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S. 1061: Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021

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S. 1061: Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-25 · International Affairs · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 95.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 95. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021

Plain summary

Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of State to take certain actions promoting the normalization of relations between Israel, Arab states, and other relevant countries and regions. Specifically, the State Department must develop a strategy on expanding and strengthening the Abraham Accords (the term used to refer collectively to agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and between Israel and Bahrain marking the public normalization of relations between the two Arab countries and Israel). The strategy must include a description of how the U.S. government will encourage further normalization of relations with Israel. The State Department must report on the status of efforts to promote normalization of relations with Israel and other countries, including information on (1) laws that punish individuals for people-to-people relations with Israelis (i.e., anti-normalization laws), and (2) instances of the use of state-owned or state-operated media outlets to promote the prosecution of citizens or residents of Arab countries calling for peace with Israel.

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Official text

Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] · 73 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1061, Israel Relations Normalization Act of 2021 (2021-07-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Todd Young (R-IN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), James E. Risch (R-ID), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), John Boozman (R-AR), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tim Scott (R-SC), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Cornyn (R-TX), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), John Hoeven (R-ND), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), John Thune (R-SD), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Rand Paul (R-KY), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Patty Murray (D-WA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), James Lankford (R-OK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and 13 more.

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Record fed-us-cong117-s1061 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117