H.R. 2411

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2411 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2411

To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 27, 2025

Mr. Carson (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Balint, Ms. 
Barragan, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Castro of Texas, 
Mr. Casar, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Dean of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, 
Mr. Doggett, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. 
Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, 
Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, 
Ms. McCollum, Mr. Mfume, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. 
Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. 
Simon, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Velazquez, 
Ms. Waters, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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A BILL

To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

Congress--
(1) recognizes that preventing further erosion of civilian 
conditions in Gaza remains in the strategic and moral interests 
of the United States;
(2) supports UNRWA's unique and indispensable contribution 
to immediately addressing urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza, 
especially in mitigating and stopping the spread of famine and 
disease;
(3) reaffirms the imperative of UNRWA's continued provision 
of humanitarian and human development services to Palestinian 
refugees in all its current fields of operation, including 
Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, and the West Bank (including East 
Jerusalem);
(4) urges the Government of Israel to assist UNRWA in its 
neutrality efforts by providing names, information, and 
evidence UNRWA can use to aggressively pursue allegations 
related to staff violations of UNRWA's neutrality policies;
(5) urges the President--
(A) to join United States allies in restoring 
funding to UNRWA in response to the responsible actions 
taken by the United Nations and the commitments made by 
UNRWA toward additional accountability and 
transparency; and
(B) to ensure continued funding to UNRWA is 
assessed based on UNRWA's ongoing execution of the 
recommendations of the Independent Review Group, led by 
Catherine Colonna;
(6) recognizes the implementation of some of the 
Independent Review Group's recommendations will require United 
Nations member state cooperation, including additional funding;
(7) urges the United States and Israel to assist UNRWA in 
its implementation efforts of the Independent Review Group's 
recommendations; and
(8) supports appropriating critical funds to UNRWA for 
fiscal year 2025 and beyond.

SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF FUNDING FOR UNRWA.

(a) In General.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
Act--
(1) title III of division G of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-47) is hereby 
repealed;
(2) section 308 of the Israel Security Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Public Law 118-50) is 
hereby repealed;
(3) the Secretary of State shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law and as soon as practicable--
(A) resume the provision of funding to UNRWA under 
current authorities of the Department of State; and
(B) provide funding to UNRWA consistent with the 
Secretary's waiver for lifesaving humanitarian aid; and
(4) the President shall rescind the Executive order 
entitled ``Withdrawing the United States From and Ending 
Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing 
United States Support to All International Organizations'' of 
February 4, 2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 9275).
(b) Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter through December 31, 
2028, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees of jurisdiction a report on the steps UNRWA is 
taking to implement any recommendations made by the independent outside 
review led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna.
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