HOUSE 3477118th CongressReferred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
To require a report on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh.
- Last Action
- 5/18/2023
Actions
- 2023-05-18Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- 2023-05-18Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E464)
- 2023-05-18Introduced in House
- 2023-05-18Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-18 (00)
This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of State to report to Congress on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh. The report shall also be made available to the public on the State Department's website.
(Abu Akleh was a U.S. citizen and journalist who was shot and killed in the city of Jenin in the West Bank in May 2022. At the time of her shooting, Israeli security forces and Palestinians were trading fire in the area.)
Cosponsors (20)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Cori Bush (D-MO)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
- Greg Casar (D-TX)
- MAXINE WATERS (D-CA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)
- Donald Payne (D-NJ)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Dwight Evans (D-PA)
- Adriano Espaillat (D-NY)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
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