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demonstrating consequences for UNRWA’s malfea-
sance and setting an example for the United States 
and other donor governments. 
SEC. 802. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA. 
Section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) WITHHOLDING.—Contributions by the United 
States to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to any suc-
cessor or related entity, or to the regular budget of the 
United Nations for the support of UNRWA or a successor 
entity (through staff positions provided by the United Na-
tions Secretariat, or otherwise), may be provided only dur-
ing a period for which a certification described in para-
graph (2) is in effect. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
paragraph is a written determination by the Secretary of 
State, based on all information available after diligent in-
quiry, and transmitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees along with a detailed description of the factual 
basis therefor, that— 
‘‘(A) no official, employee, consultant, contractor, 
subcontractor, 
representative, 
or 
affiliate 
of 
UNRWA— 
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‘‘(i) is a member of a Foreign Terrorist Or-
ganization; 
‘‘(ii) has propagated, disseminated, or in-
cited anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic 
rhetoric or propaganda; or 
‘‘(iii) has used any UNRWA resources, in-
cluding publications or Web sites, to propagate 
or disseminate political materials, including po-
litical rhetoric regarding the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict; 
‘‘(B) no UNRWA school, hospital, clinic, other 
facility, or other infrastructure or resource is being 
used by a Foreign Terrorist Organization for oper-
ations, planning, training, recruitment, fundraising, 
indoctrination, communications, sanctuary, storage of 
weapons or other materials, or any other purposes; 
‘‘(C) UNRWA is subject to comprehensive finan-
cial audits by an internationally recognized third 
party independent auditing firm and has imple-
mented an effective system of vetting and oversight to 
prevent the use, receipt, or diversion of any UNRWA 
resources by any foreign terrorist organization or 
members thereof; 
‘‘(D) no UNRWA-funded school or educational 
institution uses textbooks or other educational mate-
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rials that propagate or disseminate anti-American, 
anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric, propaganda or 
incitement; 
‘‘(E) no recipient of UNRWA funds or loans is 
a member of a Foreign Terrorist Organization; and 
‘‘(F) UNRWA holds no accounts or other affili-
ations with financial institutions that the United 
States deems or believes to be complicit in money 
laundering and terror financing. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(A) FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’ means an orga-
nization designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organiza-
tion by the Secretary of State in accordance with sec-
tion 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
‘‘(B) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Ap-
propriations, and Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 
Appropriations, and Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
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‘‘(4) EFFECTIVE DURATION OF CERTIFICATION.—The 
certification described in paragraph (2) shall be effective 
for a period of 180 days from the date of transmission to 
the appropriate congressional committees, or until the Sec-
retary receives information rendering that certification fac-
tually inaccurate, whichever is earliest. In the event that 
a certification becomes ineffective, the Secretary shall 
promptly transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a description of any information that precludes the 
renewal or continuation of the certification. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—During a period for which a cer-
tification described in paragraph (2) is in effect, the United 
States may not contribute to the United Nations Relief and 
Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 
(UNRWA) or a successor entity an annual amount— 
‘‘(A) greater than the highest annual contribu-
tion to UNRWA made by a member country of the 
League of Arab States; 
‘‘(B) that, as a proportion of the total UNRWA 
budget, exceeds the proportion of the total budget for 
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 
(UNHCR) paid by the United States; or 
‘‘(C) that exceeds 22 percent of the total budget 
of UNRWA.’’. 
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SEC. 803. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the President and the Secretary of State 
should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to encourage 
other responsible nations to withhold contributions to 
UNRWA, to any successor or related entity, or to the 
regular budget of the United Nations for the support 
of UNRWA or a successor entity (through staff posi-
tions provided by the United Nations Secretariat, or 
otherwise) until UNRWA has met the conditions list-
ed in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 
301(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 
added by section 802 of this Act); 
(2) citizens of recognized states should be re-
moved from UNRWA’s jurisdiction; 
(3) UNRWA’s definition of a ‘‘Palestine refugee’’ 
should be changed to that used for a refugee by the 
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Refugees; and 
(4) in order to alleviate the suffering of Pales-
tinian refugees, responsibility for those refugees should 
be fully transferred to the Office of the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees. 
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