[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 81 (Friday, June 17, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H4679-H4705]
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            HENRY J. HYDE UNITED NATIONS REFORM ACT OF 2005

  The Committee resumed its sitting.

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  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). It is now in order to consider 
amendment No. 9 printed in Part 2 of House Report 109-132.


             Part 2, Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Gohmert

  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Part 2, amendment No. 9 offered by Mr. Gohmert:
       Page 76, after line 9, add the following new title (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

      TITLE VII--UNITED NATIONS VOTING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2005

     SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``United Nations Voting 
     Accountability Act of 2005''.

     SEC. 702. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT OPPOSE 
                   THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE UNITED 
                   NATIONS.

       (a) Prohibition.--United States assistance may not be 
     provided to a country that opposed the position of the United 
     States in the United Nations.
       (b) Change in Government.--If--
       (1) the Secretary of State determines that, since the 
     beginning of the most recent session of the General Assembly, 
     there has been a fundamental change in the leadership and 
     policies of the government of a country to which the 
     prohibition in subsection (a) applies, and
       (2) the Secretary believes that because of that change the 
     government of that country will no longer oppose the position 
     of the United States in the United Nations,

     the Secretary may exempt that country from that prohibition. 
     Any such exemption shall be effective only until submission 
     of the next report under section 406 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 
     2414a). The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
     certification of each exemption made under this subsection. 
     Such certification shall be accompanied by a discussion of 
     the basis for the Secretary's determination and belief with 
     respect to such exemption.
       (c) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the term ``opposed the position of the United States'' 
     means, in the case of a country, that the country's votes in 
     the United Nations General Assembly during the most recent 
     session of the General Assembly and, in the case of a country 
     which is a member of the United Nations Security Council, the 
     country's votes in the Security Council during the most 
     recent session of the General Assembly, were the same as the 
     position of the United States less than 50 percent of the 
     time, using for this purpose the overall percentage-of-voting 
     coincidences set forth in the annual report submitted to the 
     Congress

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     pursuant to section 406 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991;
       (2) the term ``most recent session of the General 
     Assembly'' means the most recently completed plenary session 
     of the General Assembly for which overall percentage-of-
     voting coincidences is set forth in the most recent report 
     submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 406 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 
     1991; and
       (3) the term ``United States assistance'' means assistance 
     under--
       (A) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (relating to the economic support fund);
       (B) chapter 5 of part II of that Act (relating to 
     international military education and training); or
       (C) the ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' account 
     under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section takes effect upon the 
     date of the submission to the Congress of the report pursuant 
     to section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, that is required to be submitted 
     by March 31, 2006.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 319, the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Gohmert), and a Member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).
  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  The United Nations, at its inception, was one of the most noble 
undertakings in modern human history. Its vision was of world 
governments working in concert to ameliorate, if not eradicate, world 
problems. This ideal, however, has over its more recent course become a 
body where some member nations appear more focused on institutional 
anti-Americanism than addressing the growing maladies that face the 
world's citizens.
  If the U.N. member nations insist upon open antagonism toward the 
United States at seemingly every turn, then the time has come to 
reexamine our role as their benefactor. It is counterintuitive to 
financially reward countries whose motivation is in opposition to 
American efforts. In order to correct this problem of incongruity, I 
propose a simple solution.
  My amendment would cause the United States to end all financial 
assistance to those countries who vote against us more than 50 percent 
of the time in the United Nations. That also includes an end to 
training the soldiers of nations who oppose us. The ban on our funding 
antagonistic nations, however, would not begin until March of 2006. 
March 31 of 2006, the next report will come out that says how everyone 
voted on each position. This will give all such countries notice of the 
coming consequences of their action.
  The rationale is simple. They are sovereign nations, they can make 
their own decisions, but we do not have to pay them to hate us. 
Throwing money at our enemies has made them more contemptuous, not 
less.
  I share the concerns of many Americans about the U.N., its 
bureaucracy and its approach to world problems. They run counter to 
U.S. values and interests. The U.N. is currently an inefficient 
bureaucratic organization badly in need of reform, and too often it has 
become a forum for radical anti-American rhetoric and policies that 
would violate many of our Nation's most cherished freedoms, laws, 
customs and recognized human rights.
  My amendment simply stops the flow of American tax dollars to 
countries that claim to be our allies and who are happily taking the 
hard-earned tax dollars from American pockets, then using the money to 
spew anti-American venom all over the world.
  My constituents in east Texas have told me, I have heard it around 
the country time and time again, they are fed up with this anti-
American rhetoric coming out of the U.N. that their money is paying 
for. Surely we can find a better use of this money than to fund nations 
that oppose all we hold dear. On numerous occasions I have had citizens 
ask me why government is sending their money overseas to support 
governments and countries that are against the amendments and things 
for which we stand.
  Some say we should be more loving and send these billions of dollars 
anyway. Friends, your heart may be good, but you are not using your 
head. I have relatives and friends that I love with all my heart. I 
would give my life for them, but if they are doing things to demean and 
destroy the very things I am fighting to preserve, I would not send 
them money.
  Accordingly, and in conclusion, we do not have to pay these countries 
to hate us. We do not have to fund our opposition. If a foreign nation 
wants to take the tax dollars of hard-working Americans, well, then 
they better start helping us seek truth, justice and freedom's ways at 
least 50 percent of the time.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Who claims time in opposition to the amendment?
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to 
claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Illinois?
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is recognized to control 5 
minutes.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I do not know of anything I have done more reluctantly than object to 
the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert's) very good amendment, not only 
well-intentioned, but it makes a statement that is very hard to 
disagree with. But I must because I can conceive of circumstances where 
it is in our national interest to help support another country that 
does not vote with us in the U.N., but having a stable country in 
certain portions of the world can be in our national interest. And I 
would rather leave that flexibility with the State Department and with 
the Defense Department so that these grants that are made support our 
security interests and not necessarily make us feel good because we are 
rewarding a country that votes with us. Egypt almost never votes with 
us, but it is important to have the largest Muslim country, other than 
Indonesia, supporting the aims that we have and goals in the Middle 
East.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HYDE. Yes, I yield to my friend, the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I am delighted to join the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Hyde), my distinguished chairman, in opposing this 
amendment. I think the chairman, as always, shows great wisdom in 
opposing this amendment. But I am particularly thrilled that the 
chairman has embraced the principle of providing our Secretary of State 
flexibility in dealing with this issue, and I very much hope that 
during the course of the remaining few minutes of our debate, the 
chairman will see the wisdom of providing Secretary Rice with 
flexibility on similar issues.
  I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) 
has just administered the perfumed icepick.
  Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HYDE. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. DELAHUNT. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I 
support him in his opposition. I point out that the nation of Colombia, 
for whom we have provided billions of dollars in terms of dealing with 
the interdiction and eradication of drugs, would fall because they vote 
against us 90 percent of the time. I presume that most of that aid 
would be eliminated by this amendment.
  And I would also point out for those of you who support CAFTA that at 
least five of the countries I have been able to determine here vote 
against us, so that if we extend the logic of the gentleman's argument, 
I would suggest that maybe during the course of that debate, when it 
comes to the floor, if it should come to the floor, that that should be 
a precondition to approval of the CAFTA trade agreement.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, if I may reclaim my time, I want to say to 
the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert), this is a marvelous amendment. 
The spirit in which it is offered is exemplary, and it is a very 
difficult thing to oppose it. But I see a problem with it that needs a 
little work. But I congratulate him and the spirit in which his good 
amendment was offered, but I

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hope it is not accepted in its present form.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas has 1 minute remaining.
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  In response, and of course I have nothing but utmost respect for the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), and it is a pleasure for me to 
support your amendment, and all three of the distinguished gentlemen 
that spoke bring up a good point. The Secretary of State does need 
flexibility, and that is why in this amendment I provided flexibility. 
If the Secretary of State certifies that there has been such a change 
in the regime attitudewise, personnelwise, that he or she firmly 
believes that the next session they will be voting with us more than 
half the time, then that makes an exception, and they will get funding.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. GOHMERT. Well, I am nearly done. But that makes an exception. 
That gives them flexibility.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I just heard the gentleman advocating for 
flexibility for our Secretary of State. Does this flexibility extend to 
the bill as a whole, in the gentleman's view?
  Mr. GOHMERT. It extends in whole if they are going to vote with us 
more than 50 percent of the time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. All time for debate on the amendment has 
expired.
  The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas 
(Mr. Gohmert).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Gohmert) will be postponed.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 10 
printed in Part 2 of House Report 109-132.


            Part 2 Amendment No. 10 Offered by Mr. Kucinich

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Part 2 Amendment No. 10 offered by Mr. Kucinich:
       At the end of title I, add the following new section:

     SEC. 110. STRENGTHENING OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR RIGHTS.

       (a) In General.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
     the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
     United Nations to work to strengthen and expand the Social 
     Protection sector of the International Labor Organization 
     (ILO) in order to allow the ILO to issue more field and 
     regional units of the ILO, to increase site inspections of 
     working conditions, and to issue more reports on such 
     conditions to the international community.
       (b) Certification.--In accordance with section 601, a 
     certification shall be required that certifies that the 
     following requirements have been satisfied:
       (1) Member States are broadening the scope and the 
     instruments of social security schemes, improving and 
     diversifying benefits, strengthening governance and 
     management, and developing policies to combat adverse effects 
     of social and economic insecurity.
       (2) ILO constituents are targeting and taking effective 
     action to improve the safety and health conditions at work, 
     with special attention to the most hazardous conditions in 
     the workplace.
       In section 601(a)(1), insert ``section 110,'' after 
     ``104(e),''.
       In section 601(a)(3)(A), strike ``39'' and insert ``40''.
       In section 601(a)(3)(A), strike ``ten'' and insert ``11''.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 319, the gentleman 
from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich) and the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-
Lehtinen) each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich).
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  The Kucinich amendment would add another requirement for U.N. reform, 
that the International Labor Organization must be strengthened and 
expanded; specifically, the social protection sector. It is not the 
intention of this amendment to limit the U.S. contribution to the U.N. 
The intention of my amendment is to make it the policy of the United 
States at the U.N. to place the highest priority on the improvement of 
international labor rights. Therefore, it is necessary that this 
amendment has the same certification requirement for the strengthening 
of the International Labor Organization as the other reform criteria 
have. Labor rights, which are the same as human rights, should not be 
treated with any less importance.
  The ILO does an important job, and they do it well. My amendment 
would urge the U.S. representative to the U.N. to use the voice, vote 
and influence of the United States to encourage the International Labor 
Organization to do even more. I believe the most important work of the 
ILO is in the social protection sector, which is responsible for coming 
up with the tools, instruments and policies to ensure that men and 
women have working conditions that are as safe as possible, that 
respect human dignity, take into account family and social values, 
allow for adequate compensation in the case of lost or reduced income, 
permit access to adequate social and medical services, and respect the 
right to free time and rest. In a global economic context of 
sweatshops, child labor, exploitative labor practices and unfettered 
capitalism, the work of the ILO social protection sector is vastly 
important.
  The social protection sector sends on-site inspectors to investigate 
labor conditions around the globe. The hard evidence gathered by these 
inspectors is published in highly regarded in-depth reports for 
consumption by policymakers, decisionmakers, journalists and various 
labor and human rights groups throughout the international community. 
These reports have served as a basis for labor rights campaigns. They 
have served as a basis for government reforms. They have served as a 
basis for campaigns against unfair trade agreements with exploitative 
labor provisions.
  The following are examples of recent reports in paper published by 
the ILO: Global Report 2005, a global alliance against slave labor; an 
economic study of the costs and benefits of eliminating child labor; a 
report by the Director General, A Fair Globalization, the Role of the 
ILO; Towards a Fair Deal for Migrant Workers in a Global Economy; 
Eleventh Synthesis Report on the Working Condition Situation in 
Cambodia's Garment Sector.
  The ILO is responsible for gathering evidence for and disseminating 
the following facts: that there are 48,000 children working in 
floriculture in Cayambe and Cotopaxi in Ecuador. Conditions in Cotopaxi 
are worse than in Cayambe. In Cotopaxi all employees are involved in 
all stages of production, including fumigation, and younger children 
fumigate most frequently. In medical exams of 105 children between the 
ages of 9 and 18, 27 percent had experienced migraines, 50 percent 
blackouts; 32 percent experienced shaking.
  It is estimated that in Brazil as many as 25,000 persons are 
subjected to slave labor conditions, mostly in the Amazonian States of 
Para and Mato Grosso.
  In a number of countries freer trade has replaced or undercut 
domestic industrial and agricultural industries displacing workers, 
while structural adjustment programs have restricted government 
spending to cushion unemployment.

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  Job creation in some countries under Structure Adjustment Programs 
has lagged behind the increased number of unemployed, and the net 
result of these job losses due to trade and structural change has been 
a large number of people without opportunities for decent work in their 
homelands.
  It was estimated at the end of 1998 that some 1 billion workers, or 
one-third of the world's labor force, were either unemployed or 
underemployed.
  It is essential that we know about preexisting labor and living 
conditions in different regions around the world as steps are taken 
towards a globalized economy. It is essential that the world learn 
about the negative consequences that accompany this economic model. The 
ILO is the foremost international

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institution responsible for gathering information and making 
recommendations amid this context.
  The only thing wrong with the ILO is that while its recommendations 
and conventions are important, they are not enforceable. Nevertheless, 
the ILO's work is significant, influential and does make a difference.
  Mr. Chairman, we should be encouraging and expanding the important 
work of the ILO so that we will make better informed decisions and 
develop more sound policies to eradicate the worst labor abuses around 
the world. With the expansion of the social protection sector, more 
field and regional units would be established, which would allow more 
on-site inspections to occur and more reports to be published. A 
strengthened ILO would have a civilizing effect on corporate behavior.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  As someone who appreciates the work performed by the International 
Labor Organization and efforts to bring about and secure labor rights 
for oppressed people in countries under dictatorial rule, it is with 
difficulty that I rise in opposition of the gentleman's amendment, but 
I must.
  Had the amendment called on the U.S. permanent representative to the 
U.N. to work to strengthen the ILO, to increase site inspections, as we 
had wanted to do, I am confident that we would have gladly supported 
the gentleman's amendment.
  However, this amendment before us today does not seek to reform the 
ILO, but seeks to use the U.N. to dictate and determine domestic 
policies of the U.N. member states, policies such as Social Security 
schemes and employee benefits; and these are issues that in the U.S., 
for example, we in the Congress are working on and are responsible for. 
We should not use legislation that seeks to reform the U.N., an 
international institution, as a means of influencing very specific 
domestic policy initiatives.
  The bill before us, the Henry Hyde U.N. Reform Act of 2005, deals 
with bringing accountability to the U.N.'s budget process. It does not 
concern itself with dictating internal, substantive outcomes on the 
U.N.'s budget process.
  In short, today, we are focused on reforming how the U.S., how the 
U.N. makes the decisions, not on what decisions it makes or what the 
member states make.
  The gentleman from Ohio would have been, I believe, better served by 
offering his amendment, as others have, by it having called upon the 
President to direct the U.S. permanent representative to work to ensure 
enhanced funding for the international labor rights organization, which 
I believe is a worthy goal, and on that very issue, in fact, this is 
already being done.
  The amendment suggests that the ILO is not doing enough in the social 
protection sector. However, the 2006-2007 budget that was agreed to 
shows a significant increase in the budget for the activities of this 
sector.
  The 2004-2005 budget for the protection sector was $72.7 million in 
2006, and the 2007 budget is $91 million.
  Overall, the International Labor Organization budget increased 12 
percent from $529 million during the 2004 and 2005 biennium to $594 
million in 2006 and 2007. That is $297 million per year.
  The amendment also requires an increase in the field presence by the 
ILO. However, the organization is currently undertaking a review of the 
field structures to determine the most effective overseas profile, and 
this amendment would have the effect of preempting the outcome of this 
study.
  I have been a proud supporter of labor organizations. We want to make 
sure that they help the oppressed people in all of these countries and 
do not abuse their people. However, I do not think that this amendment, 
dictating what member states do with their domestic policies, would get 
to the heart of the gentleman's amendment.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate my good friend for yielding.
  I merely wish to express my support for the gentleman's amendment. I 
think it is worthwhile and ask my colleagues to vote for it.
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The question is on the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich).
  The amendment was rejected.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11 
printed in Part 2 of House Report 109-132.


