I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7552 
To prohibit the use of materials that use the term ‘‘West Bank’’, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2024 
Ms. TENNEY (for herself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, and Mr. D’ESPOSITO) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of materials that use the term ‘‘West 
Bank’’, 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 ‘‘Retiring the Egregious 
Confusion Over the Genuine Name of Israel’s Zone of In-
fluence by Necessitating Government-use of Judea and 
Samaria Act’’ or the ‘‘RECOGNIZING Judea and Sama-
ria Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
Government— 
(1) should refer to the land annexed by Israel 
from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War by its 
historical names of ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’, with the 
land south of Jerusalem being considered ‘‘Judea’’ 
and the land north of Jerusalem being considered 
‘‘Samaria’’; and 
(2) should no longer use the term ‘‘West Bank’’ 
in official government materials. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MATERIALS THAT USE 
THE TERM ‘‘WEST BANK’’. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, none of the funds authorized to be appro-
priated or otherwise made available after the date of the 
enactment of this Act may be obligated or expended to 
prepare or promulgate any policy, guidance, regulation, 
notice, Executive order, materials, briefing, press release, 
communications, or other work product that refers to 
Judea and Samaria as the ‘‘West Bank’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition in this section 
shall not apply with respect to the obligation or expendi-
ture of funds relating to obligations of the United States 
under international treaties or other agreements. 
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(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 
prohibition in this section if the Secretary— 
(1) determines that is in the interests of the 
United States to do so; and 
(2) submits to Congress an explanation for the 
waiver not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the Secretary makes the determination. 
SEC. 4. CONFORMING CHANGES TO UNITED STATES LAW. 
(a) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—The For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: 
(1) 
In 
section 
620K(f)(3) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2378b(f)(3)), by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 
(2) In section 620L (22 U.S.C. 2378c)— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘THE
WEST
BANK’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA 
AND SAMARIA’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Judea and Sa-
maria’’. 
(b) TAYLOR FORCE ACT.—Section 1004 of the Tay-
lor Force Act (22 U.S.C. 2378c–1) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘THE 
WEST BANK’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA AND SAMA-
RIA’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 
(c) MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND OBSERVERS PAR-
TICIPATION RESOLUTION.—Section 2 of the Multinational 
Force and Observers Participation Resolution (22 U.S.C. 
3421) is amended by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 
(d) 
OMNIBUS
DIPLOMATIC
SECURITY
AND 
ANTITERRORISM ACT OF 1986.—Section 414 of the Om-
nibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 
(22 U.S.C. 4862) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘WEST 
BANK’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA
AND
SAMARIA’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ and inserting 
‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 
(e) UNITED STATES-ISRAEL FREE TRADE AREA IM-
PLEMENTATION ACT OF 1985.—Section 9 of the United 
States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 
1985 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
West Bank’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Judea 
and Samaria’’. 
(f) IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 
COMMISSION ACT OF 2007.—Section 2021(i) of the Im-
plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 
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of 2007 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking 
‘‘the West Bank’’ and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 
(g) FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION ACT, FIS-
CAL YEAR 2003.—Section 699 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2301 
note) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘WEST 
BANK’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA
AND
SAMARIA’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the West 
Bank’’ and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 
(h) NITA M. LOWEY MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP 
FOR PEACE ACT.—Section 8005 of the Nita M. Lowey 
Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (Pub. L. 116–260) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 
Æ 
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