UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9649 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9649 To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2024 Mr. Carson (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Adams, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Bowman, Ms. Bush, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. Casar, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mrs. Ramirez, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Velazquez, Ms. Waters, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached a catastrophic emergency level, with two million Palestinian