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<item congress="116" measure-type="sres" measure-number="171" measure-id="id116sres171" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2019-04-11" update-date="2020-03-16">
<title>A resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding restoring United States bilateral assistance to the West Bank and Gaza.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116sres171v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-03-16">
<action-date>2019-04-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution calls on the United States to expend all assistance appropriated in FY2018 to the West Bank and Gaza before the end of 2019. The resolution also presses for the enactment of legislation to&nbsp;specify that activities funded through the Economic Support Fund may not be construed to assert jurisdiction over the Palestinian Authority.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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