             Part 2, Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Pearce

  Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Part 2, amendment No. 11 offered by Mr. Pearce:
         In section 201, add at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       (f) Prohibition on Contact With Member States Subject to 
     Sanctions.--An employee from of any United Nations entity, 
     bureau, division, department, or specialized agency may not 
     have unauthorized contact, including business contact, with a 
     Member State that is subject to United Nations sanctions.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 319, the gentleman 
from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce) and the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Lantos) each will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).
  Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise with this amendment today that would prohibit any employee of 
a United Nations entity, bureau, division, department, or specialized 
agency from having any unauthorized contact, particularly business 
contact, with a government that is subject to United Nations sanctions.
  The purpose and ideals of the United Nations are to maintain 
international peace and security and to engage in collective action to 
preserve both.
  It also is to promote friendly relations among nations founded upon 
the principles of human rights and self-determination.
  Finally, it is to achieve multilateral cooperation on the critical 
global crises of our age.
  I support these goals and ideals, but these purposes are being 
undermined and threatened by corruption and mismanagement within the 
U.N. today. That is why I am here today in support of this overall 
legislation and offering this particular amendment.
  One of the most blatant examples of fraud, corruption, and abuse in 
the United Nations is that of the United Nations employees enriching 
themselves through personal deals with rogue governments.
  In 1991, the United Nations placed sanctions on Iraq for Saddam 
Hussein's persistent noncompliance with the provisions of the cease-
fire that ended the first Gulf War.
  In an effort to mitigate the sanctions impact on the Iraqi 
population, the Oil-for-Food program was created in 1996 to allow the 
Iraqis to sell oil in order to pay for humanitarian goods. Under the 
auspices of the United Nations, the oil was to be sold with the 
proceeds to be deposited with the Banque National de Paris. 
Humanitarian goods were then to be supplied to Iraq using those funds.
  However, Saddam Hussein was allowed to choose his own business 
partners for this program, those buyers for Iraq's oil, as well as the 
suppliers of humanitarian goods.
  For each 180-day phase of the program, Iraq developed a list of 
allocations identifying companies and individuals to whom it would be 
willing to sell oil. Saddam personally reviewed who would receive the 
oil.
  Mr. Hussein would then complete oil contracts based on the 
allocations list. As this process evolved, Saddam began to give special 
allocations for the benefit of particular individuals or entities that 
were perceived to support his brutal regime.
  It is abominable for U.S. taxpayers' funds to be used to pay U.N. 
employees who take advantage of international sanctions and make deals 
to receive kickbacks.
  That is exactly what happened with the U.N. Oil-for-Food program.
  While visiting Iraq in the course of his official duties, director of 
the Oil-for-Food program, Mr. Benon Sevan, requested special 
allocations from the Iraq oil ministry for African Middle

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East Petroleum Company to help a friend. That friend turned out to be 
former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros Gali's nephew.
  It was later found by the Independent Inquiry Committee into the U.N. 
Oil-for-Food program that what Mr. Sevan sought was more than just for 
his friend.
  Mr. Sevan was in a position of influence and could lift restrictions 
on various parts of the Oil-for-Food program.
  So the Saddam Hussein regime granted the oil allocations to AMEP and 
Mr. Sevan. AMEP purchased the oil from Iraq, but then sold it to oil 
companies for as much as $750,000 per transaction more than what they 
paid for it, all while giving the proceeds to Mr. Sevan for making the 
deal. Additional oil allocations granted through the years of the 
program as restrictions were lifted on aspects of the Oil-for-Food 
program.
  When the program came under scrutiny, Mr. Sevan blocked the proposed 
audit of his office.
  Because of these personal deals, Saddam was able to skirt around the 
restrictions of sanctions, siphoning off as much as $10 billion in the 
form of illicit revenue while the Iraqi people starved.
  Saddam Hussein used much of this money to purchase weapons, many of 
which are being used to kill Americans and Iraqis today as the Allied 
forces continue to fight terrorism in that country.
  Actions such as Mr. Sevan's personal dealings with the sanctioned 
Iraqi Government undermine the United Nations' purposes.
  I ask that my colleagues support this amendment that makes clear to 
the United Nations that the United States will not tolerate U.N. 
employees making deals with rogue governments subject to U.N. 
sanctions.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I am delighted to yield as much time as she 
may consume to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), my friend 
and colleague.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the ranking member for yielding the 
time, and I want to express my enormous respect for the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Hyde), my dear friend, with whom I agree on some things 
but not on this issue, although the majority of the bill I know is 
consistent with the gentleman from California's (Mr. Lantos) and my 
view, although I do rise in strong support of the Lantos substitute and 
in opposition to the underlying bill, but it is with great respect; and 
I appreciate the opportunity to work with my colleague on this and many 
other issues.
  It is no secret that the United Nations is going through a period of 
intense soul-searching, precipitated by increasing evidence that it has 
become an ineffective and unwieldy institution that long ago lost sight 
of its reason for being.
  When the world changes, its institutions must change with it or 
become irrelevant, and so the U.N. has embarked on a mission to adapt 
to the changing times. As the Nation most involved in the founding of 
the U.N., the United States has an obligation to play a key role in 
this reform process.
  Reform cannot, frankly, come quickly enough. The U.N. suffers today 
from a credibility gap around the world and for good reason. The 
Volcker Commission has exposed some uncomfortable truths about the Oil-
for-Food program. The U.N. has dragged its feet in addressing some of 
our world's worst crises, such as the Darfur genocide, and has been 
impotent on human rights issues; and the record of the U.N. and many of 
its member states with respect to Israel has, frankly, been abominable.
  In many ways, the U.N. is broken; but we must remember that it 
remains and must remain a central actor in global affairs. The 
organization has provided critical resources to nations coping with 
great poverty and social dislocation.
  The U.N. Population Fund has reduced the number of unintended 
pregnancies around the world through basic family planning services.
  UNICEF is the premier organization combating childhood disease in 
poor countries.
  Agencies like the United Nations Development Program have raised 
living standards by improving governance, health, and education.
  For millions around the world, the U.N. is not some distance 
bureaucracy. It is a hot meal for a hungry family. It is a doctor for a 
pregnant mother. It is protection for a first-time voter, and it is 
peace for a war-ravaged village. Indeed, even when the U.N. efforts 
fall short, and they often do, progress toward international 
cooperation is made, and recognition of common interests and values is 
encouraged.
  As many have said, the U.N. is the kind of organization we would have 
to invent if it did not already exist. A strong U.N. is good for the 
United States and good for the world.
  So enacting the Hyde bill, which is more about punishment than 
reform, simply does not serve, in my judgment, the best interests of 
this country.
  In requiring a mandatory 50 percent cut in the United States dues to 
the U.N., unless 32 of 39 specific reforms are achieved, the Hyde bill 
provides no flexibility whatever to the State Department to negotiate 
with other U.N. member states. Rather than providing Secretary Rice a 
tool to encourage ongoing U.N. reform negotiations, it ties her hands.
  The Lantos substitute would call for most of the same reforms as the 
Hyde bill, while providing the Secretary of State with room to maneuver 
to get real reforms passed.

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  It is a common-sense way to achieve the changes we all agree are 
needed with the right balance of diplomacy and muscle. And while I 
support the goals of the chairman, I cannot endorse his means, and I 
urge my colleagues to support the Lantos substitute and defeat the 
underlying bill.
  Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time to 
wrap up my comments by saying that we all know what corruption looks 
like, smells like, and acts like. We are seeing corruption at many 
different levels in the U.N., and I would request that all Members 
support this amendment, which would limit the unauthorized contact 
between the United Nation employees and the nations which have been 
sanctioned.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The question is on the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12 
printed in Part 2 of House Report 109-132.


            Part 2, Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Stearns

  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Part 2, amendment No. 12 offered by Mr. Stearns:
       In section 601(b)(1) (relating to the withholding of United 
     States contributions to the regular assessed budget of the 
     United Nations), strike ``50 percent'' and insert ``75 
     percent''.
       In section 601(b)(3), strike ``11 percent'' and insert 
     ``5.5 percent''.
       In section 601(b)(4)(B), strike ``50 percent'' and insert 
     ``75 percent''.
       In section 601(d)(2), strike ``50 percent'' and insert ``75 
     percent''.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the House Resolution 319, the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns) and a Member opposed each will 
control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns).
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I have a chart here which the gentleman from Illinois 
(Mr. Hyde) prepared, and I think you can see all the scandals at the 
United Nations. This has been shown several times. I think it is a good 
reminder to all of us that the U.N. is obviously in need of serious 
reform. I commend Chairman Hyde and his reform bill for doing just 
that. I think it ensures the reforms that we need.
  My amendment is very simple. The main part of the Hyde bill is to 
withhold U.S. contributions to the regular assessed budget of the U.N. 
unless they make real and substantial reforms in the way they operate. 
So his underlying legislation calls for a 50 percent

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withholding, and my amendment simply increases that to 75 percent. I 
think you can think over it in terms of a glass half full, half empty, 
his 50 percent. My amendment would make it 75 percent empty, which I 
think for most people is a real clear sign we should do something. So 
it is not just adding more teeth, it is also one of symbolism.
  I think just to review, we all know the U.N. is not as effective as 
it could be, not to mention all these scandals. The number one scandal 
is the Oil-for-Food program that we are still investigating, and we 
still have not got to the bottom of this scandal.
  I think the American people, understandably, have sort of lost faith 
in the United Nations. It does not seem to be fulfilling its founding 
mission, as long as it continues to coddle dictators and appease 
terrorists. There is an ever-growing list of grievances against the 
United Nations, and suggested reform is desperately needed. If not, we 
will continue to pour hundreds of millions of American taxpayers' 
dollars down into what I call a bottomless pit. So leveraging our dues 
this way is the only way we can ensure the U.N. makes the necessary 
change.
  Now, the question would be what is the difference, as I mentioned, 
between 50 and 75 percent? I think in real dollars and real impact, 
this will be more important, to move it to 75 percent. For many of us 
who feel strongly about this, it gives a little more weight to it.
  I would also say, Mr. Chairman, that I had a dream last night, and 
this dream was of the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), the 
distinguished chairman of the Committee on the international Relations. 
In this dream he was puzzling how much to withhold from the U.N. until 
they enact the necessary reform--so in his great wisdom. As he sat in 
his chair in my dream, he set in a magnificent chair, and there were 
clouds and harps all around him, and he was deliberating very carefully 
whether to do 50 percent or 75 percent. He finally decided, after much 
deliberation, to do 50 percent. But I could tell in this dream that in 
his heart of hearts he wanted to have 75 percent.
  So, Mr. Chairman, the dream I had of you convinced me that I should 
come down to the House floor today and offer 75 percent as a humble way 
to extend your feelings that were in my dream.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. STEARNS. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I want to commend my good friend from 
Florida for an improved version of the underlying Hyde bill.
  I refer to the Hyde bill as a guillotine on autopilot, and I think it 
is in the true American spirit that the gentleman now has a more 
effective, faster-working, more suicidal guillotine which he is 
offering to this body.
  I do not think this proposal deserves really any serious comment. If, 
in fact, 38\1/2\ of the 39 Hyde commandments are fulfilled, we should 
not automatically chop off 75 percent of our dues to the United 
Nations.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I wish to reclaim my time, because the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) is very eloquent, and I would 
like to continue to have a little less say on my amendment. If he is 
accepting my amendment, I would sure appreciate his support.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, and I yield 
myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, it is with painful reluctance that I object to my dear 
friend's dreams and his emanating bill. He is on the right track, God 
knows, but it is overkill. I think 50 percent bites just enough; 75 
percent might kill the patient. And so with reluctance and admiration, 
and a hope that he gets a good night's sleep tonight, undisturbed by 
dreams, I must object to the amendment.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HYDE. With pleasure, I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LANTOS. I thank the chairman for yielding to me.
  Mr. Chairman, this is yet another occasion that Chairman Hyde and I 
stand shoulder to shoulder on attempting to reform the United Nations. 
I strongly concur with the chairman, this is overkill. It is over-
overkill.
  Using the gentleman's logic, it is difficult to see why he is not 
proposing a 95 percent automatic dues cut-off. But maybe upon 
reflection he might propose that on a future occasion.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time, and 
I would say to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) that tonight 
I will try to get more sleep, because I have spent so much more time 
dreaming, and perhaps tonight he will be in my dreams. And I will be 
dreaming that he wished that we would have had the amendment at 95 
percent instead of the 50 percent.
  My colleagues, when you come down to the House floor to vote on the 
amendment, I want you to vote ``yes'' for the Stearns amendment because 
in your heart of hearts, in fact in the heart of hearts of Chairman 
Hyde in my dream, he wanted 75 percent.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Stearns) will be postponed.
  It is now in order to consider amendment No. 13 printed in Part 2 of 
House Report 109-132.


 Part 2, Amendment No. 13 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Mr. 
                                 Lantos

  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
  The text of the amendment in the nature of a substitute is as 
follows:

       Part 2, amendment No. 13 in the nature of a substitute 
     offered by Mr. Lantos:
       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``United 
     Nations Reform and Institutional Strengthening Act of 2005''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Statement of Congress.

