Representatives Who Took Positive Action/s:

This scorecard contains a selection of positive actions taken for Palestinian rights during the 118th Congress (2023-2024). If your Representative does not appear in the scorecard, it means that they did not support any of the selected actions.

H.R. 3103: This bill prohibits the use of US-supplied weapons from being used to support the detention, abuse, and interrogation of Palestinian children, the seizure and destruction of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, or Israel’s unilateral annexation of the West Bank.

H. Res. 388 / H. Res. 1231: These resolutions recognize the Nakba, encourage education about it, and call for US support for the implementation of the rights of Palestinian refugees under UN General Assembly Resolution 194.

H. Res. 786: This resolution urges the Biden administration to call for and facilitate a ceasefire in Israel’s attacks on Gaza and calls on the administration to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

H172 on H.R. 6090: This bill requires the Department of Education to define antisemitism according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s controversial working definition of antisemitism, which would restrict constitutionally protected speech in support of Palestinian rights.

H134 on H. Res. 883: This resolution distorts the meaning of and condemns the popular slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” and opposes Palestinian freedom.

H152 on H.R. 8034: This bill condemns the Biden administration for pausing some weapons shipments to Israel and seeks to expedite further weapons shipments to Israel.

NSM20 (Escobar) 4.16.24: This letter expressed concerns about the credibility of Israeli assurances given in the context of National Security Memorandum 20, which requires countries to ensure that US weapons are used in compliance with international humanitarian law and do not obstruct US humanitarian aid.

Stop Weapons To Israel (Pocan) 4.5.24: This letter called on the Biden administration to withhold offensive weapons transfers to Israel and to place conditions on future weapons transfers to Israel following Israel’s fatal strike on humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen.

Forced Displacement (Pressley) 1.19.24: This letter opposed Israel’s forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt.

Visa Waiver (Jackson) 6.26.23: This letter requested the Biden administration ensure equal treatment of all US citizens, including Palestinian-Americans, Arab-Americans, and supporters of Palestinian human rights before Israel’s entry into the Visa Waiver Program.

Rafah (Jayapal) 5.1.24: This letter urged President Biden to withhold certain offensive weapons from Israel should it invade Rafah.

P-2 Designation (Casar) 6.20.24: This letter urged the Biden administration to open up refugee status for Palestinians fleeing Gaza who are family members of US citizens or permanent residents.

Ayşenur Eygi Investigation (Smith) 9.24.24: This letter urged the Biden administration to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of US citizen Ayşenur Eygi by Israeli forces in the West Bank. 

H.R. 9649: This bill would restore US funding to UNRWA, which was suspended in February 2024, and repeal the prohibition on funding UNRWA passed in the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act.