Prohibits the United States from paying any voluntary or assessed contributions to the UN or any of its agencies, including the UN Development Program, unless the President certifies to the Congress 15 days in advance of such payment that the UN or such agency is not engaged in any effort to develop or promote any taxation proposals in order to raise revenue.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 204 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 204
To prohibit United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the
United Nations if the United Nations imposes any tax or fee on United
States persons or continues to develop or promote proposals for such
taxes or fees.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2003
Mr. Sweeney (for himself and Mr. Paul) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations
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A BILL
To prohibit United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the
United Nations if the United Nations imposes any tax or fee on United
States persons or continues to develop or promote proposals for such
taxes or fees.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Prohibition on United Nations
Taxation Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) in 1948, the average United States family with children
paid only 3 percent of its income in Federal taxes;
(2) in 1996, the average United States family with children
paid almost 24 percent of its income in Federal taxes;
(3) United Nations officials have made numerous and
repeated proposals to provide financing for the United Nations
outside the scrutiny of Member States of the United Nations,
including borrowing from international financial institutions,
assuming control of bonds issued by Member States, and imposing
taxes on an extensive range of transactions, goods, and
services;
(4) the 1994 ``Human Development Report'' of the United
Nations Development Program stated that ``[i]t is appropriate
that the proceeds of an international tax be devoted to
international purposes and be placed at the disposal of
international institutions.'';
(5) on January 14, 1996, United Nations Secretary General
Boutros Boutros-Ghali stated that an international tax would
mean that ``[he would] not be under the daily financial will of
the Member States.'';
(6) American taxpayers have paid approximately
$30,000,000,000 to the United Nations since 1945;
(7) the United Nations and its organizations are replete
with mismanagement, waste, corruption, and inefficiency which
cost American taxpayers millions of dollars each year;
(8) the power to tax is an attribute of sovereignty;
(9) the United Nations does not have the attributes of
sovereignty and is not a sovereign power; and
(10) the United Nations has no legal authority to impose
taxes on United States citizens.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF GLOBAL TAXATION OR MULTILATERAL
BANK BORROWING.
The United States may not pay any voluntary or assessed
contribution to the United Nations or any of its specialized or
affiliated agencies if the United Nations--
(1) attempts to implement or impose any taxation or fee on
any United States persons; or
(2) attempts to borrow funds from the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development (commonly referred to as the
``World Bank''), the International Monetary Fund, or any other
similar or regional international financial institution.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF GLOBAL
TAXATION PROPOSALS.
The United States may not pay any voluntary or assessed
contribution to the United Nations or any of its specialized or
affiliated agencies (including the United Nations Development Program)
unless the President certifies in writing to the Congress 15 days in
advance of such payment that the United Nations or such agency, as the
case may be, is not engaged in any effort to develop, advocate,
promote, or publicize any proposal concerning taxation or fees on
United States persons in order to raise revenue for the United Nations
or any such agency.
SEC. 5. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
Payments prohibited under this Act include disbursements to the
United Nations pursuant to any undertaking made by the United States
before the prohibition becomes effective.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) The term ``person'' has the meaning given such term in
section 7701(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26
U.S.C. 7701(a)(1)).
(2) The term ``taxation or fees on United States persons''
includes any tax or fee assessed on United States persons on a
per capita basis or on a transaction or user basis, including
but not limited to any tax or fee on international air travel,
foreign exchange transactions, the mails, or extraction or use
of natural resources.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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