[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1355 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1355

To make available funds appropriated for the payment of United Nations 
                              arrearages.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 1999

     Mr. Shays (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Leach, and Mr. Engel) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To make available funds appropriated for the payment of United Nations 
                              arrearages.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United Nations Arrears Payment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF FISCAL YEAR 1998 FUNDS FOR ARREARAGES TO 
              INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES.

    (a) Contributions to International Organizations.--In title IV of 
the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105-119), under 
the heading ``Contributions to International Organizations'', the first 
and second provisos shall not apply.
    (b) Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities.--In 
title IV of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 
105-119), under the heading ``Contributions for International 
Peacekeeping Activities'', the first proviso shall not apply.

SEC. 3. AVAILABILITY OF FISCAL YEAR 1999 FUNDS FOR ARREARAGES TO 
              INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES.

    Pursuant to the first proviso under the heading ``Arrearage 
Payments'' in title IV of the Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained 
in section 101(b) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277), 
the obligation and expenditure of funds appropriated under such heading 
for payment of arrearages to meet obligations of membership in the 
United Nations, and to pay assessed expenses of international 
peacekeeping activities are hereby authorized, and the second proviso 
under such heading shall not apply.
                                 <all>