[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 299 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 299

To authorize appropriations for the payment of United States arrearages 
in assessed contributions to the United Nations for prior years and to 
 authorize appropriations for the payment of assessed contributions of 
     the United States for United Nations peacekeeping operations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

   Mr. Shays (for himself, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
 Houghton, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Olver, and Mr. 
   Rangel) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations for the payment of United States arrearages 
in assessed contributions to the United Nations for prior years and to 
 authorize appropriations for the payment of assessed contributions of 
     the United States for United Nations peacekeeping operations.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARREARAGES IN ASSESSED 
              CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS FOR PRIOR YEARS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there are authorized to 
be appropriated $10,800,000 for fiscal year 1998, $10,800,000 for 
fiscal year 1999, $10,800,000 for fiscal year 2000, $10,800,000 for 
fiscal year 2001, and $10,800,000 for fiscal year 2002, for ``Assessed 
Contributions for International Organizations'' only for the payment of 
arrearages in assessed contributions of the United States to the United 
Nations for prior years.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 
              INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, there are authorized to be appropriated for 
``Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities'', 
$105,200,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 
2002.
    (b) Limitation on United States Contributions.--Funds authorized to 
be appropriated by subsection (a) shall not be available for the 
payment of the United States assessed contribution for a United Nations 
peacekeeping operation in an amount which is greater than 25 percent of 
the total of all assessed contributions for that operation.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO WITHHOLD THE PAYMENT OF FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--The President may withhold the payment of any 
appropriated funds, authorized to be appropriated by this Act, if the 
President determines that the United Nations has failed to implement or 
to continue to implement consensus-based decisionmaking procedures on 
budgetary matters which assure that sufficient attention is paid to the 
views of the United States and other member states that are the major 
financial contributors to the United Nations.
    (b) Notice to Congress.--The President shall notify the Congress 
when a decision is made to withhold the payment of funds pursuant to 
subsection (a) and shall notify the Congress when the decision is made 
to pay any funds previously withheld.
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