Sen. Scott of Florida Introduces Bill to Permanently Cut All U.S. Funding for UNRWA
This bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being sent to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for review. It is considered active, but no future hearings or votes have been scheduled yet. There is no companion bill currently linked to this legislation.
The bill has strong support from Republicans but faces a very difficult path in a divided Congress where many others view the agency as essential for humanitarian aid.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 7122 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 7122 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
U.S. diplomats and State Department employees who work on Middle East humanitarian policy and UN engagement would see parts of their mission curtailed. The ban on funding delegations to terrorism-sponsor-chaired UN bodies limits where federal employees can participate, potentially narrowing U.S. diplomatic capacity in certain international forums.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
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Senator Rick Scott introduced the Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026 to permanently ban U.S. funding for the agency and any successor entities. The bill also blocks funding for U.N. groups led by state sponsors of terrorism and prohibits federal funds for travel to meetings chaired by such nations.
The Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026, introduced by Sen. Rick Scott, would end all U.S. contributions to UNRWA and restrict funding for U.N. bodies chaired by countries identified as state sponsors of terrorism. The bill also aims to revoke the agency's diplomatic immunity.
Senator Rick Scott's Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026 seeks to permanently defund the U.N. agency and prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from supporting U.N. commissions led by terrorist-supporting regimes. The legislation follows evidence of agency staff involvement in the October 7 attacks.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026
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