[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 179 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 179

   Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United Nations and 
                            global taxation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1999

  Mr. Royce submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
   Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United Nations and 
                            global taxation.

    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) The United Nations is an organization of sovereign 
        states, funded with voluntary contributions. It lacks any 
        authority to impose taxes on its member states.
            (2) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released 
        a report recommending global taxation as a source of revenue, 
        including a proposal for a global tax on e-mail.
            (3) This is not the first time that proposals for global 
        taxation have come from the United Nations. In 1996, former 
        Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali suggested a global tax, 
        saying that it would give the United Nations some financial 
        independence so that it was not ``under the daily financial 
        will of the Member States''.

SEC. 2. POLICY TOWARD THE UNITED NATIONS AND GLOBAL TAXATION.

    It is the policy of the United States to oppose global taxation.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the United Nations should not in any way advocate 
        global taxation;
            (2) no United States funds should be used by the United 
        Nations to support, advocate, print, or analyze global taxation 
        proposals; and
            (3) if it is the position of the United Nations to oppose 
        global taxation, then it should not use any funds of the member 
        states to advocate, print, or analyze global taxation.
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