           TITLE I--MISSION AND BUDGET OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Sec. 101. United States financial contributions to the United Nations.
Sec. 102. Weighted voting.
Sec. 103. Certification requirements.
Sec. 104. Accountability.
Sec. 105. Terrorism and the United Nations.
Sec. 106. Equality at the United Nations.
Sec. 107. Reforms at the specialized agencies.
Sec. 108. Report on United Nations reform.
Sec. 109. Report on United Nations personnel.
Sec. 110. Anti-Semitism and the United Nations.
Sec. 111. United Nations cooperation relating to oil-for-food 
              investigation.

       TITLE II--HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Sec. 201. Human Rights.
Sec. 202. Economic and Social Council (ecosoc).
Sec. 203. International responsibility to protect.

             TITLE III--INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

Sec. 301. International atomic energy agency.
Sec. 302. Sense of Congress regarding the Nuclear Security Action Plan 
              of the IAEA.

                         TITLE IV--PEACEKEEPING

Sec. 401. Sense of Congress regarding reform of United Nations 
              Peacekeeping Operations.
Sec. 402. Statement of policy relating to reform of United Nations 
              Peacekeeping Operations.
Sec. 403. Certification.
Sec. 404. United States Contributions to United Nations Peacekeeping 
              Operations.
Sec. 405. Genocide and the United Nations.
Sec. 406. Rule of construction relating to protection of United States 
              officials and members of the Armed Forces.

   TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

Sec. 501. Positions for United States citizens at international 
              organizations.

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Sec. 502. Budget justification for regular assessed budget of the 
              United Nations.
Sec. 503. Review and report.
Sec. 504. Government accountability office.

       TITLE VI--CERTIFICATIONS AND WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS

Sec. 601. Certifications and withholding of Contributions.
Sec. 602. Diplomatic Campaign to Achieve Reform.

 TITLE VII--UNITED NATIONS RENEWAL AND TOOLS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UNITED 
                             NATIONS REFORM

Sec. 701. Synchronization of U.S. assessed Contributions to 
              International Organizations.
Sec. 702. Increased funding for United States assessed contribution to 
              the United Nations to support reform efforts.
Sec. 703. Buyout of United Nations personnel.
Sec. 704. United Nations democracy fund.
Sec. 705. United States personnel to international organizations.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on International Relations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
       (2) Economic and social council.--The term ``Economic and 
     Social Council'' means the Economic and Social Council of the 
     United Nations.
       (3) Employee.--The term ``employee'' means an individual 
     who is employed in the general services, professional staff, 
     or senior management of the United Nations.
       (4) General assembly.--The term ``General Assembly'' means 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       (5) Member state.--The term ``Member State'' means a Member 
     State of the United Nations.
       (6) Office of internal oversight services.--The terms 
     ``Office of Internal Oversight Services'' and ``OIOS'' mean 
     the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United 
     Nations.
       (7) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of State.
       (8) Secretary general.--The term ``Secretary General'' 
     means the Secretary General of the United Nations.
       (9) Security council.--The term ``Security Council'' means 
     the Security Council of the United Nations.
       (10) Specialized agency.--The term ``specialized agency'' 
     means any of the following agencies of the United Nations:
       (A) The Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO.
       (B) The International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA.
       (C) The International Civil Aviation Organization, or ICAO.
       (D) The International Fund for Agricultural Development, or 
     IFAD.
       (E) The International Labor Organization, or ILO.
       (F) The International Maritime Organization, or IMO.
       (G) The International Telecommunication Union, or ITU.
       (H) The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and 
     Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.
       (I) The United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 
     or UNIDO.
       (J) The Universal Postal Union, or UPU.
       (K) The World Health Organization, or WHO.
       (L) The World Meteorological Organization, or WMO.
       (M) The World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO.

     SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.

       Congress declares that, in light of recent history, it is 
     incumbent upon the United Nations to enact significant reform 
     measures if it is to restore the public trust and confidence 
     necessary for it to achieve the laudable goals set forth in 
     its Charter.

           TITLE I--MISSION AND BUDGET OF THE UNITED NATIONS

     SEC. 101. UNITED STATES FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED 
                   NATIONS.

       (a) Authorization With Respect to the Regular Assessed 
     Budget of the United Nations.--The Secretary is authorized to 
     make contributions toward the amount assessed to the United 
     States by the United Nations for the purpose of funding the 
     regular assessed budget of the United Nations.
       (b) United States Financial Contributions to the United 
     Nations.--Section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act 
     of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287e-3) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 11. UNITED STATES FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
                   UNITED NATIONS.

       ``(a) Policy of the United States Relating to the Regular 
     Assessed Budget of the United Nations.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
     the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
     United Nations--
       ``(A) to pursue a streamlined, efficient, and accountable 
     regular assessed budget of the United Nations;
       ``(B) to make efforts to shift funding mechanisms of some 
     of the organizational programs of the United Nations from the 
     regular assessed budget to voluntarily funded programs; and
       ``(C) to shift funding from entities whose efforts are 
     found duplicative or unbalanced under section 106(b) of the 
     United Nations Reform and Institutional Strengthening Act of 
     2005 to programs under subsection (b) of this section or 
     other related programs.
       ``(2) Future biennium budgets.--The President shall direct 
     the United States Permanent Representative to the United 
     Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 
     States at the United Nations to seek to shift funding 
     mechanisms of operational programs of the United Nations and 
     to reduce the funding for programs specified in subsection 
     (c) in future resolutions agreed to by the General Assembly 
     for the regular assessed budget of the United Nations.
       ``(b) Eligible Organizational Programs.--To the extent that 
     any organizational programs are shifted from the regular 
     assessed budget to voluntarily funded programs, the Secretary 
     shall seek to use funds created by any reduction in the 
     amount of the United States assessed contribution to the 
     United Nations to make voluntary contributions to programs at 
     the United Nations which--
       ``(1) conduct internal oversight;
       ``(2) promote human rights;
       ``(3) provide humanitarian assistance; and
       ``(4) are organizational programs which have been shifted 
     from assessed to voluntary contributions.
       ``(c) Public Information and General Assembly Affairs and 
     Conference Services.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
     the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
     United Nations to reduce by 20 percent the amount budgeted by 
     resolution of the General Assembly for the 2008-2009 biennium 
     compared to the amount budgeted by resolution of General 
     Assembly for the 2004-2005 biennial period for the following 
     organizational programs:
       ``(1) Public Information.
       ``(2) General Assembly affairs and conference services.''

     SEC. 102. WEIGHTED VOTING.

       It shall be the policy of the United States to actively 
     pursue weighted voting in the United Nations with respect to 
     all budgetary and financial matters in the Administrative and 
     Budgetary Committee and in the General Assembly in accordance 
     with the level of the financial contribution of a Member 
     State to the regular assessed budget of the United Nations.

     SEC. 103. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Certification.--In accordance with section 601, a 
     certification shall be required that certifies that the 
     conditions described in subsection (b) have been satisfied.
       (b) Conditions.--The conditions under this subsection are 
     the following:
       (1) New budget practices for the united nations.--The 
     United Nations is implementing budget practices that--
       (A) require the maintenance of a budget not in excess of 
     the level agreed to by the General Assembly at the beginning 
     of each United Nations budgetary biennium, unless increases 
     are agreed to by consensus and do not exceed ten percent, or 
     unless the Secretary of State certifies that any increase 
     that would be inconsistent with this paragraph is important 
     to the national interest of the United States; and
       (B) require the identification of expenditures by the 
     United Nations by functional categories such as personnel, 
     travel, and equipment.
       (2) Program evaluation.--
       (A) Evaluation of programs.--The Secretary General has used 
     the existing authorities to take measures to ensure that 
     program managers within the United Nations Secretariat 
     conduct evaluations of such programs in accordance with the 
     standardized methodology referred to in subparagraph (B) of 
     United Nations programs approved by the General Assembly.
       (B) Development of evaluation criteria.--The Office of 
     Internal Oversight Services has developed a standardized 
     methodology for the evaluation of United Nations programs 
     approved by the General Assembly, including specific criteria 
     for determining the continuing relevance and effectiveness of 
     the programs.
       (C) Report.--The Secretary General is assessing budget 
     requests and, on the basis of the evaluations of programs 
     conducted pursuant to subparagraph (A) for the relevant 
     preceding year, reports to the General Assembly on the 
     continuing relevance and effectiveness of such programs and 
     identifies those that need reform or should be terminated.
       (D) Sunset of programs.--Consistent with the July 16, 1997, 
     recommendations of the Secretary General regarding a sunset 
     policy and results-based budgeting for United Nations 
     programs, the United Nations has established and is 
     implementing procedures to require all new programs approved 
     by the General Assembly to have a specific sunset date or a 
     date by which such programs should be evaluated for 
     continuing relevance and effectiveness.

     SEC. 104. ACCOUNTABILITY.

       (a) Certification of Creation of Independent Oversight 
     Board.--In accordance with section 601, a certification shall 
     be required that certifies that the following reforms related 
     to the establishment of an Independent Oversight Board (IOB) 
     have been adopted by the United Nations:

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       (1) An IOB or an equivalent entity is established. Except 
     as provided in paragraph (2), the IOB shall be an independent 
     entity within the United Nations and shall not be subject to 
     budget authority or organizational authority of any entity 
     within the United Nations.
       (2) The head of the IOB shall be a Director. The IOB shall 
     also consist of four other board members who shall be 
     nominated by the Secretary General and subject to Security 
     Council approval by a majority vote. The IOB shall be 
     responsible to the Security Council. The Director and board 
     members shall each serve terms of six years, except that the 
     terms of the initial board shall be staggered so that the 
     terms of not more than two board members will expire in any 
     one year. No board member may serve more than two terms. An 
     IOB board member may be removed for cause by a majority vote 
     of the Security Council. The Director shall appoint a 
     professional staff headed by a Chief of Staff and may employ 
     contract staff as needed.
       (3) The IOB shall receive operational and budgetary funding 
     through appropriations by the General Assembly and shall not 
     be dependent upon any other bureau, division, or department 
     of the United Nations for such funding.
       (4) The IOB shall have the authority to evaluate all 
     operations of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and 
     the Board of External Auditors of the United Nations. Every 
     three months or more frequently when appropriate, the IOB 
     shall submit, as appropriate, to the Secretary General, the 
     Security Council, the General Assembly, or the Economic and 
     Social Council a report on its activities, relevant 
     observations, and recommendations relating to its audit 
     operations, including information relating to the inventory 
     and status of investigation by the Office of Internal 
     Oversight Services. The IOB may direct the Office of Internal 
     Oversight Services or the Board of External Auditors to 
     initiate an investigation.
       (5) In extraordinary circumstances, and with the 
     concurrence of the Secretary General and Security Council by 
     majority vote, the IOB may augment the Office of Internal 
     Oversight Services with a special investigator and staff 
     consisting of individuals who are not employees of the United 
     Nations, to investigate matters involving senior officials of 
     the United Nations when allegations of serious misconduct 
     have been made and such a special investigation is necessary 
     to maintain public confidence in the integrity of the 
     investigation. A special investigation staff shall comply 
     with all United Nations financial disclosure and conflict of 
     interest rules, including the filing of an individual annual 
     financial disclosure form in accordance with subsection (c).
       (6) The IOB shall recommend annual budgets for the Office 
     of Internal Oversight Services and the Board of External 
     Auditors.
       (b) Certification of United Nations Reforms of the Office 
     of Internal Oversight Services.--In accordance with section 
     601, a certification shall be required that certifies that 
     the following reforms related to the Office of Internal 
     Oversight Services (OIOS) have been adopted by the United 
     Nations:
       (1) The OIOS is designated as an independent entity within 
     the United Nations. The OIOS shall not be subject to budget 
     authority or organizational authority of any entity within 
     the United Nations.
       (2) The head of the OIOS shall be a Director.
       (3) The OIOS shall receive operational and budgetary 
     funding through appropriations by the General Assembly and 
     shall not be dependent upon any other bureau, division, 
     department, or specialized agency for such funding.
       (4) All United Nations officials, including officials from 
     any bureau, division, or department of the United Nations, 
     may--
       (A) make a recommendation to the OIOS to initiate an 
     investigation of any aspect of the United Nations; or
       (B) report to the OIOS information or allegations of 
     misconduct or inefficiencies within the United Nations.
       (5) The OIOS may, sua sponte, initiate and conduct an 
     investigation of any bureau, division, department, or 
     employee (including the Secretary General) of the United 
     Nations or contractor or consultant for the United Nations.
       (6) At least every three months and more frequently when 
     appropriate, the OIOS or another responsible office shall 
     submit to the IOB a report containing an inventory and status 
     of its investigations.
       (7) The OIOS shall establish or approve procedures for 
     providing ``whistle-blower'' status and employment 
     protections for all employees of the United Nations, who 
     provide informational leads and testimony related to 
     allegations of wrongdoing. Such procedures shall be adopted 
     throughout the United Nations. Such status and protection may 
     not be conferred on the Secretary General.
       (8) The OIOS shall annually publish a public report 
     determining the proper number, distribution, and expertise of 
     auditors within the OIOS necessary to carry out present and 
     future duties of the OIOS, including assessing the staffing 
     requirements needed to audit United Nations contracting 
     activities throughout the contract cycle from the bid process 
     to contract performance.
       (9) The Director of OIOS shall establish a position of 
     Associate Director of OIOS for Specialized Agencies and Funds 
     and Programs, who shall be responsible for supervising the 
     OIOS liaison and oversight duties for each specialized agency 
     and funds and programs of the United Nations. With the 
     concurrence of the Director and the relevant specialized 
     agency, the Associate Director may hire and appoint necessary 
     OIOS staff, including staff serving within and located at a 
     specialized agency and funds and programs permanently or as 
     needed to liaison with existing audit functions with each 
     specialized agency and funds and programs.
       (10) Not later than six months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a 
     position of Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping 
     Operations or an equivalent position, who shall be 
     responsible for the oversight and auditing of the field 
     offices attached to United Nations peacekeeping operations. 
     The Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations 
     shall--
       (A) receive informational leads and testimony from any 
     person regarding allegations of wrongdoing by United Nations 
     officials or peacekeeping troops or regarding inefficiencies 
     associated with United Nations peacekeeping operations; and
       (B) shall be responsible for initiating, conducting, and 
     overseeing investigations within peacekeeping operations.
       (11)(A) Not later than six months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a 
     position of Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and 
     Contract Integrity or an equivalent position, who shall be 
     responsible for auditing and inspecting procurement and 
     contracting within the United Nations. The Associate Director 
     of OIOS for Procurement and Contract Integrity shall--
       (i) receive informational leads and testimony from any 
     person regarding allegations of wrongdoing by United Nations 
     officials or regarding inefficiencies associated with United 
     Nations procurement or contracting activities; and
       (ii) be responsible for initiating, conducting, and 
     overseeing investigations of procurement and contract 
     activities.
       (B) Not later than 12 months after the establishment of the 
     position of Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and 
     Contract Integrity, the Director, with the assistance of the 
     Associate Director of OIOS for Procurement and Contract 
     Integrity, shall undertake a review of contract procedures to 
     ensure that practices and policies are in place to ensure 
     that--
       (i) the United Nations has ceased issuing single bid 
     contracts, except during an emergency situation that is 
     justified by the Under Secretary General for Management;
       (ii) the United Nations has established effective controls 
     to prevent conflicts of interest in the award of contracts; 
     and
       (iii) the United Nations has established effective 
     procedures and policies to ensure effective and comprehensive 
     oversight and monitoring of United Nations contract 
     performance.
       (c) Certification of Establishment of United Nations Office 
     of Ethics.--In accordance with section 601, a certification 
     shall be required that certifies that the following reforms 
     related to the establishment of a United Nations Office of 
     Ethics or an equivalent entity (UNOE) have been established 
     by the United Nations:
       (1) A UNOE is established. The UNOE shall be an independent 
     entity within the United Nations and shall not be subject to 
     budget authority or organizational authority of any entity 
     within the United Nations. The UNEO shall be responsible for 
     establishing, managing, and enforcing a code of ethics for 
     all employees of the United Nations. The UNEO shall be 
     responsible for providing such employees with annual training 
     related to such code. The head of the UNEO shall be a 
     Director.
       (2) The UNEO shall receive operational and budgetary 
     funding through appropriations by the General Assembly and 
     shall not be dependent upon any other bureau, division, 
     department, or specialized agency of the United Nations for 
     such funding.
       (3) The Director of the UNEO shall, not later than six 
     months after the date of its establishment, publish a report 
     containing proposals for implementing a system for the filing 
     and review of individual annual financial disclosure forms by 
     each employee of the United Nations at the P-5 level and 
     above and by all consultants for the United Nations 
     compensated at any salary level. Such forms shall be made 
     available at the request of the Director of the Office of 
     Internal Oversight Services. Such system shall seek to 
     identify and prevent conflicts of interest by United Nations 
     employees and shall be comparable to the system used for such 
     purposes by the United States Government. Such report shall 
     also address broader reforms of the ethics program for the 
     United Nations, including--
       (A) the effect of the establishment of ethics officers 
     throughout all organizations within the United Nations;
       (B) the effect of retention by the UNEO of annual financial 
     disclosure forms;
       (C) proposals for making completed annual financial 
     disclosure forms of each employee and consultant available to 
     the public, on request, through the mission to the United 
     Nations of the Member State of which the employee or 
     consultant is a national;
       (D) proposals for annual disclosure to the public of 
     information related to the annual salaries and payments, 
     including pension payments and buyouts, of employees of and 
     consultants for the United Nations;

