Congress: 119 · Status: active · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Israel
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Official record on Congress.gov — full text, actions, and cosponsor history for HR 9893.
Sponsor: Smith, Christopher H. (R-New Jersey)
The bill prohibits all US financial contributions (voluntary and assessed) to UNRWA, the UN agency providing aid to Palestinian refugees. It allows humanitarian assistance to reach UNRWA beneficiaries through alternative channels only if the Secretary of State certifies those channels do not promote violence, terrorism, or antisemitism as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition.
Cutting US funding to UNRWA eliminates a major source of food, healthcare, and schooling for Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. The bill incorporates the IHRA antisemitism definition (which classifies certain Israel criticisms as antisemitic) as a certification requirement, creating a speech-based gate on alternative humanitarian pathways—a mechanism that entrenches IHRA-definition enforcement into US foreign aid policy.
Data last synced: 2026-10-23.