and the resolution, as amended, was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
The title of the resolution was amended so as to read: ``Asserting that
Hamas and other terrorist organizations should not participate in elections
held by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.''.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.