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       (E) proposals for annual disclosure to the public of 
     information related to per diem rates for all bureaus, 
     divisions, departments, or specialized agencies within the 
     United Nations;
       (F) proposals for disclosure upon request by the Ambassador 
     of a Member State of information related to travel and per 
     diem payments made from United Nations funds to any person; 
     and
       (G) proposals for annual disclosure to the public of 
     information related to travel and per diem payments made from 
     United Nations funds to any person.
       (d) Certification of United Nations Establishment of 
     Position of Chief Operating Officer.--In accordance with 
     section 601, a certification shall be required that certifies 
     that the following reforms related to the establishment of 
     the position of a Chief Operating Officer or an equivalent 
     position have been adopted by the United Nations:
       (1) There is established the position of Chief Operating 
     Officer (COO). The COO shall report to the Secretary General.
       (2) The COO shall be responsible for formulating general 
     policies and programs for the United Nations in coordination 
     with the Secretary General and in consultation with the 
     Security Council and the General Assembly. The COO shall be 
     responsible for the daily administration, operation and 
     supervision, and the direction and control of the business of 
     the United Nations. The COO shall also perform such other 
     duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to 
     time may be assigned to the COO by the Secretary General.

     SEC. 105. TERRORISM AND THE UNITED NATIONS.

       The President shall direct the United States Permanent 
     Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, 
     and influence of the United States at the United Nations to 
     work toward adoption by the General Assembly of--
       (1) a definition of terrorism that builds upon the 
     recommendations of the Secretary General's High-Level Panel 
     on Threats, Challenges, and Change, and includes as an 
     essential component of such definition any action that is 
     intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians 
     with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a 
     government or an international organization to do, or abstain 
     from doing, any act; and
       (2) a comprehensive convention on terrorism that includes 
     the definition described in paragraph (1).

     SEC. 106. EQUALITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS.

       (a) Inclusion of Israel in WEOG.--
       (1) In general.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
     the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to expand 
     the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) in the United 
     Nations to include Israel as a permanent member with full 
     rights and privileges.
       (2) Notification to congress.--Not later than six months 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act and every six 
     months thereafter for the succeeding 2-year period, the 
     Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees concerning the treatment of Israel in the United 
     Nations and the expansion of WEOG to include Israel as a 
     permanent member.
       (b) Department of State Review and Report.--
       (1) In general.--To avoid duplicative efforts and funding 
     with respect to Palestinian interests and to ensure balance 
     in the approach to Israeli-Palestinian issues, the Secretary 
     shall conduct an audit of the functions of the entities 
     listed in paragraph (2) and submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees, not later than 60 days after 
     enactment of this Act, a report containing recommendations 
     for the elimination of such entities.
       (2) Entities.--The entities referred to in paragraph (1) 
     are the following:
       (A) The United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights.
       (B) The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights 
     of the Palestinian People.
       (C) The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle 
     East Peace Process and Personal Representative to the 
     Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian 
     Authority.
       (D) The NGO Network on the Question of Palestine.
       (E) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for 
     Palestinian Refugees in the Near East.
       (F) The Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices 
     Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and 
     Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories.
       (G) Such other entities as the Secretary determines to 
     constitute duplicative efforts and funding or fail to ensure 
     balance in the approach to Israeli-Palestinian issues.
       (c) Implementation by Permanent Representative.--
       (1) In general.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
     the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
     United Nations to seek the implementation of the 
     recommendations contained in the report required under 
     subsection (b)(1).
       (2) Withholding of funds.--Until such recommendations have 
     been implemented, the Secretary of State is authorized to 
     withhold from United States contributions to the regular 
     assessed budget of the United Nations for a biennial period 
     amounts that are proportional to the percentage of such 
     budget that are expended for such entities.
       (d) GAO Audit.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct an audit of--
       (1) the status of the implementation of the recommendations 
     contained in the report required under subsection (b)(1); and
       (2) United States action and achievements under subsection 
     (c).

     SEC. 107. REFORMS AT THE SPECIALIZED AGENCIES.

       (a) Budget Reform.--The Secretary of State shall direct the 
     United States representative to each specialized agency to 
     use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
     ensure that each specialized agency--
       (1) has developed a standardized methodology for the 
     evaluation of the programs of the agency, including specific 
     criteria for determining the continuing relevance and 
     effectiveness of the programs, patterned on the work of the 
     Office of Internal Oversight Services of the United Nations 
     under section 103;
       (2) provides the results of such evaluations to the 
     governing body of such agency; and
       (3) has established and is implementing procedures to 
     require all new programs of such agency have a specific 
     sunset date.
       (b) Accountability.--The Secretary of State shall direct 
     the United States representative to each specialized agency 
     to use the voice, vote and influence of the United States to 
     ensure that each specialized agency--
       (1) has a strengthened internal inspection capability or 
     has agreed to allow the Office on Internal Oversight Services 
     of the United Nations to conduct an investigation or audit of 
     any program in such agency, including any employee or 
     contractor of, or consultant for, such agency; and
       (2) has adopted whistleblower protections patterned on the 
     protections developed by OIOS under section 104 of this Act.
       (c) Ethics.--The Secretary shall direct the United States 
     representative to each specialized agency to use the voice, 
     vote and influence of the United States to ensure that each 
     specialized agency--
       (1) is using a system for the filing and review of 
     individual annual financial disclosure forms developed by the 
     United Nations Ethics Office established by section 104 of 
     this Act or a system patterned after such system; and
       (2) has established its own ethics office or is using the 
     services of the United Nations Ethics Office to review and 
     otherwise implement the ethics system described in paragraph 
     (1).
       (d) Authority.--If the Secretary is unable to certify that 
     one or more of the policies described in this section has 
     been implemented for any specialized agency, the Secretary is 
     authorized to withhold up to 50 percent of the United States 
     contribution to the regular assessed budget of such 
     specialized agency, beginning with funds appropriated for 
     such contribution for fiscal year 2008.

     SEC. 108. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on United 
     Nations reform since 1990.
       (b) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall describe--
       (1) the status of the implementation of management reforms 
     within the United Nations and its specialized agencies;
       (2) the number of outputs, reports, or other items 
     generated by General Assembly resolutions that have been 
     eliminated;
       (3) the progress of the General Assembly to modernize and 
     streamline the committee structure and its specific 
     recommendations on oversight and committee outputs, 
     consistent with the March 2005 report of the Secretary 
     General entitled ``In larger freedom: towards development, 
     security and human rights for all'';
       (4) the status of the review by the General Assembly of all 
     mandates older than five years and how resources have been 
     redirected to new challenges, consistent with the March 2005 
     report of the Secretary General referred to in paragraph (3); 
     and
       (5) the continued utility and relevance of the Economic and 
     Financial Committee and the Social, Humanitarian, and 
     Cultural Committee, in light of the duplicative agendas of 
     those committees and the Economic and Social Council.
       (c) Update.--Not later than one year after submitting the 
     report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report updating 
     the information included in the first report.

     SEC. 109. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report--
       (1) concerning the progress of the General Assembly to 
     modernize human resource practices, consistent with the March 
     2005 report of the Secretary General entitled ``In larger 
     freedom: towards development, security and human rights for 
     all''; and
       (2) containing the information described in subsection (b).
       (b) Contents.--The report shall include--
       (1) a comprehensive evaluation of human resources reforms 
     at the United Nations, including an evaluation of--
       (A) tenure;
       (B) performance reviews;
       (C) the promotion system;

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       (D) a merit-based hiring system and enhanced regulations 
     concerning termination of employment of employees; and
       (E) the implementation of a code of conduct and ethics 
     training;
       (2) the implementation of a system of procedures for filing 
     complaints and protective measures for work-place harassment, 
     including sexual harassment;
       (3) policy recommendations relating to the establishment of 
     a rotation requirement for nonadministrative positions;
       (4) policy recommendations relating to the establishment of 
     a prohibition preventing personnel and officials assigned to 
     the mission of a Member State to the United Nations from 
     transferring to a position within the United Nations 
     Secretariat that is compensated at the P-5 level or above;
       (5) policy recommendations relating to a reduction in 
     travel allowances and attendant oversight with respect to 
     accommodations and airline flights; and
       (6) an evaluation of the recommendations of the Secretary 
     General relating to greater flexibility for the Secretary 
     General in staffing decisions to accommodate changing 
     priorities.

     SEC. 110. ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UNITED NATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
     the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
     United Nations to make every effort to--
       (1) ensure the issuance and implementation of a directive 
     by the Secretary General or the Secretariat, as appropriate, 
     that--
       (A) requires all employees of the United Nations and its 
     specialized agencies to officially and publicly condemn anti-
     Semitic statements made at any session of the United Nations 
     or its specialized agencies, or at any other session 
     sponsored by the United Nations;
       (B) requires employees of the United Nations and its 
     specialized agencies to be subject to punitive action, 
     including immediate dismissal, for making anti-Semitic 
     statements or references;
       (C) proposes specific recommendations to the General 
     Assembly for the establishment of mechanisms to hold 
     accountable employees and officials of the United Nations and 
     its specialized agencies, or Member States, that make such 
     anti-Semitic statements or references in any forum of the 
     United Nations or of its specialized agencies; and
       (D) develops and implements education awareness programs 
     about the Holocaust and anti-Semitism throughout the world, 
     as part of an effort to combat intolerance and hatred;
       (2) work to secure the adoption of a resolution by the 
     General Assembly that establishes the mechanisms described in 
     paragraph (1)(C); and
       (3) continue working toward further reduction of anti-
     Semitic language and anti-Israel resolutions in the United 
     Nations and its specialized agencies.
       (b) Certification.--In accordance with section 601, a 
     certification shall be required that certifies that the 
     requirements described in subsection (a) have been satisfied.

     SEC. 111. UNITED NATIONS COOPERATION RELATING TO OIL-FOR-FOOD 
                   INVESTIGATION.

       The President shall direct the United States Permanent 
     Representative to the United Nations to make efforts to 
     ensure that the United Nations provides all appropriate and 
     necessary information to the relevant law enforcement 
     authority of a Member State relating to a prosecution 
     initiated by such authority regarding the oil-for-food 
     program of the United Nations and that the United Nations 
     waives immunity regarding any official charged with a serious 
     criminal offense under such prosecution.

       TITLE II--HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

     SEC. 201. HUMAN RIGHTS.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at the 
     United Nations to ensure that a credible and respectable 
     Human Rights Council or other human rights body is 
     established within the United Nations whose participating 
     Member States uphold the values embodied in the Universal 
     Declaration of Human Rights.
       (b) Human Rights Reforms at the United Nations.--The 
     President shall direct the United States Permanent 
     Representative to the United Nations to seek to ensure that 
     the following human rights reforms have been adopted by the 
     United Nations:
       (1) A Member State that fails to uphold the values embodied 
     in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights shall be 
     ineligible for membership on any United Nations human rights 
     body.
       (2) A Member State that is subject to sanctions by the 
     Security Council or under a Security Council-mandated 
     investigation for human rights abuses shall be ineligible for 
     membership on any United Nations human rights body.
       (3) A Member State that is subject to a country specific 
     resolution relating to human rights abuses perpetrated in 
     that country by the government of that country that has been 
     adopted, within the preceding 3-year period, by a United 
     Nations or regional organization that has competence 
     regarding such matters shall be ineligible for membership on 
     any United Nations human rights body. For purposes of this 
     paragraph, a country specific resolution shall not include 
     consensus resolutions on advisory services.
       (4) A Member State that violates the principles of a United 
     Nations human rights body to which it aspires to join shall 
     be ineligible for membership on such body.
       (5) No human rights body has a standing agenda item that 
     only relates to one country or one region.
       (c) Certification.--In accordance with section 601, a 
     certification shall be required that certifies that the human 
     rights reforms described under subsection (b) have been 
     adopted by the United Nations.
       (d) Prevention of Abuse of ``No Action'' Motions.--The 
     United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations 
     shall work to prevent abuse of ``no action'' motions, 
     particularly as such motions relate to country specific 
     resolutions.
       (e) Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for 
     Human Rights.--
       (1) Statement of policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States to continue to strongly support the Office of 
     the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
       (2) Certification.--In accordance with section 601, a 
     certification shall be required that certifies that the 
     Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human 
     Rights has been given greater authority in field operation 
     activities, such as in the Darfur region of Sudan and in the 
     Democratic Republic of the Congo, in furtherance of the 
     purpose and mission of the United Nations.

     SEC. 202. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC).

