A bill to reprogram Federal funds appropriated for UNRWA to construct the southwest border wall and to prohibit future funding for UNRWA.
This bill (S 3708) redirects existing U.S. federal funds that were previously allocated for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to construct a physical barrier along the U.S. southwest border. It also prohibits all future U.S. funding for UNRWA beginning upon the bill's enactment. The key provisions are the immediate reprogramming of unspent UNRWA funds for border wall construction and a permanent ban on new UNRWA funding. This directly affects UNRWA's funding stream and the federal budget allocation for border security infrastructure.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 31, 2024
Last action Jan 31, 2024
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Jan 31, 2024
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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Jan 31, 2024
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upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
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John Kennedy
RRepublican
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
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John Barrasso
RRepublican
Co
Joni Ernst
RRepublican
Co
Josh Hawley
RRepublican
Co
Kevin Cramer
RRepublican
Co
Marco Rubio
RRepublican
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
Co
Mike Crapo
RRepublican
Co
Rick Scott
RRepublican
Co
Roger F. Wicker
RRepublican
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