House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Replace UNRWA with Real Humanitarian Assistance Act
Official title: To require the Secretary State to submit to Congress a strategy to dismantle United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East operations, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 14, 2026
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Jul 14, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9680.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 114, July 14, 2026, Page H4468):Article I Section 8 Clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 14, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9680, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9680
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 29, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
871c849e34fee042389171214ee9e782208ba234f9d184a3461c69e6e74a5880
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
30 cosponsors — 28 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 30 cosponsors (7%) are from the other party.
Don Bacon (R-NE), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Gabe Evans (R-CO), Julie Fedorchak (R-ND), Randy Fine (R-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Craig Goldman (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), J. Hill (R-AR), Richard Hudson (R-NC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Young Kim (R-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Max Miller (R-OH), Tim Moore (R-NC), August Pfluger (R-TX), John Rutherford (R-FL), Bradley Schneider (D-IL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Ann Wagner (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.