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States to use its voice, vote, and influence at the 
     United Nations to--
       (1) abolish secret voting in the Economic and Social 
     Council (ECOSOC);
       (2) ensure that, until such time as the Commission on Human 
     Rights of the United Nations is abolished, only countries 
     that are not ineligible for membership on a human rights body 
     in accordance with paragraph (1) through (4) of section 
     201(b) shall be considered for membership on the Commission 
     on Human Rights; and
       (3) ensure that after candidate countries are nominated for 
     membership on the Commission on Human Rights, the Economic 
     and Social Council conducts a recorded vote to determine such 
     membership.
       (b) Certification.--In accordance with section 601, a 
     certification shall be required that certifies that the 
     policies described in subsection (a) have been implemented.

     SEC. 203. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT.

       (a) Findings.--The situation in Darfur, Sudan, declared to 
     be genocide by the U.S. House of Representatives in 
     H.Con.Res. 467 (adopted on July 27, 2004), demonstrates the 
     need for an internationally agreed framework for effective 
     action to prevent genocide or other crimes against humanity 
     that threaten a large scale loss of life.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the United States and other members of the international 
     community should endorse the Secretary General's initiative 
     described in his report entitled ``In larger freedom: towards 
     development, security and human rights for all'' to require 
     that--
       (1) the government of every country has the responsibility 
     to protect its civilian population from genocide, ethnic 
     cleansing, or crimes against humanity; and
       (2) in the case of a government that is unwilling or unable 
     to do carry out its responsibility under paragraph (1) in the 
     face of such gross violations of internationally recognized 
     human rights, members of the international community must use 
     diplomatic, humanitarian, and other necessary means to help 
     protect civilian populations and save lives.

             TITLE III--INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

     SEC. 301. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY.

       (a) Enforcement and Compliance.--
       (1) Office of compliance.--
       (A) Establishment.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to International Atomic 
     Energy Agency (IAEA) to use the voice, vote, and influence of 
     the United States at the IAEA to establish an Office of 
     Compliance in the Secretariat of the IAEA under the direction 
     of the Deputy Director General for Safeguards.
       (B) Operation.--The Office of Compliance shall--
       (i) function as an independent body composed of technical 
     experts who shall work in consultation with IAEA inspectors 
     to assess compliance by IAEA Member States and provide 
     recommendations to the IAEA Board of Governors concerning 
     penalties to be imposed on IAEA Member States that fail to 
     fulfill their obligations under IAEA Board resolutions;
       (ii) base its assessments and recommendations on IAEA 
     inspection reports; and
       (iii) take into consideration information provided by IAEA 
     Board Members that are among the five nuclear weapons states 
     as recognized by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
     Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 483) (commonly referred to as the 
     ``Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty'' or the ``NPT'').
       (C) Staffing.--The Office of Compliance shall be staffed 
     from existing personnel in the Department of Safeguards of 
     the IAEA or the Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of 
     the IAEA.
       (D) Operation.--The Office of Compliance shall operate in 
     consultation with IAEA inspectors and enforcement actions 
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     based on inspection reports, IAEA Board of Governors 
     resolutions, Director General reports, and shall take into 
     consideration information provided by IAEA Board Members that 
     are among the five nuclear weapons states as recognized by 
     the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
       (2) Special committee on safeguards and verification.--
       (A) Establishment.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, 
     vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to 
     establish a Special Committee on Safeguards and Verification.
       (B) Responsibilities.--The Special Committee shall--
       (i) improve the ability of the IAEA to monitor and enforce 
     compliance by Member States of the IAEA with the Nuclear Non-
     Proliferation Treaty and the Statute of the International 
     Atomic Energy Agency; and
       (ii) consider which additional measures are necessary to 
     enhance the ability of the IAEA, beyond the verification 
     mechanisms and authorities contained in the Additional 
     Protocol to the Safeguards Agreements between the IAEA and 
     Member States of the IAEA, to detect with a high degree of 
     confidence undeclared nuclear activities by a Member State.
       (3) Penalties wit respect to the iaea.--
       (A) In general.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, 
     vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to 
     ensure that a Member State of the IAEA that is under 
     investigation for a breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA 
     obligations or the purposes and principles of the Charter of 
     the United Nations has its IAEA privileges suspended, 
     including--
       (i) limiting its ability to vote on its case;
       (ii) being prevented from receiving any technical 
     assistance; and
       (iii) being prevented from hosting meetings.
       (B) Termination of penalties.--The penalties specified 
     under subparagraph (A) shall be terminated when the 
     investigation is concluded and the Member State is no longer 
     in such breach or noncompliance.
       (4) Penalties with respect to the nuclear nonproliferation 
     treaty.--The President shall direct the United States 
     Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, 
     and influence of the United States at the IAEA to ensure that 
     a Member State of the IAEA that is found to be in breach of, 
     in noncompliance with, or has withdrawn from the Nuclear 
     Nonproliferation Treaty shall return to the IAEA all nuclear 
     materials and technology received from the IAEA, any Member 
     State of the IAEA, or any Member State of the Nuclear 
     Nonproliferation Treaty.
       (b) United States Contributions.--
       (1) Voluntary contributions.--Voluntary contributions of 
     the United States to the IAEA may only be used to fund 
     activities relating to Nuclear Safety and Security or 
     activities relating to Nuclear Verification.
       (2) Limitation on use of funds.--The President shall direct 
     the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use 
     the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
     IAEA to--
       (A) ensure that funds for safeguards inspections are used 
     giving first priority to address countries that are 
     initiating or developing nuclear activities; and
       (B) block the allocation of funds for any other IAEA 
     development, environmental, or nuclear science assistance or 
     activity to a country--
       (i) the government of which the Secretary of State has 
     determined--

       (I) for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control 
     Act, or other provision of law, is a government that has 
     repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
     terrorism; and
       (II) has not dismantled and surrendered its weapons of mass 
     destruction under international verification;

       (ii) that is under investigation for a breach of or 
     noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or the purposes and 
     principles of the Charter of the United Nations; or
       (iii) that is in violation of its IAEA obligations or the 
     purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
       (3) Detail of expenditures.--The President shall direct the 
     United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the 
     voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA 
     to secure, as part of the regular budget presentation of the 
     IAEA to Member States of the IAEA, a detailed breakdown by 
     country of expenditures of the IAEA for safeguards 
     inspections and nuclear security activities.
       (c) Membership.--
       (1) In general.--The President shall direct the United 
     States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, 
     vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA to block 
     the membership on the Board of Governors of the IAEA of a 
     Member State of the IAEA that has not signed and ratified the 
     IAEA Additional Protocol and--
       (A) is under investigation for a breach of, or 
     noncompliance with, its IAEA obligations or the purposes and 
     principles of the Charter of the United Nations; or
       (B) is in violation of its IAEA obligations or the purposes 
     and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.
       (2) Criteria.--The United States Permanent Representative 
     to the IAEA shall make every effort to modify the criteria 
     for Board membership to reflect the principles described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (d) Nuclear Program of Iran.--
       (1) United states action.--The President shall direct the 
     United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to use the 
     voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the IAEA 
     to make every effort to ensure the adoption of a resolution 
     by the IAEA Board of Governors that makes Iran ineligible to 
     receive any nuclear material, technology, equipment, or 
     assistance from any IAEA Member State and ineligible for any 
     IAEA assistance not related to safeguards inspections or 
     nuclear security until the IAEA Board of Governors determines 
     that Iran--
       (A) is providing full access to IAEA inspectors to its 
     nuclear-related facilities;
       (B) has fully implemented and is in compliance with the 
     Additional Protocol; and
       (C) has permanently ceased and dismantled all activities 
     and programs related to nuclear-enrichment and reprocessing.
       (2) Penalties.--If an IAEA Member State is determined to 
     have violated the prohibition on assistance to Iran described 
     in paragraph (1) before the IAEA Board of Governors 
     determines that Iran has satisfied the conditions described 
     in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of such paragraph, such 
     Member State shall be subject to the penalties described in 
     section 301(a)(3), shall be ineligible to receive nuclear 
     material, technology, equipment, or assistance from any IAEA 
     Member State, and shall be ineligible to receive any IAEA 
     assistance not related to safeguards inspections or nuclear 
     security until such time as the IAEA Board of Governors makes 
     such determination with respect to Iran.
       (e) Report.--Not later than six months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter for the 
     succeeding 2-year period, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
     implementation of this section.

     SEC. 302. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NUCLEAR SECURITY 
                   ACTION PLAN OF THE IAEA.

       It is the sense of Congress that the national security 
     interests of the United States are enhanced by the Nuclear 
     Security Action Plan of the IAEA and the Board of Governors 
     of the IAEA should recommend, and the General Conference of 
     the IAEA should adopt, a resolution incorporating the Nuclear 
     Security Action Plan into the regular budget of the IAEA.

                         TITLE IV--PEACEKEEPING

     SEC. 401. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REFORM OF UNITED 
                   NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) although United Nations peacekeeping operations have 
     contributed greatly toward the promotion of peace and 
     stability for the past 57 years, and the majority of 
     peacekeeping personnel who have served under the United 
     Nations flag have done so with honor and courage, the record 
     of United Nations peacekeeping has been severely tarnished by 
     operational failures and unconscionable acts of misconduct; 
     and
       (2) if the reputation of and confidence in United Nations 
     peacekeeping operations is to be restored, fundamental and 
     far-reaching reforms, particularly in the areas of planning, 
     management, training, conduct, and discipline, must be 
     implemented without delay.

     SEC. 402. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO REFORM OF UNITED 
                   NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       It shall be the policy of the United States to pursue 
     reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations in the 
     following areas:
       (1) Planning and management.--
       (A) Global audit.--As the size, cost, and number of United 
     Nations peacekeeping operations have increased substantially 
     over the past decade, an independent audit of each such 
     operation, with a view toward ``right-sizing'' operations and 
     ensuring that such operations are cost effective, should be 
     conducted and its findings reported to the Security Council.
       (B) Review of mandates and closing operations.--In 
     conjunction with the audit described in subparagraph (A), the 
     United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations should 
     conduct a comprehensive review of all United Nations 
     peacekeeping operation mandates, with a view toward 
     identifying objectives that are practical and achievable, and 
     report its findings to the Security Council. In particular, 
     the review should consider the following:
       (i) Activities that fall beyond the scope of traditional 
     peacekeeping activities should be delegated to a new 
     Peacebuilding Commission, described in paragraph (3).
       (ii) Long-standing operations that are static and cannot 
     fulfill their mandate should be downsized or closed.
       (iii) If there is legitimate concern that the withdrawal 
     from a country of an otherwise static United Nations 
     peacekeeping operation would result in the resumption of 
     major conflict, a burden-sharing arrangement that reduces the 
     level of assessed contributions, similar to that currently 
     supporting the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, 
     should be explored and instituted.
       (C) Leadership.--As peacekeeping operations become larger 
     and increasingly complex, the Secretariat should adopt a 
     minimum standard of qualifications for senior leaders and 
     managers, with particular emphasis on specific skills and 
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     current senior leaders and managers who do not meet those 
     standards should be removed or reassigned.
       (D) Pre-deployment training.--Pre-deployment training on 
     interpretation of the mandate of the operation, specifically 
     in the areas of force, civilian protection, field conditions, 
     the Code of Conduct described in paragraph (2)(A), HIV/AIDS, 
     gender, and human rights issues should be mandatory, and all 
     personnel, regardless of category or rank, should be required 
     to sign an oath that each has received and understands such 
     training as a condition of participation in the operation.
       (2) Conduct and discipline.--
       (A) Adoption of a uniform code of conduct.--A single, 
     uniform Code of Conduct that has the status of a binding rule 
     and applies equally to all personnel serving in United 
     Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of category or 
     rank, should be promulgated, adopted, and enforced.
       (B) Understanding the code of conduct.--All personnel, 
     regardless of category or rank, should receive training on 
     the Code of Conduct prior to deployment with a peacekeeping 
     operation, in addition to periodic follow-on training. In 
     particular--
       (i) all personnel, regardless of category or rank, should 
     be provided with a personal copy of the Code of Conduct that 
     has been translated into the national language of such 
     personnel, regardless of whether such language is an official 
     language of the United Nations;
       (ii) all personnel, regardless of category or rank, should 
     sign an oath that each has received a copy of the Code of 
     Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the Code of Conduct, 
     and that each understands the consequences of violating the 
     Code of Conduct as a condition of appointment to such 
     operation, including immediate termination of the 
     participation of such personnel in the peacekeeping operation 
     to which such personnel is assigned; and
       (iii) peacekeeping operations should conduct educational 
     outreach programs within communities hosting such operations, 
     including explaining prohibited acts on the part of United 
     Nations peacekeeping personnel and identifying the individual 
     to whom the local population may direct complaints or file 
     allegations of exploitation, abuse, or other acts of 
     misconduct.
       (C) Monitoring mechanisms.--Dedicated monitoring 
     mechanisms, such as the personnel conduct units deployed to 
     support United Nations peacekeeping operations in Haiti, 
     Liberia, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, 
     should be present in each operation to monitor compliance 
     with the Code of Conduct, and--
       (i) should report simultaneously to the Head of Mission, 
     the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and 
     the Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations 
     (established under section 104(b)(9)); and
       (ii) should be tasked with designing and implementing 
     mission-specific measures to prevent misconduct, conduct 
     follow-on training for personnel, coordinate community 
     outreach programs, and assist in investigations, as OIOS 
     determines necessary and appropriate.
       (D) Investigations.--A permanent, professional, and 
     independent investigative body should be established and 
     introduced into United Nations peacekeeping operations. In 
     particular--
       (i) the investigative body should include professionals 
     with experience in investigating sex crimes, as well as 
     experts who can provide guidance on standards of proof and 
     evidentiary requirements necessary for any subsequent legal 
     action;
       (ii) provisions should be included in a Model Memorandum of 
     Understanding that obligate each Member State that 
     contributes troops to a peacekeeping operation to designate a 
     military prosecutor who will participate in any investigation 
     into an allegation of misconduct brought against an 
     individual of that Member State, so that evidence is 
     collected and preserved in a manner consistent with the 
     military law of that Member State;
       (iii) the investigative body should be regionally based to 
     ensure rapid deployment and should be equipped with modern 
     forensics equipment for the purpose of positively identifying 
     perpetrators and, where necessary, for determining paternity; 
     and
       (iv) the investigative body should report directly to the 
     Associate Director of OIOS for Peacekeeping Operations, while 
     providing copies of any reports to the Department of 
     Peacekeeping Operations, the Head of Mission, and the Member 
     State concerned.
       (E) Follow-up.--A dedicated unit, similar to the personnel 
     conduct units, staffed and funded through existing resources, 
     should be established within the headquarters of the United 
     Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations and tasked 
     with--
       (i) promulgating measures to prevent misconduct;
       (ii) coordinating allegations of misconduct, and reports 
     received by field personnel; and
       (iii) gathering follow-up information on completed 
     investigations, particularly by focusing on disciplinary 
     actions against the individual concerned taken by the United 
     Nations or by the Member State that is contributing troops to 
     which the individual belongs, and sharing that information 
     with the Security Council, the Head of Mission, and the 
     community hosting the peacekeeping operation.
       (F) Financial liability and victims assistance.--Although 
     peacekeeping operations should provide immediate medical 
     assistance to victims of sexual abuse or exploitation, the 
     responsibility for providing longer-term treatment, care, or 
     restitution lies solely with the individual found guilty of 
     the misconduct. In particular, the following reforms should 
     be implemented:
       (i) The United Nations should not assume responsibility for 
     providing long-term treatment or compensation by creating a 
     ``Victims Trust Fund'', or any other such similar fund, 
     financed through assessed contributions to United Nations 
     peacekeeping operations, thereby shielding individuals from 
     personal liability and reinforcing an atmosphere of impunity.
       (ii) If an individual responsible for misconduct has been 
     repatriated, reassigned, redeployed, or is otherwise unable 
     to provide assistance, responsibility for providing 
     assistance to a victim should be assigned to the Member State 
     that contributed the troops to which the individual belonged 
     or to the manager concerned.
       (iii) In the case of misconduct by a member of a military 
     contingent, appropriate funds should be withheld from the 
     troop-contributing country concerned.
       (iv) In the case of misconduct by a civilian employee or 
     contractor of the United Nations, appropriate wages should be 
     garnished from such individual or fines should be imposed 
     against such individual, consistent with existing United 
     Nations Staff Rules.
       (G) Managers and commanders.--The manner in which managers 
     and commanders handle cases of misconduct by those serving 
     under them should be included in their individual performance 
     evaluations, so that managers and commanders who take 
     decisive action to deter and address misconduct are rewarded, 
     while those who create a permissive environment or impede 
     investigations are penalized or relieved of duty, as 
     appropriate.
       (H) Data base.--A centralized data base should be created 
     and maintained within the United Nations Department of 
     Peacekeeping Operations to track cases of misconduct, 
     including the outcome of investigations and subsequent 
     prosecutions, to ensure that personnel who have engaged in 
     misconduct or other criminal activities, regardless of 
     category or rank, are permanently barred from participation 
     in future peacekeeping operations.
       (I) Welfare.--Peacekeeping operations should assume 
     responsibility for maintaining a minimum standard of welfare 
     for mission personnel to ameliorate conditions of service, 
     while adjustments are made to the discretionary welfare 
     payments currently provided to Member States that contribute 
     troops to offset the cost of operation-provided recreational 
     facilities.
       (3) Peacebuilding commission.--
       (A) Establishment.--Consistent with the recommendations of 
     the Report of the Secretary General's High Level Panel on 
     Threats, Challenges, and Change, the United Nations should 
     establish a Peacebuilding Commission, supported by a 
     Peacebuilding Support Office, to marshal the efforts of the 
     United Nations, international financial institutions, donors, 
     and non-governmental organizations to assist countries in 
     transition from war to peace.
       (B) Structure and membership.--The Commission should--
       (i) be a subsidiary body of the United Nations Security 
     Council, limited in size to ensure efficiency;
       (ii) include members of the United Nations Security 
     Council, major donors, and Member States that contribute 
     troops, appropriate United Nations organizations, the World 
     Bank, and the International Monetary Fund; and
       (iii) invite the President of ECOSOC, regional actors, 
     Member States that contribute troops, regional development 
     banks, and other concerned parties that are not already 
     members, as determined appropriate, to consult or participate 
     in meetings as observers.
       (C) Responsibilities.--The Commission should seek to ease 
     the demands currently placed upon the Department of 
     Peacekeeping Operations to undertake tasks that fall beyond 
     the scope of traditional peacekeeping, by--
       (i) developing and integrating country-specific and system-
     wide conflict prevention, post-conflict reconstruction, and 
     long-term development policies and strategies; and
       (ii) serving as the key coordinating body for the design 
     and implementation of military, humanitarian, and civil 
     administration aspects of complex missions.
       (D) Resources.--The establishment of the Peacebuilding 
     Commission and the related Peacebuilding Support Office 
     should be staffed with existing resources.

