To require a report on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.

Bill: 117-hr-9291
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2022-11-14
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of State to report to Congress on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh. The report shall also be made available to the public on the State Department's website. </p> <p>(Abu Akleh was a U.S. citizen and journalist who was shot and killed in the city of Jenin in the West Bank in May 2022. At the time of her shooting, Israeli security forces and Palestinians were trading fire in the area.) </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9291 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2022 Mr. Carson (for himself, Mr. Beyer , Ms. Bush , Mr. DeSaulnier , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. García of Illinois , Ms. Jacobs of California , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Ms. McCollum , Mr. McGovern , Ms. Newman , Ms. Norton , Mr. Pocan , Ms. Ocasio-Cortez , Ms. Omar , Ms. Tlaib , and Mr. Welch ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To require a report on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.

1. Report on death of Shireen Abu Akleh (a) In general Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a report on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh. (b) Matters To be included The report required by subsection (a) shall include— (1) an identification of those individuals or entities that carried out, participated in, or were otherwise complicit in, or responsible for the death of Shireen Abu Akleh; and (2) an identification of any United States defense materials or services were implicated in the death of Shireen Abu Akleh. (c) Form The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form and made available to the public at the same time on the website of the Department of State.