119-HRES473

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 473

Calling for the urgent delivery and disbursement of humanitarian aid to address the needs of civilians in Gaza.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2025

Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Keating, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Carson, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Casar, Mr. Castro of Texas, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Courtney, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mr. Frost, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Gomez, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Himes, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Liccardo, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Ross, Ms. Sánchez, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Tran, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Velázquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

RESOLUTION

Whereas the entire population of the Gaza Strip, an estimated 2,200,000 people, is facing acute levels of hunger;

Whereas, according to the United Nations, since January 2025, approximately 10,000 children have been identified as suffering from acute malnutrition—a telltale sign of imminent famine;

Whereas the borders of Gaza were blocked from March 2, 2025, to May 19, 2025, prohibiting entry of food, medicine, infant formula, fuel, and other lifesaving humanitarian supplies;

Whereas the limited aid that has entered Gaza, since May 19, 2025, needs to be sufficiently scaled up and widely dispersed to Palestinian civilians immediately;

Whereas all 25 World Food Programme-supported bakeries in Gaza closed on March 31, 2025, as wheat flour and cooking fuel ran out, and the same week World Food Programme food parcels distributed to families—with two weeks of food rations—were exhausted;

Whereas the Executive Director of the World Food Programme Cindy McCain said on April 25, "People are starving, and … many more are going to starve as a result of this.";

Whereas women eat last and least in times of heightened food insecurity; and

Whereas the health system in Gaza is near total collapse: Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives—

(1) - is gravely concerned with—

(A) - the humanitarian crisis and acute suffering of the Palestinian civilians in Gaza; and

(B) - the suffering of the hostages and hostage families; and

(2) - calls on the White House, Department of State, and other relevant United States Government agencies to urgently use all available diplomatic tools to bring about the release of the hostages, the immediate and secure delivery and disbursement of the necessary food and humanitarian aid for Palestinian civilians, and a durable end to the conflict in Gaza.