AWARE Act of 2026
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, AWARE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients. The main policy domain is Foreign Policy, Immigration, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Accountability for Withholding Aid and Relief Essentials Act of 2026 or the AWARE Act of 2026....
- Section idfd67e98aaeff474f88374050b8eae2d2: 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: According to many credible nongovernmental organizations, such as Doctors Without Borders, the Government of...
- Section id14e295fa5e6449f88eb599eef3a17e5d: 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— Israel has the right to self-defense and the United States is committed to helping Israel safeguard its...
- Section iddc1adeef97d440a8bb3e371b4e33bdae: 4. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States that— protected persons are entitled at all times to sufficient humanitarian assistance; if a...
- Section id7a5b6c4e92334f1787fb0f19f8819fd8: 5. Identification of covered persons obstructing humanitarian assistance Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, AWARE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.
Key Policy Areas
Foreign Policy, Immigration, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, AWARE Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- foreign governments, international partners, and aid recipients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
only a joint resolution of either House of Congress— the title of which is as follows: A joint resolution approving the President’s proposal to waive or terminate the application of certain sanctions with respect to the obstruction of humanitarian assistance
any international organization or nongovernmental organization that— provides humanitarian assistance that is recognized by and in good standing with the United Nations and the United States Government
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