HRES 537
97th Congress
House
International Affairs
Department of the Interior
Energy policy
Federal officials
Israel
A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States shall maintain its commitment to the security of the State of Israel and that the President should repudiate…
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In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Aug 5, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Jul 27, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Jul 27, 1982
Introduced in House
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Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States shall maintain its commitment to the security of the State of Israel and that the President should repudiate a certain letter sent by Secretary of State James Watt to the Israeli ambassador to the United States concerning the effect on U.S.-Israeli relations of opposition by the American Jewish community to the Reagan administration's energy policies.
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Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 537: A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States shall maintain its commitment to the security of the State of Israel and that the President should repudiate certain actions of the Secretary of Interior.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-537/
"H. Res. 537: A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States shall maintain its commitment to the security of the State of Israel and that the President should repudiate certain actions of the Secretary of Interior.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-537/.
H. Res. 537, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HRES-537/.
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