Bill > S5431

This bill seeks to replace the term "West Bank" with "Judea and Samaria" in official U.S. government materials and various existing laws. Specifically, the bill establishes that the United States government should refer to the land annexed by Israel from Jordan during the 1967 Six-Day War by its historical names, with the area south of Jerusalem called "Judea" and the area north of Jerusalem called "Samaria". The bill prohibits the use of federal funds to prepare or publish any materials that refer to this region as the "West Bank", with exceptions for international treaty obligations. The Secretary of State can waive this prohibition if they determine it is in the United States' interests and provides an explanation to Congress within 30 days. The bill also makes extensive technical amendments to numerous existing laws, including the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Taylor Force Act, and several other diplomatic and trade-related statutes, systematically replacing all references to "West Bank" with "Judea and Samaria". This legislative effort appears to be part of a broader political and diplomatic stance supporting Israel's historical claims to the territory.