# S.Res. 852 (119th): A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: abuse_accountability. Category: justice_truth. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: child_detention. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: human_rights. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 252: On the Motion to Discharge S.Res. 852. Vote type: discharge.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The resolution seeks accountability for alleged killings of U.S. citizens and for conditions affecting Palestinian children in detention, which aligns with defending justice. However, it does not directly restrain any harm, and its aim is a reporting request on a contested foreign-policy matter where the underlying facts and the appropriate prudential response are disputed. This combination of a justice-oriented aim with a non-operative, prudential foreign-policy context fits mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: Scripture grounds civil authority in justice and calls rulers to protect the innocent and seek truth, so a request for documented accounting of alleged unlawful killings and the treatment of children in detention is relevant to the duty of justice. Because this measure only requests information and takes no operative action, its moral weight depends on prudential judgments about foreign policy and the accuracy of the allegations, which remain unresolved in the metadata.

## Recorded votes

Roll 252: On the Motion to Discharge S.Res. 852. Yea 47 · Nay 51 · Other 2.

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