United Nations Review and Accounting Act

United Nations Review and Accounting Act

This bill prohibits funds from being obligated, expended, or transferred for assessed or voluntary U.N. contributions (or to any fund, program, or entity affiliated with the U.N.) until 180 days after the date on which all of the following reports have been submitted:

• the President's report on U.S. contributions to the U.N. relating to peacekeeping operations,
• the Office of Management and Budget's additional report on other U.S. contributions to the U.N., and
• the Government Accountability Office's comparative report on peacekeeping operations.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 264 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 264

To prohibit the use of funds for assessed or voluntary contributions to 
  the United Nations until the submission of certain reports on such 
                    funding, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2017

  Mr. Lamborn (for himself and Mr. Franks of Arizona) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds for assessed or voluntary contributions to 
  the United Nations until the submission of certain reports on such 
                    funding, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United Nations Review and Accounting 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.

    (a) In General.--No funds may be obligated, expended, or 
transferred, directly or indirectly, for assessed or voluntary 
contributions to the United Nations (or to any body, organization, 
entity, association, fund, program, or agency affiliated with the 
United Nations) until 180 days after the date on which all of the 
reports described in subsection (b) have been submitted.
    (b) Reports Described.--The reports described in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) The first report required under section 306 of the 
        Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
        Law 114-323).
            (2) The first report required under section 312 of the 
        Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public 
        Law 114-323).
            (3) The report required under section 313 of the Department 
        of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
        323).
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