I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5898 
To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy on administration 
policy regarding UNRWA, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2018 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself and Mr. ZELDIN) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of State to develop a strategy 
on administration policy regarding UNRWA, 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 Account-
ability Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that the United States 
should— 
(1) continue to oppose anti-Israel bias at the 
United Nations and in United Nations agencies; 
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(2) define and convey to the United Nations 
and appropriate United Nations agencies reform pri-
orities that should be met in order to facilitate fu-
ture United States funding for the United Nations 
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees 
(UNRWA); and 
(3) support greater transparency in ongoing re-
form efforts at UNRWA. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR STRATEGY ON ADMINISTRA-
TION POLICY REGARDING UNRWA. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development (USAID), shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations and Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate a report on the long-term 
strategy for funding and policy towards UNRWA. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The strategy required under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) A detailed strategy regarding future United 
States contributions to UNRWA, including the an-
ticipated United States contributions to UNRWA for 
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the five fiscal years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) An identification of the bureaus, entities, 
and leadership positions and offices within the De-
partment of State or any other Executive branch 
agencies that review United States contributions to 
UNRWA, and an identification of the lead position 
in each such agency who is overseeing each such cor-
responding review. 
(3) The metrics, data, and other information 
being used by the Department of State or any other 
Executive branch agency to review United States 
contributions to UNRWA. 
(4) A description of any desired reforms the 
Administration has submitted to or requested from 
the United Nations or United Nations agencies that 
UNRWA undertake as a condition for future fund-
ing. 
(5) The national security impact of changes to 
United States funding to UNRWA. 
(c) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may in-
clude a classified annex. 
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