This bill would restore U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) by repealing previous legislative provisions that cut off that funding and rescinding a February 2025 executive order that ended U.S. support for the organization. The legislation would direct the Secretary of State to immediately resume providing humanitarian assistance to UNRWA under existing authorities, without specific dollar amounts mentioned in the text provided. The bill primarily affects Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria who depend on UNRWA for food, medical care, education, and other essential services. The bill also establishes ongoing accountability measures, requiring the State Department to report quarterly through December 2028 on UNRWA's progress implementing recommendations from an independent review led by former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, and urges both Israel and the United States to assist UNRWA in these reform efforts.
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