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Official title: To prohibit funds made available for assistance to the Government of Israel to be used to support certain violations of international law, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 12, 2026 by Betty McCollum · Last progress February 12, 2026
The bill increases congressional oversight, transparency, and human-rights-focused reporting on U.S. aid and procurements related to Israel—potentially strengthening protections for Palestinian children and improving accountability—while risking diplomatic friction with Israel, reduced flexibility in security cooperation, and additional administrative costs.
U.S. policymakers, Congress, and the public will get substantially more oversight and transparency over U.S. aid and offshore procurements in Israel (annual certifications, country-level reports, and GAO analysis), improving Congress's ability to enforce statutes and monitor use of taxpayer funds.
Congress and administrators receive documented, country-level reporting and end‑use monitoring data that can be used to condition or target foreign assistance and help ensure U.S.-origin defense articles are used as intended.
Palestinian children and civilians would be more explicitly protected in U.S. policy—strengthened diplomatic protections against forcible displacement, opposition to military detention of children, and reduced U.S. support for practices like property seizures and abusive detention.
U.S.–Israel diplomatic relations and security cooperation could be strained across multiple fronts, potentially complicating joint operations, intelligence-sharing, training, and broader regional cooperation that affect U.S. strategic interests.
Conditioning, restricting, or redirecting certain types of assistance could reduce U.S. flexibility and leverage in security and procurement matters, making it harder to negotiate or support bilateral programs and rapid responses.
The new certification, reporting, and GAO requirements will impose administrative and staffing costs on the State Department, USAID, and GAO, could slow aid processing, and divert resources from other programs.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Conditions U.S. assistance to Israel by banning use of funds for specified abuses in the occupied West Bank and requires expanded reporting and GAO review starting FY2027.
Prohibits U.S. assistance to the Government of Israel from being used to support the military detention or mistreatment of Palestinian children, seizure or destruction of Palestinian property, forcible transfers, or steps toward unilateral annexation in the occupied West Bank. Requires annual executive-branch certifications and expanded State Department reporting on these abuses, and requires GAO reviews of U.S.-funded offshore procurements, end-use monitoring, and related impacts on Israeli settlement activity. Also declares U.S. policy opposing those specified Israeli practices, calls out concerns about unequal legal systems in the occupied West Bank, and directs new country-level reporting on child detention, property seizures, and settlement activity to Congress beginning in 2027 and annually thereafter.