,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #f1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,welch 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,merkley1    
,mr4 ,sanders1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 ,mr4    
,van ,hollen1 ,ms4 ,smith1 and ,ms4     
,hirono7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,foreign ,relations  ,a  
,,bill  ,to restore funding for the     
,united ,nations ,relief and ,works     
,agency for ,palestine ,refugees in the 
,near ,east 7,,unrwa74  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,,unrwa 
,funding ,emergency ,restoration ,act of
 #bjbe4  #b4 ,statement of policy       
,congress-- 7#a7 recognizes that        
preventing further erosion of civilian  
conditions in ,gaza remains in the      
strategic and moral interests of the    
,united ,states2  7#b7 supports         
,,unrwa's unique and indispensable      
contribution to immediately addressing  
urgent humanitarian needs in ,gaza1     
especially in mitigating and stopping   

the spread of famine and disease2  7#c7 
reaffirms the imperative of ,,unrwa's   
continued provision of humanitarian and 
human development services to           
,palestinian refugees in all its current
 fields of operation1 including ,jordan1
 ,lebanon1 ,syria1 ,gaza1 and the ,west 
,bank 7including ,east ,jerusalem72     
7#d7 urges the ,government of ,israel to
 assist ,,unrwa in its neutrality       
efforts by providing names1 information1
 and evidence ,,unrwa can use to        
aggressively pursue allegations related 
to staff violations of ,,unrwa's        
neutrality policies2  7#e7 urges the    
,president-- 7,a7 to join ,united       
,states allies in restoring funding to  
,,unrwa in response to the responsible  
actions taken by the ,united ,nations   
and the commitments made by ,,unrwa     
toward additional accountability and    
transparency2 and  7,b7 to ensure       
continued funding to ,,unrwa is assessed
 based on ,,unrwa's ongoing execution of
 the recommendations of the ,independent

 ,review ,group1 led by ,catherine      
,colonna2  7#f7 recognizes the          
implementation of some of the           
,independent ,review ,group's           
recommendations will require ,united    
,nations member state cooperation1      
including additional funding2  7#g7     
urges the ,united ,states and ,israel to
 assist ,,unrwa in its implementation   
efforts of the ,independent ,review     
,group's recommendations2 and  7#h7     
supports appropriating critical funds to
 ,,unrwa for fiscal year #bjbe and      
beyond4  #c4 ,restoration of funding for
 ,,unrwa  7a7 ,in general ,beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this ,act--
 7#a7 title ,,iii of division ,g of the 
,further ,consolidated ,appropriations  
,act1 #bjbd 7,public ,law #aah-dg7 is   
hereby repealed2  7#b7 section #cjh of  
the ,israel ,security ,supplemental     
,appropriations ,act1 #bjbd 7division ,a
 of ,public ,law #aah-ej7 is hereby     
repealed2 and  7#c7 the ,secretary of   
,state shall1 notwithstanding any other 

provision of law and as soon as         
practicable-- 7,a7 resume the provision 
of funding to ,,unrwa under current     
authorities of the ,department of       
,state2 and  7,b7 provide funding to    
,,unrwa consistent with the ,secretary's
 waiver for lifesaving humanitarian aid2
 and  7#d7 the ,president shall rescind 
the ,executive order entitled           
#8#8,withdrawing the ,united ,states    
,from and ,ending ,funding to ,certain  
,united ,nations ,organizations and     
,reviewing ,united ,states ,support to  
,all ,international ,organizations'' of 
,february #d1 #bjbe 7#ij ,fed4 ,reg4    
#ibge74  7b7 ,reports ,not later than   
#ij days after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act1 and quarterly thereafter 
through ,december #ca1 #bjbh1 the       
,secretary of ,state shall submit a     
report to the appropriate congressional 
committees of jurisdiction describing   
the steps ,,unrwa is taking to implement
 the recommendations made by the        
,independent ,review ,group1 led by     

,catherine ,colonna4