[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 473 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 473

Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to 
                address the needs of civilians in Gaza.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2025

 Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Keating, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. 
   Balint, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Mr. 
 Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. 
 Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
 Courtney, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. 
     Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of 
California, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. 
   Green of Texas, Mr. Himes, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Mr. 
 Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of 
     Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of 
    Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. 
   Liccardo, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McClellan, Ms. 
McCollum, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Mfume, Ms. 
  Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. 
Omar, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. 
    Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Ross, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. 
 Subramanyam, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, 
Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Tran, Ms. Underwood, 
   Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to 
                address the needs of civilians in Gaza.

Whereas the entire population of the Gaza Strip, an estimated 2,200,000 people, 
        is facing acute levels of hunger;
Whereas, according to the United Nations, since January 2025, approximately 
        10,000 children have been identified as suffering from acute 
        malnutrition--a telltale sign of imminent famine;
Whereas the borders of Gaza were blocked from March 2, 2025, to May 19, 2025, 
        prohibiting entry of food, medicine, infant formula, fuel, and other 
        lifesaving humanitarian supplies;
Whereas the limited aid that has entered Gaza, since May 19, 2025, needs to be 
        sufficiently scaled up and widely dispersed to Palestinian civilians 
        immediately;
Whereas all 25 World Food Programme-supported bakeries in Gaza closed on March 
        31, 2025, as wheat flour and cooking fuel ran out, and the same week 
        World Food Programme food parcels distributed to families--with two 
        weeks of food rations--were exhausted;
Whereas the Executive Director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain said on 
        April 25, ``People are starving, and . . . many more are going to starve 
        as a result of this.'';
Whereas women eat last and least in times of heightened food insecurity; and
Whereas the health system in Gaza is near total collapse: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) is gravely concerned with--
                    (A) the humanitarian crisis and acute suffering of 
                the Palestinian civilians in Gaza; and
                    (B) the suffering of the hostages and hostage 
                families; and
            (2) calls on the White House, Department of State, and 
        other relevant United States Government agencies to urgently 
        use all available diplomatic tools to bring about the release 
        of the hostages, the immediate and secure delivery and 
        disbursement of the necessary food and humanitarian aid for 
        Palestinian civilians, and a durable end to the conflict in 
        Gaza.
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