House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2026
Official title: To prohibit contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Christopher Smith R-NJWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9893.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5198):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9893, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9893
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of August 11, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
10 cosponsors — 10 Republicans
0 of 10 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Andy Barr (R-KY), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Randy Fine (R-FL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Young Kim (R-CA), Michael Lawler (R-NY), Maria Salazar (R-FL), W. Steube (R-FL), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 5160 (119th) Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 1744 (119th) United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026
- H.Res. 1259 (119th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri…
- H.R. 1503 (119th) Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
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.