     SEC. 403. CERTIFICATION.

       (a) New or Expanded Peacekeeping Operations Contingent Upon 
     Presidential Certification of Peacekeeping Operations 
     Reforms.--
       (1) No new or expanded peacekeeping operations.--Beginning 
     on January 1, 2007, and until the Secretary certifies that 
     the requirements described in paragraph (2) have been 
     satisfied, the President shall direct the United States 
     Permanent Representative to the United Nations use the voice, 
     vote, and influence of the United States at the United 
     Nations to oppose the creation of new, or expansion of 
     existing, United Nations peacekeeping operations unless the 
     Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that such creation or expansion is in

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     the national interest of the United States, and includes with 
     the certification a written justification therefor.
       (2) Certification of peacekeeping operations reforms.--The 
     certification referred to in paragraph (1) is a certification 
     made by the Secretary to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that the following reforms, or an equivalent set 
     of reforms, related to peacekeeping operations have been 
     adopted by the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping 
     Operations or the General Assembly, as appropriate:
       (A) A single, uniform Code of Conduct that has the status 
     of a binding rule and applies equally to all personnel 
     serving in United Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless 
     of category or rank, has been adopted by the General Assembly 
     and mechanisms have been established for training such 
     personnel concerning the requirements of the Code and 
     enforcement of the Code.
       (B) All personnel, regardless of category or rank, serving 
     in a peacekeeping operation have been trained concerning the 
     requirements of the Code of Conduct and each has been given a 
     personal copy of the Code, translated into the national 
     language of such personnel.
       (C) All personnel, regardless of category or rank, are 
     required to sign an oath that each has received a copy of the 
     Code of Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the Code, and 
     that each understands the consequences of violating the Code 
     as a condition of the appointment to such operation, 
     including the immediate termination of the participation of 
     such personnel in the peacekeeping operation to which such 
     personnel is assigned.
       (D) All peacekeeping operations have designed and 
     implemented educational outreach programs that reach local 
     communities where peacekeeping personnel of such operations 
     are based for a significant period of time, explaining 
     prohibited acts on the part of United Nations peacekeeping 
     personnel and identifying the individual to whom the local 
     population may direct complaints or file allegations of 
     exploitation, abuse, or other acts of misconduct.
       (E) A centralized data base has been created and is being 
     maintained in the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping 
     Operations that tracks cases of misconduct, including the 
     outcomes of investigations and subsequent prosecutions, to 
     ensure that personnel, regardless of category or rank, who 
     have engaged in misconduct or other criminal activities are 
     permanently barred from participation in future peacekeeping 
     operations.
       (F) A Model Memorandum of Understanding between the United 
     Nations and each Member State that contributes troops to a 
     peacekeeping operation has been adopted by the United Nations 
     Department of Peacekeeping Operations that specifically 
     obligates each such Member State to--
       (i) designate a competent legal authority, preferably a 
     prosecutor with expertise in the area of sexual exploitation 
     and abuse, to participate in any investigation into an 
     allegation of misconduct brought against an individual of the 
     Member State;
       (ii) refer to its competent national or military authority 
     for possible prosecution, if warranted, any investigation of 
     a violation of the Code of Conduct or other criminal activity 
     by an individual of the Member State;
       (iii) report to the Department of Peacekeeping Operations 
     on the outcome of any such investigation;
       (iv) undertake to conduct on-site court martial proceedings 
     relating to allegations of misconduct alleged against an 
     individual of the Member State;
       (v) assume responsibility for the provision of appropriate 
     assistance to a victim of misconduct committed by an 
     individual of the Member State; and
       (vi) establish a professional and independent investigative 
     and audit function within the United Nations Department of 
     Peacekeeping Operations and the OIOS to monitor United 
     Nations peacekeeping operations.

     SEC. 404. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NATIONS 
                   PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

       (a) 25 Percent Limitation.--Section 404(b)(2) of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 (22 U.S.C. 287e note; Public Law 103-236) is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(2) Fiscal year 2006 and subsequent fiscal years.--Funds 
     authorized to be appropriated for `Contributions for 
     International Peacekeeping Activities' for fiscal years 2006 
     and 2007 shall not be available for the payment of the United 
     States assessed contribution for a United Nations 
     peacekeeping operation in an amount which is greater than 
     27.1 percent of the total of all assessed contributions for 
     that operation.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect and apply beginning on October 1, 2005.

     SEC. 405. GENOCIDE AND THE UNITED NATIONS.

       (a) United States Actions.--The President shall direct the 
     United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations 
     to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at 
     the United Nations to make every effort to ensure the formal 
     adoption and implementation of mechanisms to--
       (1) suspend the membership of a Member State in the United 
     Nations if genocide, ethnic cleansing, or crimes against 
     humanity are determined to be occurring in such Member State, 
     regardless of whether such acts are being committed by the 
     government of such Member State or by a third party;
       (2) impose an arms and trade embargo and travel 
     restrictions on, and freeze the assets of, all groups and 
     individuals responsible for committing or allowing such acts 
     to occur;
       (3) deploy a United Nations peacekeeping operation or 
     authorize and support the deployment of a peacekeeping 
     operation from an international organization to the Member 
     State with a mandate to stop such acts;
       (4) deploy monitors from the United Nations High 
     Commissioner for Refugees to the area where such acts are 
     occurring in the Member State; and
       (5) authorize the establishment of an international 
     commission of inquiry into such acts.
       (b) Certification.--Unless the Secretary certifies that the 
     mechanisms described in subsection (a) have been adopted and 
     implemented, the Secretary is authorized to withhold up to 
     ten percent of United States contributions to the 
     peacekeeping budget of the United Nations.

     SEC. 406. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO PROTECTION OF 
                   UNITED STATES OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE 
                   ARMED FORCES.

       Nothing in this title shall be construed as superceding the 
     Uniform Code of Military Justice or operating to effect the 
     surrender of United States officials or members of the Armed 
     Forces to a foreign country or international tribunal for 
     prosecutions arising from peacekeeping operations or other 
     similar United Nations related activity.

   TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

     SEC. 501. POSITIONS FOR UNITED STATES CITIZENS AT 
                   INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       The Secretary of State shall make every effort to recruit 
     United States citizens for positions within international 
     organizations.

     SEC. 502. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION FOR REGULAR ASSESSED BUDGET OF 
                   THE UNITED NATIONS.

       (a) Detailed Itemization.--The annual congressional budget 
     justification shall include a detailed itemized request in 
     support of the assessed contribution of the United States to 
     the regular assessed budget of the United Nations.
       (b) Contents of Detailed Itemization.--The detailed 
     itemization required under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) contain information relating to the amounts requested 
     in support of each of the various sections and titles of the 
     regular assessed budget of the United Nations; and
       (2) compare the amounts requested for the current year with 
     the actual or estimated amounts contributed by the United 
     States in previous fiscal years for the same sections and 
     titles.
       (c) Adjustments and Notification.--If the United Nations 
     proposes an adjustment to its regular assessed budget, the 
     Secretary of State shall, at the time such adjustment is 
     presented to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and 
     Budgetary Questions of the United Nations (ACABQ), notify and 
     consult with the appropriate congressional committees.

     SEC. 503. REVIEW AND REPORT.

       Not later than six months after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary of State shall conduct a review of 
     programs of the United Nations that are funded through 
     assessed contributions and submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report containing--
       (1) the findings of such review; and
       (2) recommendations relating to--
       (A) the continuation of such programs; and
       (B) which of such programs should be voluntarily funded.

     SEC. 504. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

       (a) Report on United Nations Reforms.--Not later than 12 
     months after the date of the enactment of this Act and 12 
     months thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on the status of the 1997, 2002, and 2005 
     management reforms initiated by the Secretary General and on 
     the reforms mandated by this Act.
       (b) Report on Department of State Certifications.--Not 
     later than six months after each certification is submitted 
     by the Secretary of State to the appropriate congressional 
     committees under this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     on each such certification. The Secretary shall provide the 
     Comptroller General with any information required by the 
     Comptroller General to submit any such report.

       TITLE VI--CERTIFICATIONS AND WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS

     SEC. 601. CERTIFICATIONS AND WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--The certifications required under sections 
     103, 104(a) through 104(d), 110, 201(c), 201(e), and 202 of 
     this Act are certifications submitted to the appropriate 
     congressional committees by the Secretary of State that the 
     requirements of each such section have been satisfied with 
     respect to reform of the United Nations.
       (b) Alternative Certification Mechanism.--
       (1) In general.--In the event that the Secretary is unable 
     to make any certification described in subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may nonetheless satisfy the requirements referred 
     to in such certification by certifying that--
       (A) the United Nations has implemented reforms that are 
     either substantially similar

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     to or accomplish the same purposes as the requirements 
     referred to in any such certification; or
       (B) in the case of the policies described in subsections 
     (a) and (c) of section 11 the United Nations Participation 
     Act of 1945 (as amended by section 101 of this Act) or the 
     requirements of sections 201(c) and 202(b) of this Act, 
     substantial progress has been made in implementing such 
     policies or requirements.
       (2) Definitions.--For the purposes of this subsection, 
     reforms are ``substantially similar to or accomplish the same 
     purposes as'' if the reforms are--
       (A) formally adopted by the organ or committee of the 
     United Nations that has authority to take such action or are 
     issued by the Secretariat or the appropriate entity or 
     committee in written form; and
       (B) are not identical to the measures required by a 
     particular certification but in the judgment of the Secretary 
     will have the same or nearly the same effect as such 
     measures.
       (3) Written justification and consultation.--
       (A) Written justification.--Not later than 30 days before 
     submitting an alternate certification in accordance with 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a written justification explaining 
     in detail the basis for such alternate certification.
       (B) Consultation.--After the Secretary has submitted the 
     written justification under subparagraph (A), but not later 
     than 15 days before the Secretary exercises the alternate 
     certification mechanism described in clause (i), the 
     Secretary shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
     committees regarding such exercise.
       (c) Withholding of United States Contributions to Regular 
     Assessed Budget of the United Nations.--If the Secretary is 
     unable to make one or more of the certifications described in 
     subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary is authorized to 
     withhold from expenditure until such time as the Secretary 
     deems appropriate up to 50 percent of the contribution of the 
     United States to the regular assessed budget of the United 
     Nations for a biennial period, beginning with funds 
     appropriated for the United States Assessed contribution for 
     fiscal year 2008.
       (d) Consultation on Progress of Reforms.--Beginning six 
     months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 
     three months thereafter until all the certifications under 
     subsection (a) and (b) are made, the Secretary shall consult 
     with the appropriate congressional committees regarding the 
     progress in adoption and implementation of the reforms 
     described in this Act.
       (e) Duration of Funds.--
       (1) Assessed contributions to the u.n.--Any amounts of 
     funds appropriated for the United States assessed 
     contribution to the United Nations that are withheld under 
     subsection (c) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended in fiscal years after the fiscal year in which all 
     certifications are made under subsections (a) and (b).
       (2) Assessed contributions to specialized agencies.--Any 
     amounts of funds appropriated for the United States assessed 
     contribution to a specialized agency that are withheld under 
     section 107(d) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended in fiscal years after the fiscal year in which the 
     Secretary makes the certification with respect to the policy 
     or policies described in section 107 by reason of which the 
     funds were withheld.
       (f) Biennial Reviews.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct biennial 
     reviews, beginning two years after the date on which the 
     Secretary submits the last of the certifications under 
     subsections (a) and (b), to determine if the United Nations 
     continues to remain in compliance with all such 
     certifications. Not later than 30 days after the completion 
     of each such review, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report containing the 
     findings of each such review.
       (2) Action.--If during the course of any such review the 
     Secretary determines that the United Nations has failed to 
     remain in compliance with a certification that was submitted 
     in accordance with subsection (a), the Secretary is 
     authorized to exercise the authority described in subsection 
     (c) with respect to the biennial period immediately following 
     such review and subsequent biennial periods until such time 
     as all certifications under subsection (a) or (b) have been 
     submitted.

