HCONRES 428
110th Congress
House
International Affairs
Computer software
Crime and Law Enforcement
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Employee selection
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Immigration
International employees
International propaganda
Middle East and North Africa
Palestinians
Refugees
Science, Technology, Communications
Teaching materials
Terrorism
United Nations
United Nations economic assistance
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should take immediate steps to improve the transparency and accountability of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Near East to ensure that it is not providing funding, employment, or other support to terrorists.
Introduced: September 24, 2008
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Sep 24, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sep 24, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Urges the Secretary of State to take measures to certify that United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) operates in full compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act and that no American taxpayer dollars are being directed to terrorists or to further terrorist propaganda.
Calls on UNRWA to improve the transparency of educational materials used in UNRWA-administered schools.
Urges UNRWA to implement terrorist name recognition software and other screening procedures to help ensure that UNRWA staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries are neither terrorists nor affiliated with terrorist organizations.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
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