3.0.0 428 2020-07-23T15:27:04Z 2020-07-23T15:27:04Z House H HCONRES 2008-09-24 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-24T14:04:20Z 2008-09-24 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2008-09-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000462 Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] STEVEN ROTHMAN D NJ R. 9 N B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2008-09-24 True B001231 Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1] SHELLEY BERKLEY D NV 1 2008-09-24 True E000179 Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] ELIOT ENGEL D NY L. 17 2008-09-24 True I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2008-09-24 True T000057 Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] ELLEN TAUSCHER D CA O. 10 2008-09-24 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] JERROLD NADLER D NY 8 2008-09-26 False W000119 Rep. Wamp, Zach [R-TN-3] ZACH WAMP R TN 3 2008-09-26 False M001134 Rep. Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] SUE MYRICK R NC WILKINS 9 2008-09-27 False M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2008-09-27 False International Affairs Computer software Crime and Law Enforcement Education Elementary and secondary education Employee selection Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Immigration International employees International propaganda Middle East and North Africa Palestinians Refugees Science, Technology, Communications Teaching materials Terrorism United Nations United Nations economic assistance International Affairs 00 2008-09-24 Introduced in House 2008-11-06T20:57:39Z Urges the Secretary of State to take measures to certify that United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) operates in full compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act and that no American taxpayer dollars are being directed to terrorists or to further terrorist propaganda.

Calls on UNRWA to improve the transparency of educational materials used in UNRWA-administered schools.

Urges UNRWA to implement terrorist name recognition software and other screening procedures to help ensure that UNRWA staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries are neither terrorists nor affiliated with terrorist organizations.

]]> Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should take immediate steps to improve the transparency and accountability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East to ensure that it is not providing funding, employment, or other support to terrorists. Display Title Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should take immediate steps to improve the transparency and accountability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East to ensure that it is not providing funding, employment, or other support to terrorists. Official Title as Introduced Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should take immediate steps to improve the transparency and accountability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East to ensure that it is not providing funding, employment, or other support to terrorists. Introduced in House 2008-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hconres428ih/xml/BILLS-110hconres428ih.xml 2008-09-24 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.