[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5064]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5662. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1262. PEACE AND TOLERANCE IN PALESTINIAN EDUCATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In 2016 and 2017, the Palestinian Authority published a 
     modified curriculum for school-aged children in grades 1 
     through 11.
       (2) Textbooks used by the Palestinian Authority in the West 
     Bank and Gaza include graphics portraying violence against 
     Israeli soldiers, positive portrayals of individuals who have 
     committed attacks against citizens of Israel, and references 
     to Palestinian efforts to target the ``Zionists''.
       (3) Palestinian Authority textbooks are used at schools 
     sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
     Palestine Refugees in the Near East because the schools use 
     the textbooks of the host government.
       (4) On April 26, 2018, the Government Accountability Office 
     published a report that found the following:
       (A) Textbooks in schools in areas controlled by the 
     Palestinian Authority feature inaccurate and misleading maps 
     of the region and include militaristic, adversarial imagery 
     and content that incites hatred.
       (B) The Department of State raised with Palestinian 
     officials the objectionable content in the textbooks, 
     including a specific math problem using the number of 
     Palestinian casualties in the First and Second Intifadas.
       (C) In its review of such textbooks, the United Nations 
     Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near 
     East identified content not aligned with United Nations 
     values. The majority of content so identified presents 
     problematic issues relating to neutrality or bias, including 
     issues relating to maps and references to Jerusalem as the 
     capital of Palestine.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Palestinian Authority has not sufficiently eliminated 
     from the curriculum used in schools in areas controlled by 
     the Palestinian Authority content that encourages violence or 
     intolerance toward other countries and ethnic groups.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     a report reviewing the curriculum used in schools in areas 
     controlled by the Palestinian Authority or located in Gaza 
     and controlled by any other entity--
       (A) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act; and
       (B) during each of the 2 years following the submission of 
     the initial report under subparagraph (A), not later than 90 
     days after the date on which a new school year begins for 
     schools in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
       (2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A determination as to whether the curriculum reviewed 
     contains content that encourages violence or intolerance 
     toward other countries or ethnic groups, and a detailed 
     explanation of the reasons for reaching such determination.
       (B) An assessment of the steps the Palestinian Authority is 
     taking to reform curriculum containing such content at 
     schools so as to conform with standards of peace and 
     tolerance in the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance 
     adopted by member countries of the United Nations 
     Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization on 
     November 16, 1995.
       (C) A determination as to whether United States foreign 
     assistance is used, directly or indirectly, to fund the 
     dissemination of such curriculum by the Palestinian 
     Authority.
       (D) A detailed report on the manner in which United States 
     assistance is being used to address curriculum that 
     encourages violence or intolerance toward other countries or 
     ethnic groups.
       (E) A detailed report on United States diplomatic efforts, 
     during the 5-year period preceding the date on which the 
     report is submitted, to encourage peace and tolerance in 
     Palestinian education.
       (F) If any diplomatic effort referred to in subparagraph 
     (E) was terminated by the Secretary of State, the reasons for 
     such termination.
       (3) Public availability.--The Secretary shall make each 
     report required by paragraph (1) available to the public on a 
     publicly accessible internet website of the Department of 
     State.
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