     SEC. 602. DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN TO ACHIEVE REFORM.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that in order to achieve the reforms required by this Act, 
     the President must undertake an extensive diplomatic 
     campaign, in combination with like-minded countries at the 
     United Nations to achieve those reforms, including acting 
     through the United States Permanent Representative to the 
     United Nations to use its voice, vote and influence at the 
     United Nations and direct diplomatic intervention at the 
     highest levels of government in Member States.
       (b) Report to Congress.--Sixty days before exercising the 
     authority to withhold funds under section 601(c), the 
     Secretary shall consult with the appropriate congressional 
     committees and submit a report on how the exercise of such 
     authority will further the purposes of this Act.
       (c) Content of Report.--The report required by subsection 
     (b) shall include--
       (1) a description of efforts by the United States to 
     achieve the reforms required by this Act to date;
       (2) an analysis of why reforms sought by the United States 
     have not been achieved; and
       (3) an explanation of how United States policy will be 
     furthered by conditioning or withholding funds for assessed 
     contributions to the United Nations, as well as an analysis 
     of how withholding such funds are expected to affect 
     programs, operations, staff, and reforms of the United 
     Nations and United States interests.

 TITLE VII--UNITED NATIONS RENEWAL AND TOOLS TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UNITED 
                             NATIONS REFORM

     SEC. 701. SYNCHRONIZATION OF U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                   INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In the early 1980s, the United States Government began 
     to pay United States assessments to certain international 
     organizations in the last quarter of the calendar year in 
     which they were due. This practice allowed the United States 
     to pay its annual assessment to the United Nations and other 
     international organizations with the next fiscal year's 
     appropriations, taking advantage of the fact that 
     international organizations operate on calendar years. It 
     also allowed the United States to reduce budgetary outlays, 
     making the United States budget deficit appear smaller.
       (2) The United States, which is assessed 22 percent of the 
     United Nations regular budget, now pays its dues at least 10 
     months late, and often later depending on when the relevant 
     appropriation is enacted.
       (3) This practice causes the United Nations to operate 
     throughout much of the year without a significant portion of 
     its operating budget. By midyear, the budget is usually 
     depleted, forcing the United Nations to borrow from its 
     peacekeeping budget, since the organization is prohibited 
     from borrowing externally. As a result, countries that 
     contribute to United Nations peacekeeping missions are not 
     reimbursed on a timely basis.
       (4) For years, continuing this practice is inconsistent 
     with the purposes of this Act to encourage the United Nations 
     to engage in sound, fiscally responsible budgetary practices.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Beginning in the 
     fiscal year in which all certifications under subsection (a) 
     and (b) of section 601 have been made, the following amounts 
     are authorized to be appropriated to a process to synchronize 
     the payment of its assessments to the United Nations and 
     other international organizations over a multiyear period so 
     that the United States can resume paying its dues to such 
     international organizations at the beginning of each calendar 
     year:
       (1) For the fiscal year after all such certifications have 
     been made, $150,000,000.
       (2) For the second year after all such certifications have 
     been made, $150,000,000.,
       (3) For the third year after all such certifications have 
     been made, $150,000,000.

     SEC. 702. INCREASED FUNDING FOR UNITED STATES ASSESSED 
                   CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO SUPPORT 
                   REFORM EFFORTS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
     should support an increase in the 2006-2007 United Nations 
     biennium budget and future United Nations budgets to support 
     the creation of new offices or institutions and the 
     strengthening of existing offices in order to fully implement 
     the reforms required by this Act.

     SEC. 703. BUYOUT OF UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the United States 
     should support an increase in the appropriate United Nations 
     biennium budget to fund a buyout of United Nations personnel 
     to the extent that the buyout is a targeted buyout of 
     personnel that do not have the skills necessary for the 
     United Nations in the 21st century.

     SEC. 704. UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND.

       There is authorized for fiscal year 2006 for a voluntary 
     contribution to the United Nations International Democracy 
     Fund $10,000,000.

     SEC. 705. UNITED STATES PERSONNEL TO INTERNATIONAL 
                   ORGANIZATIONS.

       The President is authorized to detail any United States 
     Government officer or employee to the United Nations on a 
     nonreimbursable basis for up to three years to assist in the 
     implementation of the reforms described in this Act, 
     including providing for any necessary housing, education, 
     cost-of-living allowances, or other allowances authorized 
     under the Foreign Service Act the United Nations 
     Participation Act of 1945.

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 319, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. Lantos) and a Member opposed each will control 15 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos).
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, at the outset, let me thank all Members of the House 
for a singularly civilized, substantive, and I believe informative 
debate. I particularly want to thank my dear friend, the chairman of 
the Committee on International Relations, with whom I have

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had the privilege of serving now for some 25 years, and with whom I 
have had the privilege of sharing the leadership of the Committee on 
International Relations for the past 5 years.
  Mr. Chairman, the bipartisan substitute offered by me and my 
distinguished Republican colleague, the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. 
Shays), is a rational and logical proposal to promote U.N. reform while 
giving the Secretary of State sufficient flexibility to do her job. 
With our substitute amendment, we align ourselves strongly on U.N. 
reform issues with our Nation's foreign policy leadership, including 
Secretary of State Rice and eight former U.S. Ambassadors to the United 
Nations, including a former distinguished Republican Senator, John 
Danforth, and the revered Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.
  We are fighting to ensure that the United States is better armed to 
propose serious U.N. reform and not forced to cut off funds to the 
United Nations in an arbitrary manner that is counterproductive to our 
national interest.
  Mr. Chairman, our amendment addresses four primary deficiencies, 
fatal deficiencies, in the Hyde bill. First, our substitute does not 
sever the link between achieving U.N. reform benchmarks and the 
possibility of withholding half of our U.N. dues, which is the Hyde 
proposal. Rather, though the benchmarks are the same as in the 
underlying bill, the Lantos-Shays amendment would give Secretary Rice 
the authority to withhold up to 50 percent of our U.N. dues, not 
mandate such a cut.
  This is the fundamental distinction between the Hyde and the Lantos 
bills, and I want to reiterate it so every Member of the House will be 
clear on what they are voting on. The Hyde bill is a guillotine on 
autopilot, while our bill gives desperately needed discretion to 
Secretary of State Rice.
  Secondly, Mr. Chairman, the Hyde bill would prohibit the United 
States from supporting any new U.N. peacekeeping mission unless a far-
reaching set of peacekeeping reforms is adopted. My substitute keeps 
these reforms, but provides Secretary Rice with a waiver in the event 
that a new mission is required, such as preventing genocide.
  I want to repeat this, too, Mr. Chairman. The Hyde bill would prevent 
a U.N. peacekeeping mission to prevent genocide in an automatic, rigid, 
nonnegotiable and arbitrary fashion. The Lantos-Shays substitute 
provides our Secretary of State the authority to waive that 
restriction.
  Our substitute also ensures that we do not withhold funds from the 
United Nations when it is separate specialized agencies, such as the 
World Intellectual Property Organization or others, which have failed 
to make necessary reforms. It is a non sequitur, it is fundamentally 
flawed logic to hold the U.N. accountable for shortcomings of 
organizations that the United Nations does not control. It boggles the 
mind that we would penalize the U.N. for the failure of an agency that 
the U.N. does not control instituting necessary reforms.
  Our amendment also incorporates a number of the amendments that have 
been adopted in this 2-day debate on anti-Semitism, the Oil-for-Food 
scandal, nonproliferation and others.
  Mr. Chairman, there are touches of a Greek tragedy as we move towards 
the vote. Many of my Republican friends would like to vote for the 
Lantos substitute because they recognize the wisdom of flexibility to 
be given to our Secretary of State. I find myself in the delicious but 
unaccustomed position of having the support of the White House, the 
Secretary of State of a Republican administration, eight former 
Ambassadors to the United Nations, a united front on the Democratic 
side, and a handful of bold Republicans who are prepared to break party 
discipline and vote for what is in our national interest.

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  Newt Gingrich, who has been referred to repeatedly, clearly does not 
favor the rigid and automatic requirement in the chairman's bill. He 
favors our initiative, as do I.
  I stand shoulder to shoulder with the chairman in calling for these 
reforms, but my alternative offers the Secretary of State desperately 
needed flexibility that she wants and needs.
  There is an additional item that we should recognize. This is a very 
fast-moving world. A year ago there were Syrian troops in Lebanon. A 
year ago many developments globally were not even on the horizon. Why 
should we freeze ourselves into autopilot for a 4-year period when none 
of us are clairvoyant, none of us can predict what conditions our 
Secretary of State and our country will confront in 2007 or 2008 or 
2009.
  I have the highest respect for the chairman. We have worked together 
on countless issues. We have brought most pieces of legislation to this 
House on a bipartisan basis. In a sense, this too is a bipartisan piece 
of legislation in terms of its substance. Where we part company is in 
making the legislation, in terms of the chairman's preference calling 
for automatic 50 percent reductions in U.N. dues if everything is not 
done perfectly.
  I have used the phrase 39 amendments or commandments. We have adopted 
a few more. We are now up to 46 commandments. So if 45\1/2\ 
commandments are fully complied with, do we really want to cut our 
contribution to this international organization which we so desperately 
need all across the globe? Do we really want to cut our contributions 
by 50 percent, giving the President, the Secretary of State and this 
body no flexibility? I do not think so.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. 
Hyde) is recognized.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  First, I want to say to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) 
what an absolute pleasure it is working with him. He brings to these 
very critical issues intellect, dignity, and a fierce patriotism. I 
have been very proud and pleased to have had this association.
  One of the most interesting aspects of today's debate is the fact 
that we have focused very little on what the U.N. needs to do, and we 
spent most of our time on how we should ensure these reforms are 
actually implemented. We have heard from our opponents quote after 
quote from informed and not-so-informed sources that withholding dues 
is absolutely the death knell of the U.N. They are victimized by 
effective reform.
  Well, how our opponents can make this charge and then support the 
Lantos substitute suggests a conflicted state of mind. It is clear that 
the Lantos substitute is nearly identical to our bill except for the 
powers given to Secretary Rice. I assert she does have flexibility 
under our bill as well. She can waive the withholding, decide what 
level of withholding, if any, is appropriate under the Lantos bill. He 
cedes to her total control over the purse strings. But every Member 
voting for the Lantos bill, and God bless them, every one of them is 
voting to withhold dues. I tip my hat to the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Lantos) for achieving consensus in his party for securing 
unanimity among his flock on the conclusion that the U.N. will not 
reform unless dues are withheld. That is a signature achievement. Of 
course the Democrats withhold dues in a fashion different than we do. 
We legislate them. We say we have had enough waivers, enough 
resolutions, enough statements; it is time we have some teeth in 
reform.
  It is not impossible to achieve this notwithstanding the naysayers. 
There are 2 years before the certifications even kick in, 2 years for 
the U.N. to get its act together; and then you can do 32 of the 39 
reforms, still be certified, and no funds are withheld and still you 
have another year to accomplish the remaining reforms. So both measures 
have nearly identical reforms and both measures withhold dues. Only it 
is the Secretary of State who has the authority in their substitute, 
and we legislate it.
  What does history show? History shows when Congress stands tough, 
when it says if you do not reform, we are not going to pay, then change 
occurs.
  Does anyone remember Kassebaum-Solomon? The amendment eventually led 
to the implementation of consensus-based budgeting, a reform that no 
one said could be achieved.
  Does anyone remember UNESCO? We withdrew in protest. We stopped 
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our assessed dues. Let me repeat that: we stopped paying our assessed 
dues. Reforms of that agency were made and we rejoined.
  Does anyone remember the genesis of the Office of Internal Oversight 
Services? In the mid-1990s, the U.S. threatened to withhold funding, 
and lo and behold the U.N. created an oversight function.
  Even with Helms-Biden, Congress leveraged the fact that in order for 
us to pay arrears, the U.N. had to undertake certain reforms. All of 
these requirements were legislated and directed actions which resulted 
in reforms that were actually implemented.
  Look, if we want to reform the United Nations, we have to legislate 
the reforms and have some teeth in the sanctions if they fail to. The 
U.N. will go sailing its merry way on if it reforms. If it does not 
reform, there is a penalty.
  The eight ambassadors that wrote this letter prove our point. There 
is a mind-set in the upper realms of diplomacy that worships at the 
theater of the U.N. and could not possibly bring itself to withholding 
dues, so I do not think it will work. I implore Members to put some 
teeth in the sanctions.
  Simon Bolivar, the great South American patriot, had a phrase for 
political futility. He said it was plowing in the sea. I suggest when 
it comes to sanctions against the U.N. for failing to reform, if 
Members leave it to the discretion of the State Department, we are 
plowing in the sea.
  Mr. Chairman, let us begin real reform of the U.N., a monumental 
task, a long road ahead. Let us begin it here and now, June 17, right 
in this room; and let us begin it with your vote.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Iowa (Mr. Leach), the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee 
of Asia and Pacific Affairs.
  Mr. LEACH. Mr. Chairman, let me say I may consider the Lantos-Shays 
alternative imperfect, but it represents a credible political balancing 
and is clearly preferable to the underlying bill.
  But listening to the debate over the past 2 days, I sense a lack of 
perspective not only for treaty obligations but for the U.N. itself.
  Corruption exists in all societies. It is rife, indeed endemic, in 
some. At the U.N., it is isolated; it is not endemic. I have known 
hundreds and hundreds of people who have worked for the U.N. itself or 
U.N. agencies. They are honorable, decent people doing a decent job. It 
is true that a few thousand dollars here and a few thousand dollars 
there pretty soon adds up to a loss of confidence in institutions of 
governance, and we have that problem at the U.N. Hence, we cannot 
ignore scandal, but scandal does not define the United Nations; it 
defines a problem that must be dealt with there and elsewhere.
  We should do this, but we should do this with the understanding that 
the world would be a far worse place without the U.N. and that the 
activities and actions of its various organizations and agencies have 
made this a better world society. So improvement, not destruction, is 
the goal.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I would like to state improvement is our goal, too. A healthy U.N., 
rather than a vast, sprawling, bureaucratic cesspool which is where it 
is headed. Everyone agrees to that.
  Now this notion that we are obliged by the treaty to pay our dues and 
that it would be an international default if we did not, that was 
argued before back in the 1980s. Contributions to the U.N. are made 
subject to authorization and appropriation of the U.S. Congress. We 
have a duty to the taxpayer first to ensure that there is good 
stewardship of their dollars. We have to hold the U.N. accountable.
  All countries benefit from an efficient, transparent, and accountable 
U.N. It is not only in our interest. We have not signed away part of 
our sovereignty. We are paying big dues: $442 million a year just on 
the dues part. Peacekeeping is another $1 billion. To say we do not 
have an obligation to make the providers that we purchase with our dues 
perform honorably and efficiently does not make sense.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. 
Smith).
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose the Lantos-
Shays substitute and to direct Members' attention to a serious flaw in 
the peacekeeping section, which I respectfully submit are reasons 
enough to vote against the substitute.
  The substitute amendment gives the U.N. until 2007 to complete even 
the most basic tasks. This is completely unnecessary, and I submit only 
encourages some states who view rape and exploitation of young women 
and children by U.N. peacekeepers as a mere public relations problem 
and thus an opportunity to dig in their heels and stall the reform 
process.

