Stand with Israel Act

Bill: 118-hr-9374
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2024-08-16
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-08-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9374 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 16, 2024 Mr. Lawler (for himself, Mr. Moskowitz , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Feenstra , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Ms. Salazar , Mr. Landsman , Mr. Garbarino , Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer , Mr. Burchett , Mr. D'Esposito , Mr. Steube , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Kean of New Jersey , Mr. Williams of New York , Mr. Dunn of Florida , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. LaLota , Mr. Gooden of Texas , Mr. Hill , Ms. Stefanik , and Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to provide for a prohibition on contributions to the United Nations relating to Israel.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stand with Israel Act . 2. Prohibition on contributions to the United Nations relating to Israel The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 ( 22 U.S.C. 287 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 13. Prohibition on contributions to the United Nations relating to Israel No funds made available to the Department of State or any other Federal department or agency may be made available for contributions to the United Nations or any of its funds, programs, specialized agencies, or other related entities that expels, downgrades or suspends membership, or otherwise restricts the participation of Israel such that it may not participate fully and equivalently with other Member States of the United Nations or the respective fund, program, specialized agency, or other related entity. .