House Passes Bill to Create Envoy for Abraham Accords

(L-R) The flags of the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Bahrain are flown along a road in Netanya, Israel, on Sept. 13, 2020, marking the signing on Sept. 15 of the Abraham Accords Peace Agreement. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON–The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill on June 13 to create a new envoy position to deal with the Abraham Accords—the normalization agreements between Israel and, so far, four Mideast and Northern African countries.

The Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act, co-sponsored by Reps. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.), passed 413–13, meeting the required two-thirds majority needed for passage.