Defending the Human Rights of Palestinian Children and Families Living Under Israeli Military Occupation Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill conditions how U.S. assistance to Israel may be used. It bars obligated or expended assistance from supporting military detention, interrogation, abuse, or ill treatment of Palestinian children in violation of international humanitarian law; seizure, appropriation, or destruction of Palestinian property or forcible transfer of civilians in the Israeli-controlled occupied West Bank; or deployment and support activities that facilitate further unilateral annexation. The Secretary of State must report annually to appropriations and foreign affairs committees on whether U.S. assistance was used for those purposes. The Foreign Assistance Act human-rights report must add descriptions of detention and treatment of Palestinian children, West Bank property destruction or seizure, and Israeli settlement activity with a UNSCR 2334 compliance assessment. GAO must report annually on offshore procurement in Israel, end-use monitoring, and effects on Israel's military budget and domestic economy since 1991.
Who Benefits and How
Palestinian children in Israeli military detention, Palestinian property owners in the occupied West Bank, human rights monitors, congressional oversight committees, and U.S. assistance watchdogs benefit from use restrictions and annual reporting focused on detention practices, property destruction, settlement activity, and offshore procurement.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Government of Israel and Israeli security forces face limits on U.S.-assistance support for covered practices. The Department of State must prepare annual assistance-use and human-rights reporting, GAO must produce annual procurement reports, and U.S. foreign assistance administrators must track whether funds support prohibited activities.
Key Provisions
- Prohibits U.S. assistance to the Government of Israel from supporting specified detention or ill-treatment practices involving Palestinian children.
- Restricts U.S. assistance from supporting West Bank property seizure, property destruction, forcible transfer, or unilateral annexation support.
- Requires annual State Department reporting on assistance use and adds Israel-related items to the Foreign Assistance Act human-rights report.
- Directs GAO to report annually on offshore procurement in Israel, end-use monitoring, and effects on Israel's military budget and economy.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Restricts U.S. assistance to the Government of Israel from supporting specified detention practices involving Palestinian children, West Bank property seizures or demolitions, or unilateral annexation support, and adds annual State Department and GAO reporting.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Defense, Appropriations
Primary Purpose
Restricts U.S. assistance to the Government of Israel from supporting specified detention practices involving Palestinian children, West Bank property seizures or demolitions, or unilateral annexation support, and adds annual State Department and GAO reporting.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Palestinian children in military detention
- Palestinian property owners
- Human rights monitors
- Congressional oversight committees
Identified Costs
- Government of Israel
- Israeli security forces
- Department of State
- Government Accountability Office
- U.S. assistance administrators
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Introduced in House
Ms. McCollum (for herself, Ms. Pingree, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Congressional oversight committees, Department of State, Government Accountability Office
Positive-direction: Congressional oversight committees
Negative-direction: Department of State, Government Accountability Office, Government of Israel, Israeli security forces, U.S. assistance administrators
Palestinian children in military detention, Palestinian property owners
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "gao"
- → Comptroller General of the United States
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of State
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