A bill to redirect United States funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to other entities providing assistance to Palestinians living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
USA115th CongressS-3425| Senate
| Updated: 9/6/2018
James Lankford
Republican Senator
Oklahoma
Foreign Relations Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Palestinian Assistance Reform Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the redirection of U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees in the Near East, if specified reforms are not achieved by the UNRWA and certified by June 30, 2020, to other entities to be used for assistance to Palestinians living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria, or Lebanon.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
International Affairs
AppropriationsArab-Israeli relationsCitizenship and naturalizationConflicts and warsCongressional oversightDepartment of StateExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefGaza StripGovernment trust fundsIsraelJordanLebanonMiddle EastPalestiniansRefugees, asylum, displaced personsRule of law and government transparencySyriaUnemploymentUnited NationsWages and earningsWest BankWorld health
A bill to redirect United States funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to other entities providing assistance to Palestinians living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
USA115th CongressS-3425| Senate
| Updated: 9/6/2018
Palestinian Assistance Reform Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the redirection of U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees in the Near East, if specified reforms are not achieved by the UNRWA and certified by June 30, 2020, to other entities to be used for assistance to Palestinians living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria, or Lebanon.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
James Lankford
Republican Senator
Oklahoma
Foreign Relations Committee
International Affairs
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
AppropriationsArab-Israeli relationsCitizenship and naturalizationConflicts and warsCongressional oversightDepartment of StateExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefGaza StripGovernment trust fundsIsraelJordanLebanonMiddle EastPalestiniansRefugees, asylum, displaced personsRule of law and government transparencySyriaUnemploymentUnited NationsWages and earningsWest BankWorld health