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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 902
5	5	To prohibit the use of materials that use the term ‘‘West Bank’’, and
6	6	for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY31, 2025
9	9	Ms. T
10	10	ENNEY(for herself, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr.
11	11	M
12	12	OOREof Alabama, and Mr. OGLES) introduced the following bill; which
13	13	was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To prohibit the use of materials that use the term ‘‘West
16	16	Bank’’, and for other purposes.
17	17	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
18	18	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
19	19	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
20	20	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Retiring the Egregious 4
21	21	Confusion Over the Genuine Name of Israel’s Zone of In-5
22	22	fluence by Necessitating Government-use of Judea and 6
23	23	Samaria Act’’ or the ‘‘RECOGNIZING Judea and Sama-7
24	24	ria Act’’. 8
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28	28	SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 1
29	29	It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 2
30	30	Government— 3
31	31	(1) should refer to the land annexed by Israel 4
32	32	from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War by its 5
33	33	historical names of ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’, with the 6
34	34	land south of Jerusalem being considered ‘‘Judea’’ 7
35	35	and the land north of Jerusalem being considered 8
36	36	‘‘Samaria’’; and 9
37	37	(2) should no longer use the term ‘‘West Bank’’ 10
38	38	in official government materials. 11
39	39	SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF MATERIALS THAT USE 12
40	40	THE TERM ‘‘WEST BANK’’. 13
41	41	(a) I
42	42	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-14
43	43	sion of law, none of the funds authorized to be appro-15
44	44	priated or otherwise made available after the date of the 16
45	45	enactment of this Act may be obligated or expended to 17
46	46	prepare or promulgate any policy, guidance, regulation, 18
47	47	notice, Executive order, materials, briefing, press release, 19
48	48	communications, or other work product that refers to 20
49	49	Judea and Samaria as the ‘‘West Bank’’. 21
50	50	(b) E
51	51	XCEPTION.—The prohibition in this section 22
52	52	shall not apply with respect to the obligation or expendi-23
53	53	ture of funds relating to obligations of the United States 24
54	54	under international treaties or other agreements. 25
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58	58	(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 1
59	59	prohibition in this section if the Secretary— 2
60	60	(1) determines that is in the interests of the 3
61	61	United States to do so; and 4
62	62	(2) submits to Congress an explanation for the 5
63	63	waiver not later than 30 days after the date on 6
64	64	which the Secretary makes the determination. 7
65	65	SEC. 4. CONFORMING CHANGES TO UNITED STATES LAW. 8
66	66	(a) F
67	67	OREIGNASSISTANCEACT OF1961.—The For-9
68	68	eign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: 10
69	69	(1) In section 620K(f)(3) (22 U.S.C. 11
70	70	2378b(f)(3)), by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ and in-12
71	71	serting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 13
72	72	(2) In section 620L (22 U.S.C. 2378c)— 14
73	73	(A) in the section heading, by striking 15
74	74	‘‘
75	75	THE WEST BANK ’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA 16
76	76	AND SAMARIA ’’; and 17
77	77	(B) by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ each 18
78	78	place it appears and inserting ‘‘Judea and Sa-19
79	79	maria’’. 20
80	80	(b) T
81	81	AYLORFORCEACT.—Section 1004 of the Tay-21
82	82	lor Force Act (22 U.S.C. 2378c–1) is amended— 22
83	83	(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘
84	84	THE 23
85	85	WEST BANK’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA AND SAMA -24
86	86	RIA’’; 25
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90	90	(2) by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ each place it 1
91	91	appears and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 2
92	92	(c) M
93	93	ULTINATIONALFORCE ANDOBSERVERSPAR-3
94	94	TICIPATIONRESOLUTION.—Section 2 of the Multinational 4
95	95	Force and Observers Participation Resolution (22 U.S.C. 5
96	96	3421) is amended by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ and in-6
97	97	serting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 7
98	98	(d) O
99	99	MNIBUS DIPLOMATIC SECURITY AND 8
100	100	A
101	101	NTITERRORISMACT OF1986.—Section 414 of the Om-9
102	102	nibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 10
103	103	(22 U.S.C. 4862) is amended— 11
104	104	(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘
105	105	WEST 12
106	106	BANK’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA AND SAMARIA ’’; 13
107	107	and 14
108	108	(2) by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ and inserting 15
109	109	‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 16
110	110	(e) U
111	111	NITEDSTATES-ISRAELFREETRADEAREAIM-17
112	112	PLEMENTATION ACT OF1985.—Section 9 of the United 18
113	113	States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 19
114	114	1985 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the 20
115	115	West Bank’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Judea 21
116	116	and Samaria’’. 22
117	117	(f) I
118	118	MPLEMENTINGRECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 23
119	119	C
120	120	OMMISSIONACT OF2007.—Section 2021(i) of the Im-24
121	121	plementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act 25
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125	125	of 2007 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is amended by striking 1
126	126	‘‘the West Bank’’ and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 2
127	127	(g) F
128	128	OREIGNRELATIONSAUTHORIZATIONACT, FIS-3
129	129	CALYEAR2003.—Section 699 of the Foreign Relations 4
130	130	Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2301 5
131	131	note) is amended— 6
132	132	(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘
133	133	WEST 7
134	134	BANK’’ and inserting ‘‘JUDEA AND SAMARIA ’’; 8
135	135	and 9
136	136	(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the West 10
137	137	Bank’’ and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 11
138	138	(h) N
139	139	ITAM. LOWEYMIDDLEEASTPARTNERSHIP 12
140	140	FORPEACEACT.—Section 8005 of the Nita M. Lowey 13
141	141	Middle East Partnership for Peace Act (Pub. L. 116–260) 14
142	142	is amended by striking ‘‘the West Bank’’ each place it ap-15
143	143	pears and inserting ‘‘Judea and Samaria’’. 16
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