[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 988

 To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to 
                          the United Nations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2013

Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Paul, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Chambliss, 
Mr. Cruz, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Risch, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Crapo, Mr. 
Enzi, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Wicker, Mr. McConnell, 
 Mr. Blunt, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Sessions, and Mr. Barrasso) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for an accounting of total United States 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. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report on 
all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the 
United States Government to the Untied Nations and its affiliated 
agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year.
    (b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following elements:
            (1) The total amount of all assessed and voluntary 
        contributions, including in-kind, of the United States 
        Government to the United Nations and United Nations affiliated 
        agencies and related bodies.
            (2) The approximate percentage of United States Government 
        contributions to each United Nations affiliated agency or body 
        in such fiscal year when compared with all contributions to 
        such agency or body from any source in such fiscal year.
            (3) For each such contribution--
                    (A) the amount of the contribution;
                    (B) a description of the contribution (including 
                whether assessed or voluntary);
                    (C) the department or agency of the United States 
                Government responsible for the contribution;
                    (D) the purpose of the contribution; and
                    (E) the United Nations or United Nations affiliated 
                agency or related body receiving the contribution.
    (c) Scope of Initial Report.--The first report required under 
subsection (a) shall include the information required under this 
section for the previous three fiscal years.
    (d) Public Availability of Information.--Not later than 14 days 
after submitting a report required under subsection (a), the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall post a public version of 
the report on a text-based, searchable, and publicly available Internet 
website.
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