[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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