S.Amdt. 4446

SA 4446. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military

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personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. REPORTS ON CURRICULUM USED IN SCHOOLS IN AREAS
CONTROLLED BY THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND IN
GAZA.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2016 and 2017, the Palestinian Authority published
modified curricula for school-aged children in grades 1
through 11.
(2) Textbooks used by the Palestinian Authority in the West
Bank and Gaza include graphics portraying violence against
Israeli soldiers, positive portrayals of individuals who have
committed attacks against citizens of Israel, and references
to Palestinian efforts to target the ``Zionists''.
(3) Palestinian Authority textbooks are used at schools
sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East because the schools use
the textbooks of the host government.
(4) On April 26, 2018, the Government Accountability Office
published a report that found the following:
(A) Textbooks in schools in areas controlled by the
Palestinian Authority feature inaccurate and misleading maps
of the region and include militaristic, adversarial imagery
and content that incite hatred.
(B) The Department of State raised with Palestinian
officials the objectionable content in the textbooks,
including a specific math problem using the number of
Palestinian casualties in the First and Second Intifadas.
(C) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in its review of the
textbooks, identified content not aligned with United Nations
values, the majority of which content related to neutrality
or bias issues, including issues related to maps and
references to Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Palestinian Authority has not sufficiently eliminated
content encouraging violence or intolerance toward other
countries or ethnic groups from the curriculum used in
schools in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority.
(c) Reports Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 2
years in accordance with paragraph (4), the Secretary of
State shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives a report reviewing curriculum used in
schools in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority or
located in Gaza and controlled by any other entity.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A determination of whether the curriculum reviewed
contains content encouraging violence or intolerance toward
other countries or ethnic groups, and a detailed explanation
of the reasons for reaching such determination.
(B) An assessment of the steps the Palestinian Authority is
taking to reform curriculum containing such content at
schools to conform with standards of peace and tolerance in
the Declaration of Principles on Tolerance adopted by Member
States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization on November 16, 1995.
(C) A determination of whether United States foreign
assistance is used, directly or indirectly, to fund the
dissemination of such curriculum by the Palestinian
Authority.
(D) A detailed report on how United States assistance is
being used to address curriculum that encourages violence or
intolerance toward other nations or ethnic groups.
(E) A detailed report on United States diplomatic efforts,
during the 5-year period preceding the date on which the
report is submitted, to encourage peace and tolerance in
Palestinian education.
(F) If any diplomatic efforts referred to in subparagraph
(E) were stopped by the Secretary of State, the reasons for
such stoppages.
(3) Public availability.--The Secretary of State shall post
on a publicly available website of the Department of State
each report required by paragraph (1).
(4) Subsequent deadlines.--Each report required by
paragraph (1), other than the first such report, shall be
submitted not later than 90 days after the date on which a
new school year begins for schools in areas controlled by the
Palestinian Authority.
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