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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6034 

To require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports reviewing the 

educational material used by the Palestinian Authority or the United 

Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near 

East in the West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2018 

Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. ROSKAM, and Mr. 

SHERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports 

reviewing the educational material used by the Palestinian Authority or the United Nations Relief and Works 

Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in the 

West Bank and Gaza, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Palestinian Authority 

5 Educational Curriculum Transparency Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) In 2016 and 2017, the Palestinian Author2 ity published reformed curriculums for school-aged 

3 children in grades 1 through 11. 

4 (2) The new Palestinian curriculums fail to 

5 meet the international standards of peace and toler6 ance in educational materials established by the 

7 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

8 Organization. 

9 (3) Textbooks used by the Palestinian Author10 ity and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency 

11 for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) 

12 in the West Bank and Gaza demonize Israel, encour13 age war, and teach children that Palestinian state14 hood can be achieved through violence. 

15 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

16 It is the sense of Congress that the Palestinian Au17 thority and UNRWA have not sufficiently worked to elimi18 nate all content and passages encouraging violence or in19 tolerance toward other nations or ethnic groups from the 

20 curriculum used in their respective schools. 

21 SEC. 4. REPORT REQUIRED. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter 

24 for ten years in accordance with subsection (c), the Sec25 retary of State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign 


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1 Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com2 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report review3 ing curriculum used in schools controlled by the Pales4 tinian Authority or UNRWA in the West Bank and Gaza 

5 that includes the following: 

6 (1) A determination whether all content and 

7 passages encouraging violence or intolerance toward 

8 other nations or ethnic groups has been removed in 

9 such curriculum, and a detailed explanation of the 

10 reasons for reaching such determination. 

11 (2) An assessment of the steps the Palestinian 

12 Authority and UNRWA are taking to reform such 

13 curriculum at schools to conform with standards of 

14 peace and tolerance in the Declaration of Principles 

15 on Tolerance by the United Nations Educational, 

16 Scientific and Cultural Organization (adopted No17 vember 16, 1995). 

18 (3) A determination whether United States for19 eign assistance is used, directly or indirectly, to fund 

20 the dissemination of such curriculum by the Pales21 tinian Authority or UNRWA. 

22 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 

23 make each report submitted pursuant to subsection (a) on 

24 a publicly available website of the Department of State. 


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1 (c) SUBSEQUENT DEADLINES.—Each report required 

2 by subsection (a), other than first, shall be submitted not 

3 later than 90 days after the date on which a new school 

4 year begins for schools controlled by the Palestinian Au5 thority or UNRWA schools in the West Bank and Gaza. 

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