I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5278 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist Palestinian refugees 
in the West Bank and Gaza to move to post-refugee status, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 3, 2006 
Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. PENCE, and Mr. ROTHMAN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations 
A BILL 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist 
Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza to 
move to post-refugee status, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘UNRWA Integrity 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The United Nations Relief and Works 
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 
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(UNRWA) was established in 1949 as a temporary 
agency to provide relief services to Palestinian refu-
gees and is the only United Nations agency dedi-
cated to one specific group of refugees. 
(2) Unlike the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees which seeks to find ‘‘lasting so-
lutions’’ to the plight of refugees, UNRWA makes 
no effort to resettle Palestinian refugees. 
(3) Since 1950, the United States has contrib-
uted more than $2 billion to UNRWA. 
(4) In 2005, the United States contributed 
$108 million to UNRWA, constituting approximately 
one-fourth of UNRWA’s 2005 budget. 
(5) UNRWA has never permitted an inde-
pendent third party audit by an internationally-rec-
ognized auditing firm. 
(6) The last audit conducted by UNRWA’s own 
Board of Auditors and certified by the United Na-
tions Board of Auditors provided only summary to-
tals which were vague and in addition left at least 
$43 million in expenditures completely undefined. 
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SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 301 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2221) is amended by in-
serting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), voluntary contributions by the 
United States to the regular budget of the 
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
Palestine 
Refugees 
in 
the 
Near 
East 
(UNRWA), or to any successor or related enti-
ty, may be provided only during a period for 
which a certification described in paragraph (2) 
is in effect. 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The President may waive 
the limitation requirement of subparagraph (A) 
for a period not to exceed 180 days if the Presi-
dent determines that it is the national security 
interests of the United States to do so and noti-
fies Congress of such determination. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described 
in this paragraph is a certification transmitted by 
the President to Congress that contains a deter-
mination of the President that UNRWA— 
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‘‘(A) is not an impediment to achieving a 
lasting solution for Palestinian refugees in the 
West Bank and Gaza and moving such refugees 
to post-refugee status; 
‘‘(B) is subject to comprehensive financial 
audits by an internationally-recognized third 
party independent auditing firm; 
‘‘(C) does not knowingly provide employ-
ment, refuge, freedom of movement, cash assist-
ance, food assistance, housing rehabilitation as-
sistance, or any other type of social services as-
sistance to members of foreign terrorist organi-
zations; and 
‘‘(D) does not promote anti-Semitism or 
the denial of the right of Israel to exist. 
‘‘(3) RECERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which the President transmits 
to Congress an initial certification under paragraph 
(2), and every 180 days thereafter— 
‘‘(A) the President shall transmit to Con-
gress a recertification that the requirements 
contained in paragraph (2) are continuing to be 
met; or 
‘‘(B) if the President is unable to make 
such a recertification, the President shall trans-
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