UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act

3.0.0 431 2025-12-05T08:52:58Z 2025-12-05T08:52:58Z Senate S S 2023-02-15 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/431 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-15T17:31:52Z UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act 118 1102 HR 2023-02-17 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2023-02-15 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2023-02-15 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2023-02-15 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2023-02-15 True B001243 Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] Marsha Blackburn R TN 2023-02-15 True H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS 2023-02-15 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2023-02-15 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2023-02-15 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD 2023-02-15 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2023-02-15 True H000601 Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] Bill Hagerty R TN 2023-02-15 True E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA 2023-02-15 True B001305 Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] Ted Budd R NC 2023-02-15 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2023-02-15 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2023-02-16 False V000137 Sen. Vance, J. D. [R-OH] J. Vance R OH D. 2023-02-28 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2023-02-28 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2023-03-27 False B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2023-07-27 False B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2023-10-17 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2023-10-17 False T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL 2023-10-17 False C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2023-10-24 False R000615 Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT] Mitt Romney R UT 2023-11-02 False F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE 2024-01-10 False International Affairs International Affairs 2023-03-16T15:00:27Z

00 2023-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2023-05-09T14:17:55Z UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act This bill makes changes to U.S. foreign policy in matters concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). For purposes of this policy, the bill defines Palestinian refugee as a person who (1) resided from June 1946 to May 1948 in Mandatory Palestine (a region controlled by Britain until 1948), (2) was personally displaced as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, and (3) has not accepted citizenship or other permanent adjustment in status in another country. Furthermore, under U.S. policy, derivative refugee status may only extend to the spouse or minor child of such a Palestinian refugee. The bill withholds U.S. funding for the UNRWA unless the Department of State makes certifications concerning the UNRWA's staff, partners, and funding. Specifically, the State Department must certify that neither UNRWA staff and partners nor its funding and facilities are affiliated with terrorism or disseminating certain rhetoric, such as calling for the destruction of Israel or describing Israelis as occupiers or settlers. Additionally, the State Department must certify that the UNRWA is (1) subject to comprehensive independent financial audits, and (2) not affiliated with any financial institutions complicit in money laundering or terror financing. The State Department must also implement a plan to encourage other countries to align their UNRWA-related activities with U.S. policy objectives, including the phaseout of the UNRWA by resettling Palestinian refugees outside of Israel.

UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act Display Title 45 UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act 2024-07-24T15:23:45Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act 2024-05-24T13:42:26Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to withhold United States contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and for other purposes. 2023-03-04T04:59:05Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s431is/xml/BILLS-118s431is.xml 2023-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.