To provide for the withholding of United States contributions to any United Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism, and for other purposes.

Withholds certain U.S. funds for: (1) U.S. contributions to any United Nations (UN) commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has been determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism until such time the President determines that the entity is no longer chaired or presided over by such country and such entity has established appropriate electoral reforms, including minimum standards for leadership positions and the elimination of automatic rotation of such positions; and (2) expenses for any U.S. delegation to any UN commission, organization, or affiliated agency until such time the President makes such determination.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 800 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 800

 To provide for the withholding of United States contributions to any 
 United Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is 
  chaired or presided over by a country that has repeatedly provided 
  support for acts of international terrorism, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2003

  Mr. Fossella (for himself, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Burr, Mr. Cannon, Mr. 
  Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. English, Mr. Flake, Mr. Franks of 
   Arizona, Mr. Herger, Mr. King of New York, Mr. King of Iowa, Mrs. 
 Musgrave, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. 
Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, and Mr. Pearce) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the withholding of United States contributions to any 
 United Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is 
  chaired or presided over by a country that has repeatedly provided 
  support for acts of international terrorism, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WITHHOLDING OF UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CERTAIN 
              UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, OR ANY 
              AFFILIATED AGENCIES.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available to the 
Department of State or any other Federal department or agency may not 
be used for the following:
            (1) United States contributions to any United Nations 
        commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired 
        or presided over by a country, the government of which the 
        Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 
        6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 
        App. 2405(j)(1)) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
        international terrorism, until such time as the President 
        determines that such commission, organization, or agency is no 
        longer chaired or presided over by such country and the 
        commission, organization, or agency has established appropriate 
        electoral reforms, including minimum standards for leadership 
        positions and the elimination of automatic rotation of such 
        leadership positions.
            (2) Expenses for any United States delegation to any United 
        Nations commission, organization, or affiliated agency 
        described in paragraph (1) until such time as the President 
        makes the determination described in such paragraph.
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