3.0.0 2376 2023-01-11T13:19:14Z 2023-01-11T13:19:14Z House H HR 2009-05-12 111 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-05-12T16:30:49Z 2009-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2009-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000822 Rep. Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] CLIFF STEARNS R FL 6 N M001147 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] Thaddeus McCotter R MI G. 11 2009-06-12 False International Affairs Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Human rights International organizations and cooperation Israel Middle East Political movements and philosophies United Nations International Affairs 00 2009-05-12 Introduced in House 2009-06-02T21:29:44Z Expresses the sense of Congress that the United Nations Human Rights Council should: (1) be a body that upholds the ideals enumerated in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; (2) allow full participation by Israel in Council operations; and (3) be made up of countries that hold regular democratic elections, permit freedom of expression, and have a credible civil society.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not support the Council, and should withhold financial support for the Council until meaningful human rights reforms are carried out.

Directs the Secretary of State to withhold from a U.S. contribution to a regularly assessed biennial U.N. budget an amount equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations to the Council.

]]> To withhold United States funding from the United Nations Human Rights Council. Display Title To withhold United States funding from the United Nations Human Rights Council. Official Title as Introduced To withhold United States funding from the United Nations Human Rights Council. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2009-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2376ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2376ih.xml 2009-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.