IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 473 
Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to 
address the needs of civilians in Gaza. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 4, 2025 
Ms. JAYAPAL (for herself, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KEATING, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Ms. 
BALINT, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY, 
Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CASAR, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Ms. CHU, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, 
Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 
DELAURO, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. DEXTER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. DOG-
GETT, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. EVANS of Pennsylvania, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. 
FROST, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. GARCI´A of Illi-
nois, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
HIMES, Ms. HOYLE of Oregon, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. 
LEE of Pennsylvania, Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. LICCARDO, Ms. LOF-
GREN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. 
MCDONALD RIVET, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MFUME, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. NADLER, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, 
Ms. OMAR, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETERS, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. 
POCAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. ROSS, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SIMON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. 
STANSBURY, Mr. SUBRAMANYAM, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Mr. TRAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
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•HRES 473 IH 
RESOLUTION 
Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of 
humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza. 
Whereas the entire population of the Gaza Strip, an esti-
mated 2,200,000 people, is facing acute levels of hunger; 
Whereas, according to the United Nations, since January 
2025, approximately 10,000 children have been identified 
as suffering from acute malnutrition—a telltale sign of 
imminent famine; 
Whereas the borders of Gaza were blocked from March 2, 
2025, to May 19, 2025, prohibiting entry of food, medi-
cine, infant formula, fuel, and other lifesaving humani-
tarian supplies; 
Whereas the limited aid that has entered Gaza, since May 19, 
2025, needs to be sufficiently scaled up and widely dis-
persed to Palestinian civilians immediately; 
Whereas all 25 World Food Programme-supported bakeries 
in Gaza closed on March 31, 2025, as wheat flour and 
cooking fuel ran out, and the same week World Food 
Programme food parcels distributed to families—with 
two weeks of food rations—were exhausted; 
Whereas the Executive Director of the World Food Pro-
gramme Cindy McCain said on April 25, ‘‘People are 
starving, and . . . many more are going to starve as a 
result of this.’’; 
Whereas women eat last and least in times of heightened food 
insecurity; and 
Whereas the health system in Gaza is near total collapse: 
Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 473 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) is gravely concerned with— 
(A) the humanitarian crisis and acute suf-
fering of the Palestinian civilians in Gaza; and 
(B) the suffering of the hostages and hos-
tage families; and 
(2) calls on the White House, Department of 
State, and other relevant United States Government 
agencies to urgently use all available diplomatic tools 
to bring about the release of the hostages, the imme-
diate and secure delivery and disbursement of the 
necessary food and humanitarian aid for Palestinian 
civilians, and a durable end to the conflict in Gaza. 
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