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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2411 
To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2025 
Mr. CARSON (for himself, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BALINT, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Mr. CASAR, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. DEAN 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. 
DINGELL, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mrs. FOUSHEE, 
Mr. FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GREEN of 
Texas, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEGER 
FERNANDEZ, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MFUME, 
Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO- 
CORTEZ, Ms. OMAR, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SIMON, Ms. 
STANSBURY, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. 
WATERS, and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works 
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘UNRWA Funding 
Emergency Restoration Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
Congress— 
(1) recognizes that preventing further erosion 
of civilian conditions in Gaza remains in the stra-
tegic and moral interests of the United States; 
(2) supports UNRWA’s unique and indispen-
sable contribution to immediately addressing urgent 
humanitarian needs in Gaza, especially in mitigating 
and stopping the spread of famine and disease; 
(3) reaffirms the imperative of UNRWA’s con-
tinued provision of humanitarian and human devel-
opment services to Palestinian refugees in all its cur-
rent fields of operation, including Jordan, Lebanon, 
Syria, Gaza, and the West Bank (including East Je-
rusalem); 
(4) urges the Government of Israel to assist 
UNRWA in its neutrality efforts by providing 
names, information, and evidence UNRWA can use 
to aggressively pursue allegations related to staff 
violations of UNRWA’s neutrality policies; 
(5) urges the President— 
(A) to join United States allies in restoring 
funding to UNRWA in response to the respon-
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sible actions taken by the United Nations and 
the commitments made by UNRWA toward ad-
ditional accountability and transparency; and 
(B) to ensure continued funding to 
UNRWA is assessed based on UNRWA’s ongo-
ing execution of the recommendations of the 
Independent Review Group, led by Catherine 
Colonna; 
(6) recognizes the implementation of some of 
the Independent Review Group’s recommendations 
will require United Nations member state coopera-
tion, including additional funding; 
(7) urges the United States and Israel to assist 
UNRWA in its implementation efforts of the Inde-
pendent Review Group’s recommendations; and 
(8) supports appropriating critical funds to 
UNRWA for fiscal year 2025 and beyond. 
SEC. 3. RESTORATION OF FUNDING FOR UNRWA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act— 
(1) title III of division G of the Further Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 
118–47) is hereby repealed; 
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(2) section 308 of the Israel Security Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 2024 (division A of Pub-
lic Law 118–50) is hereby repealed; 
(3) the Secretary of State shall, notwith-
standing any other provision of law and as soon as 
practicable— 
(A) resume the provision of funding to 
UNRWA under current authorities of the De-
partment of State; and 
(B) provide funding to UNRWA consistent 
with the Secretary’s waiver for lifesaving hu-
manitarian aid; and 
(4) the President shall rescind the Executive 
order entitled ‘‘Withdrawing the United States From 
and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Or-
ganizations and Reviewing United States Support to 
All International Organizations’’ of February 4, 
2025 (90 Fed. Reg. 9275). 
(b) REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter 
through December 31, 2028, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees of ju-
risdiction a report on the steps UNRWA is taking to im-
plement any recommendations made by the independent 
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outside review led by former French Foreign Minister 
Catherine Colonna. 
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