SRES 852: A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Congress: 119 · Status: failed · Israel/Palestine classification: pro-Palestine

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Sponsor: Van Hollen, Chris (D-Maryland)

Editorial Explainer

This resolution requests that the State Department provide information about Israel's human rights practices under section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act, which requires countries receiving US military aid to respect human rights. The resolution documents nine US citizens killed in the West Bank since 2022 by Israeli forces or settlers without accountability, plus cases of American children detained in Israeli military prisons, and cites reports of systematic abuse of Palestinian detainees.

Why it matters

Section 502B(c) conditions military assistance on human rights compliance; this resolution invokes that statute to demand transparency on Israeli conduct. It signals Senate pressure to enforce existing legal conditions on aid rather than grant it unconditionally, and establishes a documented record of alleged violations that could inform future appropriations or aid restriction votes.

Cosponsors (25)

• Kaine, Tim (D-Virginia)
• Sanders, Bernard (I-Vermont)
• Markey, Edward J. (D-Massachusetts)
• Merkley, Jeff (D-Oregon)
• Welch, Peter (D-Vermont)
• Heinrich, Martin (D-New Mexico)
• Warren, Elizabeth (D-Massachusetts)
• Hirono, Mazie K. (D-Hawaii)
• Smith, Tina (D-Minnesota)
• Luján, Ben Ray (D-New Mexico)
• Blumenthal, Richard (D-Connecticut)
• Wyden, Ron (D-Oregon)
• Schatz, Brian (D-Hawaii)
• Murphy, Christopher (D-Connecticut)
• Coons, Christopher A. (D-Delaware)
• Durbin, Richard J. (D-Illinois)
• Blunt Rochester, Lisa (D-Delaware)
• Shaheen, Jeanne (D-New Hampshire)
• Murray, Patty (D-Washington)
• Reed, Jack (D-Rhode Island)
• Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-Rhode Island)
• Duckworth, Tammy (D-Illinois)
• Kim, Andy (D-New Jersey)
• Baldwin, Tammy (D-Wisconsin)
• Warnock, Raphael G. (D-Georgia)

Roll-call votes (100)

• Alsobrooks, Angela D. (D-Maryland): Yea
• Armstrong, Alan (R-Oklahoma): Nay
• Baldwin, Tammy (D-Wisconsin): Yea
• Banks, Jim (R-Indiana): Nay
• Barrasso, John (R-Wyoming): Nay
• Bennet, Michael F. (D-Colorado): Yea
• Blackburn, Marsha (R-Tennessee): Nay
• Blumenthal, Richard (D-Connecticut): Yea
• Blunt Rochester, Lisa (D-Delaware): Yea
• Booker, Cory A. (D-New Jersey): Yea
• Boozman, John (R-Arkansas): Nay
• Britt, Katie Boyd (R-Alabama): Nay
• Budd, Ted (R-North Carolina): Nay
• Cantwell, Maria (D-Washington): Yea
• Capito, Shelley Moore (R-West Virginia): Nay
• Cassidy, Bill (R-Louisiana): Not Voting
• Collins, Susan M. (R-Maine): Nay
• Coons, Christopher A. (D-Delaware): Yea
• Cornyn, John (R-Texas): Nay
• Cortez Masto, Catherine (D-Nevada): Yea
• Cotton, Tom (R-Arkansas): Nay
• Cramer, Kevin (R-North Dakota): Nay
• Crapo, Mike (R-Idaho): Nay
• Cruz, Ted (R-Texas): Nay
• Curtis, John R. (R-Utah): Nay
• Daines, Steve (R-Montana): Nay
• Duckworth, Tammy (D-Illinois): Yea
• Durbin, Richard J. (D-Illinois): Yea
• Ernst, Joni (R-Iowa): Nay
• Fetterman, John (D-Pennsylvania): Nay
• Fischer, Deb (R-Nebraska): Nay
• Gallego, Ruben (D-Arizona): Yea
• Gillibrand, Kirsten E. (D-New York): Yea
• Graham, Darline (R-South Carolina): Nay
• Grassley, Chuck (R-Iowa): Nay
• Hagerty, Bill (R-Tennessee): Nay
• Hassan, Margaret Wood (D-New Hampshire): Yea
• Hawley, Josh (R-Missouri): Nay
• Heinrich, Martin (D-New Mexico): Yea
• Hickenlooper, John W. (D-Colorado): Yea
• Hirono, Mazie K. (D-Hawaii): Yea
• Hoeven, John (R-North Dakota): Nay
• Husted, Jon (R-Ohio): Nay
• Hyde-Smith, Cindy (R-Mississippi): Nay
• Johnson, Ron (R-Wisconsin): Nay
• Justice, James C. (R-West Virginia): Nay
• Kaine, Tim (D-Virginia): Yea
• Kelly, Mark (D-Arizona): Yea
• Kennedy, John (R-Louisiana): Nay
• Kim, Andy (D-New Jersey): Yea
• King, Angus S., Jr. (I-Maine): Yea
• Klobuchar, Amy (D-Minnesota): Yea
• Lankford, James (R-Oklahoma): Nay
• Lee, Mike (R-Utah): Nay
• Luján, Ben Ray (D-New Mexico): Yea
• Lummis, Cynthia M. (R-Wyoming): Nay
• Markey, Edward J. (D-Massachusetts): Yea
• Marshall, Roger (R-Kansas): Nay
• McConnell, Mitch (R-Kentucky): Nay
• McCormick, David (R-Pennsylvania): Nay
• Merkley, Jeff (D-Oregon): Yea
• Moody, Ashley (R-Florida): Nay
• Moran, Jerry (R-Kansas): Nay
• Moreno, Bernie (R-Ohio): Nay
• Murkowski, Lisa (R-Alaska): Nay
• Murphy, Christopher (D-Connecticut): Yea
• Murray, Patty (D-Washington): Yea
• Ossoff, Jon (D-Georgia): Yea
• Padilla, Alex (D-California): Yea
• Paul, Rand (R-Kentucky): Yea
• Peters, Gary C. (D-Michigan): Yea
• Reed, Jack (D-Rhode Island): Yea
• Ricketts, Pete (R-Nebraska): Nay
• Risch, James E. (R-Idaho): Nay
• Rosen, Jacky (D-Nevada): Yea
• Rounds, Mike (R-South Dakota): Nay
• Sanders, Bernard (I-Vermont): Yea
• Schatz, Brian (D-Hawaii): Yea
• Schiff, Adam B. (D-California): Yea
• Schmitt, Eric (R-Missouri): Nay
• Schumer, Charles E. (D-New York): Yea
• Scott, Rick (R-Florida): Nay
• Scott, Tim (R-South Carolina): Nay
• Shaheen, Jeanne (D-New Hampshire): Yea
• Sheehy, Tim (R-Montana): Nay
• Slotkin, Elissa (D-Michigan): Yea
• Smith, Tina (D-Minnesota): Yea
• Sullivan, Dan (R-Alaska): Not Voting
• Thune, John (R-South Dakota): Nay
• Tillis, Thomas (R-North Carolina): Nay
• Tuberville, Tommy (R-Alabama): Nay
• Van Hollen, Chris (D-Maryland): Yea
• Warner, Mark R. (D-Virginia): Yea
• Warnock, Raphael G. (D-Georgia): Yea
• Warren, Elizabeth (D-Massachusetts): Yea
• Welch, Peter (D-Vermont): Yea
• Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-Rhode Island): Yea
• Wicker, Roger F. (R-Mississippi): Nay
• Wyden, Ron (D-Oregon): Yea
• Young, Todd (R-Indiana): Nay