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Official title: To ensure sufficient food assistance for the civilian population of Gaza.
Introduced February 12, 2026 by Maxine Waters · Last progress February 12, 2026
The bill aims to guarantee nutritious daily meals for Gaza children and increase public and congressional oversight of food assistance, but those transparency and oversight rules risk operational delays, donor confidentiality problems, and added administrative burden.
Gaza children (minors) would receive at least three nutritious meals daily, reducing hunger and malnutrition among youth in the affected area.
Parents, families, and low-income recipients would get greater transparency about food assistance through a public report on quantities distributed, numbers served, donors, and distribution methods within 30 days.
Taxpayers and congressional overseers would get faster notice when assistance is denied, diverted, or misused, enabling quicker oversight and potential corrective action.
Tight oversight, coordination requirements, and conditions could delay or constrain rapid humanitarian deliveries, reducing timely aid to low-income individuals and families on the ground.
Public reporting requirements risk disclosing sensitive operational details or donor identities, which could hinder secure aid delivery or discourage donors and complicate foreign-aid implementation.
Requiring the State Department to design, coordinate, and implement oversight within 30 days imposes an administrative burden and diverts staff time and resources from other work.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Secretary of State to certify and publicly report that oversight policies ensure Gaza children receive at least three meals and other civilians at least two, and to notify Congress of denials/diversions.
Requires the Secretary of State to certify within 30 days that the Department of State has established and is using oversight policies and procedures—developed with UN agencies, international NGOs, donors, the Government of Israel, and appropriate Palestinian representatives—to ensure sufficient food assistance for Gaza civilians so children receive at least three nutritious meals per day and other civilians at least two. The Secretary must also submit a written description of those oversight arrangements, publish a public report on distributions (quantities, numbers served, donors, methods) within 30 days of certification, and promptly notify Congress if food assistance is denied entry to Gaza or diverted/misused. Applies only reporting, certification, oversight, and notification requirements; it does not itself appropriate new funds or authorize a specific new spending program. It focuses on transparency, donor coordination, distribution monitoring, and incident reporting related to food assistance destined for Gaza civilians.