Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act
Sponsored By: Representative McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
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Summary
Promoting Human Rights by Ending Israeli Military Detention of Palestinian Children Act This bill prohibits U.S. assistance to Israel from being used to support the military detention, interrogation, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children in violation of international humanitarian law or the use against Palestinian children of: (1) torture, inhumane, or degrading treatment; (2) physical violence or psychological abuse; (3) incommunicado or administrative detention; (4) solitary confinement; (5) denial of parental or legal access during interrogations; or (6) force or coercion to obtain a confession. The Department of State shall annually submit to Congress: (1) a certification that none of the funds obligated or expended in the previous fiscal year for assistance to Israel have been used to support any of such activities; or (2) if the State Department cannot make such certification, a report describing each activity and the amount of funds used by Israel in violation of this bill. The State Department shall include in each annual report on the barring of development assistance to a country that engages in human rights violations a description of the nature and extent of detention, interrogation, or ill-treatment of Palestinian children by Israeli military forces or police in violation of international humanitarian law.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
JOHN CONYERS
MI • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
OR • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
ME • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]
IN • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
OR • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
LUIS GUTIERREZ
IL • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
TX • D
Sponsored 11/15/2017
Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/15/2017
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
OH • D
Sponsored 11/28/2017
Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/28/2017
Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
PA • D
Sponsored 5/16/2018
Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18]
PA • D
Sponsored 6/19/2018
Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
MA • D
Sponsored 6/28/2018
Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
NJ • D
Sponsored 11/14/2018
Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
IL • D
Sponsored 11/14/2017
Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
WA • D
Sponsored 11/15/2017
Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
MA • D
Sponsored 11/28/2017
Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Sponsored 11/30/2017
Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/6/2017
Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/12/2017
Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
IL • D
Sponsored 12/13/2017
Rep. Beyer, Donald S. [D-VA-8]
VA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2018
Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]
GA • D
Sponsored 1/22/2018
Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
VT • D
Sponsored 4/24/2018
RICHARD NOLAN
MN • D
Sponsored 4/24/2018
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 5/10/2018
Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
Sponsored 5/16/2018
Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
NH • D
Sponsored 6/7/2018
Roll Call Votes
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