United Nations Economic and Social Council Accountability Act of 2007

United Nations Economic and Social Council Accountability Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of State to withhold from the U.S. contribution to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations an amount equal to the percentage of such contribution that would be allocated to support the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) until the Secretary certifies to Congress that the United Nations and ECOSOC have withdrawn consultative status for all terrorist-affiliated organizations.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3348 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3348

 To require the Secretary of State to withhold from the United States 
 contribution to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United 
Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribution 
that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations 
  to support the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 
    until such time as the United Nations and ECOSOC have withdrawn 
  consultative status for all organizations with any affiliations to 
                        terrorist organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2007

 Mr. Wamp (for himself, Mr. McCotter, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Garrett of 
 New Jersey, and Mr. Stearns) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of State to withhold from the United States 
 contribution to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United 
Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribution 
that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations 
  to support the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 
    until such time as the United Nations and ECOSOC have withdrawn 
  consultative status for all organizations with any affiliations to 
                        terrorist organizations.

    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 ``United Nations Economic and Social 
Council Accountability Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) In 1995, the United Nations Economic and Social Council 
        (ECOSOC) provided special consultative status to the Saudi-
        based International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO).
            (2) The United States Secretary of the Treasury has placed 
        the Philippine and Indonesian branch offices of IIRO on the 
        list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive 
        Order 13224 (66 Fed. Reg. 186; relating to blocking property 
        and prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten 
        to commit, or support terrorism) for assisting in fundraising 
        activities for Al-Qaida and affiliated terrorist groups.
            (3) The United Nations Security Council added the 
        Philippine and Indonesian branch offices of IIRO to the list of 
        entities belonging to or associated with Al-Qaida.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the United Nations--
            (1) should ensure that the United Nations Economic and 
        Social Council (ECOSOC) thoroughly investigate organizations 
        and their potential affiliations to terrorist organizations 
        before providing special consultative status to such 
        organizations; and
            (2) should ensure that ECOSOC immediately withdraw 
        consultative status for organizations with any affiliations to 
        terrorist organizations, as identified by either the United 
        Nations or the United States Department of the Treasury.

SEC. 4. WITHHOLDING FUNDING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
              COUNCIL.

    The Secretary of State shall withhold from the United States 
contribution to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United 
Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribution 
that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations 
to support the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 
until such time as the Secretary certifies to Congress that the United 
Nations and ECOSOC have withdrawn consultative status for all 
organizations with any affiliations to terrorist organizations, as 
identified by either the United Nations or the United States Department 
of the Treasury.
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