A bill to reprogram Federal funds appropriated for UNRWA to construct the southwest border wall and to prohibit future funding for UNRWA.

Bill: 118-s-3708
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-01-31
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3708 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 31, 2024 Mr. Kennedy (for himself, Mr. Rubio , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Barrasso , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Cramer , Ms. Lummis , and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To reprogram Federal funds appropriated for UNRWA to construct the southwest border wall and to prohibit future funding for UNRWA.

1. Reprogramming of amounts appropriated for UNRWA (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all Federal funds that, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, have been appropriated for, but not provided to, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East shall be made available for the construction of a permanent physical barrier along the southwest border of the United States. (b) Prohibition of future funding Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds may be provided to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.