[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 90 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 90

    To establish reform criteria to permit payment of United States 
      arrearages in assessed contributions to the United Nations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

   Ms. Snowe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
             referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
    To establish reform criteria to permit payment of United States 
      arrearages in assessed contributions to the United Nations.

    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 Reform Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF UNITED STATES ARREARAGES IN ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS 
              TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

    (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
each of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004, no funds shall be available 
for obligation or expenditure to the United Nations for the payment of 
United States assessed contributions to the United Nations more than 
one year in arrears as of the date of enactment of this Act, as 
determined by the United States Government, except as provided for 
under procedures described in subsection (b).
    (b) Procedures for the Release of United States Arrearages to the 
United Nations.--In accordance with procedures applicable to 
reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act of 1956, for each fiscal year 2000 through 2004, 
the President may make available for obligation or expenditure to the 
United Nations an amount not to exceed 20 percent of United States 
assessed contributions to the United Nations more than one year in 
arrears as of the date of enactment of this Act, as determined by the 
United States Government, if on January 31 of the respective fiscal 
year the President determines and certifies to the relevant committees 
of the Congress that the applicable reform criteria for that fiscal 
year has been met.
    (c) Definitions.--As used in this section:
            (1) Relevant committees of the congress.--The term 
        ``relevant committees of the Congress'' means the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the 
        Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
            (2) Applicable reform criteria.--The term ``applicable 
        reform criteria'' means--
                    (A) for fiscal year 2000 that the United Nations 
                has maintained a zero nominal growth budget in United 
                States dollar terms and has made all of its programs, 
                offices and activities open to auditing by the national 
                auditing and inspecting agencies of its member states 
                to include, but not be limited to the United States 
                General Accounting Office and the State Department 
                Office of Inspector General, that the United Nations 
                Office of Internal Oversight Services has been fully 
                funded at its request level, and that all products of 
                the Office of Internal Oversight Services relevant to 
                United Nations budgetary and administrative matters are 
                available to all United Nations member states;
                    (B) for fiscal year 2001 that all criteria for 
                fiscal year 2000 continue to be met and that United 
                States representation on the United Nations Advisory 
                Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions has 
                been restored;
                    (C) for fiscal year 2002 that all criteria for 
                fiscal years 2000 and 2001 continue to be met and that 
                procedures for assessing contributions for United 
                Nations peacekeeping activities have been reformed to 
                ensure that for all logistical, in-kind, and non-cash 
                aid provided by the United States to support United 
                Nations assessed peacekeeping activities that the 
                United States either receives from the United Nations 
                cash reimbursement for the full value of such aid or 
                credit toward the payment of assessed contributions for 
                peacekeeping operations;
                    (D) for fiscal year 2003 that all criteria for 
                fiscal years 2000 through 2002 continue to be met and 
                that the United Nations has divided its regular budget 
                into a small ``core'' assessed budget representing only 
                those activities determined by the General Accounting 
                Office to be necessary for the United Nations to 
                maintain its existence under the terms of the United 
                Nations Charter and a voluntary ``program'' budget that 
                would include all United Nations programs, 
                developmental activities, regional activities, economic 
                and social activities, and related staff; and
                    (E) for fiscal year 2004 that all criteria for 
                fiscal years 2000 through 2003 continue to be met and 
                that the United Nations has approved and implemented 
                systemwide structural reform, entailing a significant 
                reduction in staff, that would eliminate all outdated 
                activities and program duplication and would encompass 
                all relevant United Nations specialized agencies.
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