US HR409

Commemorates the 77th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (May 15, 2025) and calls for official U.S. recognition of the displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians beginning in 1948

Cites casualty figures as of April 9, 2025: at least 50,810 killed including 15,600 children, 115,688 wounded, and 1,900,000 displaced in Gaza

Supports resuming U.S. funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides services to 5.9 million of the more than 7 million Palestinian refugees

Calls for implementing Palestinian refugee rights under UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (right of return and compensation) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Seeks to prohibit U.S. weapons from being used to destroy Palestinian homes and end U.S. diplomatic support for Israeli actions the resolution characterizes as ethnic cleansing