IV 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 837 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 6, 2020 Mr. Keating (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Deutch , and Mr. Sires ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Reaffirming the need for transatlantic cooperation to combat anti-Semitism in Europe.

Whereas anti-Semitism in Europe is widespread and increasing according to many studies, including those conducted by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Pew Research Center, and media outlets; Whereas 89 percent of Jews living in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom feel anti-Semitism has increased over the past decade; Whereas 85 percent of European Jews consider anti-Semitism to be the biggest social or political problem in their country; Whereas 28 percent of European Jews experienced anti-Semitic harassment at least once during the last year; Whereas 34 percent of European Jews avoid visiting Jewish events or sites because they do not feel safe; Whereas 79 percent of European Jews have said they do not report anti-Semitic incidents, with 48 percent giving the reason that nothing would have changed had they done so ; Whereas Congress passed the Combating European Anti-Semitism Act in 2018 to require increased Department of State reporting on the scope and severity of anti-Semitism in Europe; Whereas many European governments and the European Union have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of anti-Semitism; Whereas 38 percent of European Jews have considered emigrating because they did not feel safe as Jews in Europe; Whereas one-third of 7,000 Europeans surveyed said they knew just a little or nothing at all about the Holocaust; and Whereas the global rise in anti-Semitism should be cause for serious concern on both sides of the Atlantic: Now, therefore, be it