Food for Palestinian Children and Families in Gaza Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7565 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7565

  To ensure sufficient food assistance for the civilian population of
                                 Gaza.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2026

   Ms. Waters (for herself, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr.
Cohen, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Foushee,
 Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson
of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, and Ms.
   Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

  To ensure sufficient food assistance for the civilian population of
                                 Gaza.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food for Palestinian Children and
Families in Gaza Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING SUFFICIENT FOOD ASSISTANCE FOR THE CIVILIAN POPULATION
              OF GAZA.

    (a) Certification.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall certify and report
to Congress that--
            (1) oversight policies, processes, and procedures have been
        established by the Department of State, as appropriate, and are
        in use to ensure that sufficient food assistance is being
        provided to the civilian population of Gaza to ensure that--
                    (A) all children in Gaza are able to eat at least
                three nutritious meals each day; and
                    (B) all other civilians in Gaza are able to eat at
                least two nutritious meals each day; and
            (2) such policies, processes, and procedures have been
        developed in coordination with the World Food Program, the
        United Nations Relief and Works Agency, and other appropriate
        United Nations agencies, other bilateral and multilateral
        donors, international nongovernmental organizations, the
        Government of Israel, and representatives of the Palestinian
        people, as appropriate.
    (b) Oversight Policy and Procedures.--The Secretary of State shall
submit to Congress, concurrent with the submission of the certification
required by subsection (a), a written description of the oversight
policies, processes, and procedures for the distribution of food
assistance in Gaza, including food assistance provided by the United
States, food assistance provided by other bilateral and multilateral
donors, and food assistance provided by international nongovernmental
organizations, and the role of the Government of Israel in the
oversight of such assistance.
    (c) Requirement To Report.--The Secretary of State shall provide a
report to Congress, which shall be made available to the public, not
later than 30 days after the certification required by subsection (a),
on how much food assistance is being distributed in Gaza, how many
children and adults are being served in Gaza, the donors that are
providing the assistance, and how the food is being distributed.
    (d) Requirement To Inform.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall promptly
        inform Congress of each instance in which food assistance that
        is made available for Gaza, for the purposes described in
        (a)(1), has been denied entrance into Gaza or has been diverted
        or misused in Gaza.
            (2) Matters to be included.--The Secretary of State shall
        include in the information required by paragraph (1) the type
        of assistance, the donor that provided the assistance, a
        description of the incident and parties involved, and an
        explanation of the response of the Department of State, as
        appropriate.
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