[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 249 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 249

To prohibit United States voluntary contributions to the regular budget 
   of the United Nations or any United Nations agency, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2017

  Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit United States voluntary contributions to the regular budget 
   of the United Nations or any United Nations agency, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Defunding United Nations Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
              UNITED NATIONS AND UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--No funds made available to any Federal department 
or agency may be used to make United States voluntary contributions to 
the regular budget of the United Nations or any United Nations agency.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to funds 
made available for fiscal year 2017 and subsequent fiscal years.
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