,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcdc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjai,mr4
 ,sherman 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,zeldin1   
,mr4 ,trone1 ,mr4 ,mast1 ,mr4           
,gottheimer1 and ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the    
,secretary of ,state to submit annual   
reports reviewing the educational       
material used by the ,palestinian       
,authority or the ,united ,nations      
,relief and ,works ,agency for          
,palestine ,refugees in the ,near ,east 
in the ,west ,bank and ,gaza1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,peace and     
,tolerance in ,palestinian ,education   
,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the
 following3  7#a7 ,in #bjaf and #bjag1  
the ,palestinian ,authority published   
modified curriculums for school-aged    
children in grades #a through #aa4  7#b7
 ,the new ,palestinian curriculums fail 

to meet the international standards of  
peace and tolerance in educational      
materials established by the ,united    
,nations ,educational1 ,scientific and  
,cultural ,organization4  7#c7          
,textbooks used by the ,palestinian     
,authority and the ,united ,nations     
,relief and ,works ,agency for          
,palestine ,refugees in the ,near ,east 
7,,unrwa7 in the ,west ,bank and ,gaza  
demonize ,israel1 encourage war1 and    
teach children that ,palestinian        
statehood can be achieved through       
violence4  7#d7 ,on ,april #bf1 #bjah1  
the ,government ,accountability ,office 
published a report that found that      
textbooks in ,,unrwa schools do not     
mention ,israel or ,judaism1 feature    
maps of the region that exclude ,israel1
 and include content that incites       
violence4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it  
is the sense of ,congress that the      
,palestinian ,authority and ,,unrwa have
 not sufficiently worked to eliminate   
all content and passages encouraging    

violence or intolerance toward other    
nations or ethnic groups from the       
curriculum used in their respective     
schools4  #d4 ,report required  7a7 ,in 
,general ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 and annually thereafter for ten years  
in accordance with subsection 7c71 the  
,secretary of ,state shall submit to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs of the 
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,foreign ,relations of the
 ,senate a report reviewing curriculum  
used in schools controlled by the       
,palestinian ,authority or ,,unrwa in   
the ,west ,bank and ,gaza that includes 
the following3  7#a7 ,a determination   
whether all content and passages        
encouraging violence or intolerance     
toward other nations or ethnic groups   
has been removed in such curriculum1 and
 a detailed explanation of the reasons  
for reaching such determination4  7#b7  
,an assessment of the steps the         
,palestinian ,authority and ,,unrwa are 

taking to reform such curriculum at     
schools to conform with standards of    
peace and tolerance in the ,declaration 
of ,principles on ,tolerance by the     
,united ,nations ,educational1          
,scientific and ,cultural ,organization 
7adopted ,november #af1 #aiie74  7#c7 ,a
 determination whether ,united ,states  
foreign assistance is used1 directly or 
indirectly1 to fund the dissemination of
 such curriculum by the ,palestinian    
,authority or ,,unrwa4  7b7 ,public     
,availability ,the ,secretary shall make
 each report submitted pursuant to      
subsection 7a7 on a publicly available  
website of the ,department of ,state4   
7c7 ,subsequent ,deadlines ,each report 
required by subsection 7a71 other than  
first1 shall be submitted not later than
 #ij days after the date on which a new 
school year begins for schools          
controlled by the ,palestinian          
,authority or ,,unrwa schools in the    
,west ,bank and ,gaza4