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H.R. 6451: UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act of 2018

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H.R. 6451: UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-07-19 · International Affairs · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-07-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act of 2018

Plain summary

UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act of 2018 This bill states that it shall be U.S. policy to recognize the refugee status of a Palestinian receiving assistance through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) if such person, or the person's spouse or minor child: resided, between June 1946 and May 1948, in the region controlled by Britain known as Mandatory Palestine; was personally displaced as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict; and has not accepted an offer of legal residency status, citizenship, or other permanent adjustment in status in another country. In applying such criteria to refugees under UNRWA it shall be U.S. policy, consistent with the definition of a refugee under the Immigration and Nationality Act, that: derivative refugee status may only be extended to the spouse or minor child of such a refugee, and an alien who was firmly resettled in any country is not eligible to retain refugee status.

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Official text

UNRWA Reform and Refugee Support Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] · 13 cosponsors

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Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Tom McClintock (R-CA)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6451 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115