[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7111 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7111

 To establish the policy of the United States that the United Nations 
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East should 
            be disbanded completely, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2024

   Mr. Mast introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To establish the policy of the United States that the United Nations 
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East should 
            be disbanded completely, and for other purposes.

    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 Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States that--
            (1) the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
        Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) should be disbanded 
        completely; and
            (2) all refugee services and responsibilities in the West 
        Bank and Gaza strip should be transferred to the United Nations 
        High Commissioner for Refugees.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATIONS TO ADVANCE POLICY TO DISBAND UNRWA.

    (a) In General.--The President shall take such steps as may be 
necessary to advocate for and advance the policy described in section 
2, including by--
            (1) coordinating international efforts to achieve the 
        outcomes described in such section; and
            (2) ensuring that any facility of the United Nations Relief 
        and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in the 
        United States is removed.
    (b) Funding.--Any Federal funds made available to provide 
assistance to any foreign country shall include as a condition for 
receiving such funding that the country publicly supports the policy 
described in section 2.
    (c) Prohibition.--No Federal funds are authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the United Nations Relief 
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, including for 
the salaries or expenses of any employee of such Agency, and no form of 
United States support is authorized to be made available for the 
programs, projects, or activities of such Agency.
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