Sec. 3. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— the United States should— support UNRWA solely to the extent necessary to accomplish its original and intended purpose to resettle refugees from the Arab-Israeli Conflict of 1948; make contributions to UNRWA in proportion to the number of refugees it assists that meet the United States definition of a refugee; and continue to assist other needy populations around the world through international aid and development assistance, including Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria; the Secretary of State should determine and accordingly provide to UNRWA a voluntary contribution in an amount that bears the same proportion to the total requested United States contribution as the proportion that refugees of the Arab-Israeli Conflict of 1948 who meet the requirements described in section 4(a) bear to the full population supported by UNRWA programs; amounts made available to the Secretary of State that are withheld from UNRWA in accordance with the determination described in paragraph
(2)should instead be made available to the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for providing assistance to other populations in need in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria; and in accordance with the prohibition under section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2221(c) ), United States assistance should not be made available to any refugee who is receiving military training as a member of the Palestine Liberation Army or who is a part of any organization engaging in acts of terrorism.
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