3.0.0 2496 2023-01-11T13:36:44Z 2023-01-11T13:36:44Z House HR 2017-05-17 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 17, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FRANKS of Arizona:H.R. 2496.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. The Congress shall havePower To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence andgeneral Welfare of the United States[Page H4312]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-05-17T14:04:15Z 2017-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2017-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000448 Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] Trent Franks R AZ 8 N International Affairs Accounting and auditing Congressional oversight Foreign aid and international relief Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations International organizations and cooperation Military operations and strategy United Nations International Affairs 00 2017-05-17 Introduced in House 2018-02-20T19:08:07Z Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act

This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to provide contributions to the United Nations, the U.N. system, or U.N.-affiliated agencies until the President certifies to Congress that specified requirements are met, including that the U.N.:

  • adopts a rule providing that, for its regular budget to be approved, not only must the currently required two-thirds of member states approve, but also a combination of member states whose assessed contributions make up at least 67% of the budget must approve;
  • revises its pay structure so that salaries do not exceed equivalent U.S. civil service salaries;
  • reinstates and conducts ongoing reviews to determine which of its mandates are outmoded and should be terminated;
  • reinstates its Procurement Task Force;
  • adopts reforms to make its Office of Internal Oversight Services and ethics office truly independent and strengthens whistleblower protections; and
  • demonstrates that its peacekeepers are proactively protecting civilians and adopts changes to insure that troop contributing countries investigate and punish those found to have not followed their duties and/or to have committed crimes.

Additional requirements include specified actions by the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary-General of the U.N., international organizations receiving U.S. assistance, and the Department of State, including establishment of an office responsible for inspecting and auditing the use of U.S. contributions to international organizations.

Once the President certifies that the requirements have been met, funds obligated or expended to provide assessed contributions to: (1) the U.N.'s regular budget may not exceed 18% of the total assessed contributions to such budget, and (2) the U.N.'s peacekeeping budget may not exceed 25% of the total contributions to such budget.

]]> Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act Display Title Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act Official Title as Introduced To prohibit assessed or voluntary contributions to the United Nations, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act Introduced in House 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2496ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2496ih.xml 2017-05-17 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.