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The bill increases transparency and ends direct U.S. funding to UNRWA—reducing federal support and addressing security concerns—while risking reduced aid to vulnerable refugees, weakened U.S. influence in the region, administrative disruption, and possible higher future costs.
Taxpayers and Congress gain detailed, monthly program-level transparency on U.S. aid to UNRWA for FY2020–FY2024, improving congressional oversight and informing future appropriations.
U.S. taxpayers will no longer fund UNRWA operations, reducing federal expenditures directed to that agency.
Cuts direct U.S. support to an organization accused by some of ties to militants, reducing perceived U.S. endorsement of that group's activities and addressing security concerns.
Palestine refugees served by UNRWA stand to lose U.S.-funded humanitarian aid and services, harming low-income individuals who rely on those programs.
U.S. diplomatic influence and humanitarian engagement in the region could decline by cutting a longstanding assistance channel, reducing U.S. leverage and ability to respond in crises.
Reduced UNRWA funding could increase humanitarian needs regionally and, if crises worsen, lead to higher future U.S. emergency assistance costs.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Introduced February 12, 2025 by Ronny Jackson · Last progress February 12, 2025
Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress within 90 days on all U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for fiscal years 2020–2024, with monthly breakdowns and descriptions of how funds were used, and immediately prohibits the use of any federal funds to provide financial support to UNRWA across all agencies and programs.