[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4894 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4894

     To urge the United Nations to abolish the position of Special 
   Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and to withhold United 
                   States funding for such position.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2024

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To urge the United Nations to abolish the position of Special 
   Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and to withhold United 
                   States funding for such position.

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

SECTION 1. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

    It is the policy of the United States to seek the abolition of the 
position within the United Nations of Special Rapporteur on the 
negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of 
human rights.

SEC. 2. DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO ABOLISH OR DEFUND THE POSITION OF SPECIAL 
              RAPPORTEUR.

    The Permanent Representative of the United States to the United 
Nations shall use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
to abolish or defund the United Nations position of Special Rapporteur 
on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment 
of human rights.

SEC. 3. WITHHOLDING OF UNITED STATES FUNDING FOR SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR.

    (a) In General.--The United States is prohibited from providing any 
funding to the United Nations that will be used for the Special 
Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on 
the enjoyment of human rights (or any similar successor entity).
    (b) Assessed Contributions.--Section 114(a) of the Department of 
State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (Public Law 98-164; 
22 U.S.C. 287e note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(8) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the Special 
        Rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive 
        measures on the enjoyment of human rights (or any similar 
        successor entity).''.
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