Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 47 Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 16, 2019 Mr. WRIGHT (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. HICE of Georgia, Mr. DUNCAN, and Mr. GRIFFITH) submitted the following resolution; which was re- ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Condemning all forms of anti-Semitism. Whereas, in 2017, reported anti-Semitic incidents increased 57 percent over the previous year, according to the Anti- Defamation League’s 2017 Audit of Anti-Semitic Inci- dents, which describes trends such as the 86 percent in- crease in reported incidents of vandalism and the 41 per- cent increase in reported incidents of harassment; Whereas, in 2017, anti-Semitic incidents at institutions of higher education nearly doubled compared to the number of those incidents in 2016, and during the 2016–2017 school year there was an increase in White supremacist activity on college campuses across the United States, ac- cording to the Anti-Defamation League; and Whereas the perpetrator of the shooting that killed 11 Jewish worshippers at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR47.IH HR47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HRES 47 IH Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, accused Jews of ‘‘waging a propaganda war against Western civilization’’ and ‘‘committing genocide’’ against Whites by promoting immigration and refugee resettlement, and accused the President of being ‘‘a globalist, not a nationalist’’ because of the ‘‘infestation’’ of Jews: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) affirms that the United States stands 2 united in condemning anti-Semitism in any form; 3 (2) supports the right of Americans to freely 4 exercise their religious beliefs and rejects all forms 5 of terror and hate; 6 (3) condemns all manifestations of expressions 7 of racism, anti-Semitism, and ethnic or religious in- 8 tolerance; and 9 (4) calls on Federal law enforcement officials, 10 working with State and local officials— 11 (A) to expeditiously investigate all credible 12 reports of hate crimes and incidents and threats 13 against the Jewish community in the United 14 States; and 15 (B) to hold the perpetrators of those 16 crimes, incidents, or threats accountable and 17 bring such perpetrators to justice. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jan 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR47.IH HR47 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS