To reprogram Federal funds appropriated for UNRWA to construct the southwest border wall and to prohibit future funding for UNRWA.
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Latest Action · February 15, 2024
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This bill would redirect all previously appropriated but unspent federal funds designated for UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, toward constructing a wall on the southwest U.S. border. The legislation also permanently prohibits any future federal funding for UNRWA, effective immediately upon enactment. The bill affects the humanitarian organization that provides aid to Palestinian refugees in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as U.S. immigration and border security operations. The exact dollar amount to be redirected is not specified in the bill text and would depend on whatever unspent UNRWA appropriations exist at the time of enactment. The bill was introduced in February 2024 and was referred to the House Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Affairs for consideration.
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