1. Bills,
Resolutions, Letters
2. Hearings &
Markups
3. On
the Record
1. Bills, Resolutions & Letters
On 9/14/22, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will mark-up two Middle East-related measures:
- (OBSTRUCT IRAN DIPLOMACY) H. Res. 1266: Introduced 7/26/22 by Foxx (R-NC) and Wilson (R-SC), “Requesting the President to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to any initiative or negotiations regarding Iran’s nuclear program.” Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Also see: Foxx (R-NC-5) 09/08/2022: Twitter thread – “BREAKING The House Foreign Affairs Committee is taking up my legislation to force the Biden Administration to comply with transparency provisions of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act. (1/2) Reports indicate that the administration is trying to hide the ball on their negotiations until after the midterm elections. Congress must step up and do its job! (2/2)”; Jewish Insider 9/8/22: GOP resolution seeking draft Iran deal text headed for House Foreign Affairs vote
- (EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TARGET UNRWA & PA) HR 2374: Introduced 4/5 by Sherman (D-CA), Zeldin (R-NY), Gottheimer (D-NJ), Mast (R-FL), and Trone (D-MD), “To require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports reviewing the educational material used by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes,” aka, the “Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act.” Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. This bill was previously introduced (in various forms, by various groupings similar to the cosponsors on this new bill) in 2018 (HR 6034) and 2019 (HR 2343). Mast (R-FL) tweet in support of the bill is here. Also see: Bipartisan House members reintroduce Palestinian education bill (Jewish Insider), US lawmakers reintroduce bill to address hate, violence in Palestinian schools (Jewish News Syndicate), US Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Require State Department Review of Palestinian Curriculum (Algemeiner)