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  Prince Zeid has told some of us, I met with him last week, that 
sustained pressure is needed to get results. We have been here before. 
In 2002, we knew about the exploitation of children by U.N. personnel 
in the Congo. I have already chaired two hearings on it myself in my 
subcommittee. Yes, the U.N. is moving in the right direction, but there 
needs to be considerable pressure brought to bear to make this happen.
  What is perhaps most troubling about the substitute is that it 
authorizes an up to 10 percent withholding of U.S. assessed 
contributions to U.N. peacekeeping. I want to be clear on this point. 
The Hyde bill supports full funding of all existing missions, while the 
substitute authorizes up to a 10 percent cutoff of our assessed 
contributions to U.N. peacekeeping. The withholding is linked to a 
certification requirement which is, plain and simple, bad policy. The 
intent is good. I have no doubt about that. But it is flawed.
  The substitute requires the Secretary of State to certify that the 
U.S. permanent rep at the U.N. has made every effort to ensure the 
formal adoption and implementation of mechanisms to suspend the 
membership of a member state if genocide, ethnic cleansing or crimes 
against humanity are determined to be occurring in that member state 
regardless of whether the acts are being committed by the government or 
by a third party. ``Third party'' is the problem. There are countries 
like the Congo, and we have also seen it in Uganda, where there are 
``third-party'' groups of terrorists and killers and maimers who the 
government would like to see done away with and are actively 
cooperating with the international community and the U.N. itself to try 
to mitigate this terrible problem.
  Under this language, which is very different than the language that 
the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Fortenberry) offered, we would be in a 
strange and, I think, even bizarre situation where even where there has 
been an effort made by the state, there could be an explusion and a 
cutoff of peacekeeping money, 10 percent assessed contribution cutoff. 
It would be wrong for a state to lose their membership when there was 
no omission, no commission on their part with regards to crimes against 
humanity and that is where the Fortenberry amendment got it right.
  I think we can all agree that genocidal governments do not deserve to 
have an equal voice at the U.N. with other peacekeeping and peace-
loving nations. But we should not punish those governments which are 
fighting against those who would commit such heinous acts. I think that 
language is, as I said, egregiously flawed. The Hyde amendment does get 
it right.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I yield for the purpose of making a 
unanimous consent request to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. 
Watson).
  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Lantos substitute.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise to speak in support of the substitute 
legislation offered by the ranking member of the House International 
Relations Committee, Mr. Tom Lantos.
  As a former U.S. Ambassador, I know and appreciate that the United 
Nations serves a most useful purpose. It is the only international body 
that allows those countries that support the United States and those 
that do not to sit down in peaceful dialogue to address issues of 
concern and to work together. To maintain the opportunity to resolve 
our differences, we must not cut the funds we provide to the United 
Nations.
  Mr. Lantos' bill supports the necessary reforms we all recognize are 
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United Nations but does so without malice. Like H.R. 2745, the 
substitute supports the goal of reforming budgeting procedures, but it 
eliminates the devastating automatic withholding of 50 percent of the 
dues we owe to the United Nations. We should not tie the hands of our 
Secretary of State nor should we give those who do not support the 
United States, an issue in which to embarrass us. The substitute gives 
the Secretary of State the authority to make the cut but does not 
mandate such cuts. A more preferable position.
  The substitute also keeps the peacekeeping reforms of H.R. 2745 but 
does not mandate the vetoing of any new or expanded U.N. peacekeeping 
operation that does not serve our national interest. Again, the 
flexibility contained in the substitute is preferable to H.R. 2745.
  Mr. Chairman, the United States is the world leader and we should be 
a leader in all areas including serving as a model country in its 
relationships to the world community. This means pushing for reforms in 
the United Nations when such reforms are necessary but it also means 
being a good citizen and doing our part to fulfill our responsibilities 
and to be a good world citizen.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge support for the Lantos substitute.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I am delighted to yield 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Castle).
  Mr. CASTLE. Mr. Chairman, I rise with great respect for both the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) and the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Lantos) in this. While we can all agree that our country, as the 
biggest contributor to the U.N., must help the organization become more 
efficient and effective, the Lantos-Shays substitute finds a compromise 
that I think reflects where the majority of Americans come down on this 
issue. The Gingrich-Mitchell task force takes serious issue with much 
of the damaging policies that have occurred at the U.N., but it 
refrains from calling for mandatory withholding of dues. President Bush 
has also signaled his opposition to many of these provisions, which may 
hinder our Ambassador's dealings with the organization.
  Under the Lantos-Shays substitute, we can send the same message to 
the international community without undermining our efforts to promote 
democracy and protect those in need.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the Lantos/Shays substitute. 
Chairman Hyde has been an indispensable Member of this body for many 
years, and I commend you for bringing this important debate before us.
  While I strongly agree with Chairman Hyde, that serious and 
fundamental problems exist at the United Nations, I prefer the 
President's approach of continuing to pursue negotiations for reform 
through diplomatic means.
  Regardless of preference for this bill, we can all agree that the 
U.N. and the international community should hear our outrage for the 
mismanagement of what is meant to be an example of unity and peace. I 
commend the Chairman and the full committee for trying to improve the 
accountability of those at the U.N. and hope this debate will trigger 
reforms in the functioning of this embattled, yet well-meaning 
organization.
  The Lantos-Shays substitute reflects the significant reforms outlined 
in the Chairman's bill. However, it makes an all important distinction 
in rightly leaving the Secretary of State with the discretion to decide 
when, and if, the ultimatums are a hindrance to our national interests. 
Alternatively, automatically withholding funds may derail our 
international and global commitments and could have a devastating 
impact on poor nations around the world.
  While we can all agree that our country, as the biggest contributor 
to the U.N., must help the organization become more efficient and 
effective, the Lantos-Shays substitute finds a compromise that I think 
reflects where the majority of Americans come down on this issue. The 
Gingrich-Mitchell task force takes serious issue with much of the 
damaging policies that have occurred at the U.N., but it refrains from 
calling for mandatory withholding of dues. President Bush has also 
signaled his opposition to many of these provisions, which may hinder 
our Ambassador's dealings with the organization.
  Under the Lantos-Shays substitute, we can send the same message to 
the international community without undermining our efforts to promote 
democracy and protect those in need.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen).
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Chairman, I thank our great esteemed chairman, 
Chairman Hyde, for yielding me this time.
  By limiting instruments of persuasion to an authorization by the 
Secretary of State to withhold U.S. dues, this substitute would all but 
guarantee that few of these reforms would actually be implemented. Much 
of the world, including many at the U.N., would be excused if they saw 
any threats as a mere bluff. The historical record tells us very 
accurately that any level of success can only be done if we use our 
leverage. If we adopt the Lantos-Shays substitute amendment, we will 
not have that leverage.
  My colleagues maintain that our legislation does not afford 
sufficient flexibility. Yet a fair reading of this text reveals that 
that is just not the case. First, the certifications for action are not 
required until the year 2007. Secondly, this legislation allows the 
Secretary of State to certify U.N. reforms that are substantially 
similar to, or accomplish the same goals and the same objectives as, 
the Hyde U.N. Reform Act. That is plenty of flexibility, Mr. Chairman.
  If the U.N. does on its own institute these reforms, then we have no 
problems. The withholding provisions in the Henry Hyde U.N. Reform Act 
will only be triggered and implemented if the U.N. does not reform 
itself. The onus is on the U.N. to fulfill its stated commitment to 
reform.
  The Constitution gives to Congress the responsibility for determining 
how the public's money will be spent. The Lantos substitute proposes to 
surrender that obligation, that principal source of congressional 
authority, to an unelected official of the executive branch who has not 
been entrusted with it by the Constitution. However burdensome that 
task is, Mr. Chairman, it is ours to carry out.
  Reforming the U.N. is about lives. It is not just about policies. Let 
us carry out our obligation to the taxpayers by rejecting the Lantos 
substitute and by affirming the Hyde bill.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the chairman of the 
Democratic Caucus.
  (Mr. MENENDEZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. Chairman, it is time that we make real reforms at 
the United Nations that address the real problems, but I believe that 
the Hyde bill simply sets the United Nations up to fail by creating a 
series of requirements that will be almost impossible to meet. One 
might even argue that this is the actual goal of some U.N. critics. The 
United Nations is governed by 191 countries, including Syria, Iran, and 
North Korea, who would have to approve the majority of these changes. 
This seems highly unlikely as structured by the bill. Right now this 
bill is medicine which may kill the patient rather than cure a specific 
disease.
  The Hyde bill ties the hands of the Secretary of State with a 
mandatory 50 percent withholding, even if the U.N. improves 
significantly. That is like kicking a child out of school who has moved 
from an F to a B because they did not get an A. The bill also keeps the 
U.S. from supporting any new peacekeeping missions until far-reaching 
reforms have been implemented, even in cases like a Sudan and when 
innocent civilians are at risk. We do not know when and where U.N. 
peacekeepers will be needed next, but we do know that we cannot risk 
the lives of innocent people or risk American interests around the 
world. We simply cannot create legislation which hurts our own security 
interests and our national interest while we are at war.
  This is a time, when our own human and financial resources are 
stretched thin, for the United States to get the world to act with us 
rather than destroy the institution which unites the world.
  I am concerned that the bill condemns us to lose only American lives, 
shed only American blood and spend only American capital instead of 
having the world share this responsibility with us. That is why I urge 
my colleagues to vote against the Hyde bill and to vote for the Lantos-
Shays substitute that does the reforms we want, but gives the Secretary 
of State the flexibility to do the peacekeeping and to achieve the 
reforms we all want to see.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Rohrabacher).
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I believe that both sides have handled it very responsibly, but let us 
take a look at what the real issue is.
  There is broad agreement on both sides as to the need for reform in 
the United Nations. This is not in contention. There is even broad 
agreement of what changes need to be made, what are the issues at the 
United Nations, a lack of accountability and some of these monstrous 
atrocities that we have seen, and the inefficiency and corruption that 
we have seen at the U.N. There is agreement on the problem.
  The fundamental difference between the sides of this debate is 
whether or not there should be consequences if the United Nations does 
not reform. What is going on? The American people understand that in 
order to get an organization like the United Nations to reform, there 
must be consequences. Do we think the United Nations, this entrenched 
bureaucracy, will just say, Oh, we're enlightened by the wonderful 
debate that we've heard, you've appealed to our heart, that they are 
going to make the changes that are necessary to prevent corruption in 
their organization that they have lived with for years because we have 
touched their hearts, we have reached their intellect? No. We have got 
to make sure that there are consequences if they do not reform, or they 
will not pay any attention to us.
  You remember the old show Truth Or Consequences? Unless we provide 
consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not 
going to get any truth. There will be no truth unless they have 
consequences for telling us lies. For years we have lived with the lie 
that the United Nations is somewhat above corruption, that the United 
Nations represents the best of humankind. It will only represent the 
best of humankind and reach these higher standards if we say to them, 
if you are not living up to these standards, there is a price to pay.
  The American people deserve to get their money's worth. We deserve to 
try to put pressure on the United Nations to live up to its standards. 
If we just give them a free pass, whether or not they reform or not, 
there will be no reform at the United Nations, and all of this will 
have gone for nothing.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I am delighted to yield the balance of my 
time to my distinguished Republican coauthor, the gentleman from 
Connecticut (Mr. Shays).
  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The gentleman from Connecticut is 
recognized for 1\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. SHAYS. I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Chairman, I love Henry Hyde. I have awesome respect for Tom 
Lantos. I thank the gentleman from California for supporting the 
President in the war against Iraq and to go into Afghanistan. I thank 
him for being such a clear thinker along with the gentleman from 
Illinois on so many issues.
  We are not part of the Kyoto agreement. We are not part of the land 
mine agreement. We are not part of other treaties. We are not part of 
the ICC, the International Criminal Court. I understand those things. 
We are in a war in Afghanistan, a war in Iraq, and we are telling the 
President of the United States and the Secretary of State, Forget it. 
We don't care what you think. We're going ahead. Mandatory, nuclear 
option. It is going to happen even if the U.N. does most of what we 
ask. Even if they do 80 percent of what we ask, it is still going to 
happen. Mandatory.
  I cannot believe when our men and women are fighting in Iraq that we 
would move forward with legislation like this when we need to draw 
countries together. The problem is not all the reforms can physically 
happen, and some of them will not happen, and some in the U.N. might 
not even want them to happen. They are eager to have us withhold funds. 
They are eager to have more people hate the United States.
  The United States, the President, the Secretary of State, they are 
working so hard, and they are making progress. We have a new manager, 
Chris Burnham, who is the Under Secretary running the whole management 
of the U.N. We are making progress.
  Go with the Hyde bill, but with the flexibility to let our President 
and our Secretary of State have the ability to work with these 
countries to move them along and see progress.
  Mr. HYDE. Mr. Chairman, I yield the balance of my time to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), the distinguished majority leader.
  Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, I first want to thank the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Lantos) for his longstanding leadership on issues 
related to the United Nations and human freedom. No one has greater 
respect for him in this body than I do. But in this case, Mr. Chairman, 
I think and I believe that the Lantos substitute just falls a little 
short.
  Six decades ago, the United Nations was formed to save succeeding 
generations from the scourge of war; to reaffirm faith in fundamental 
human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the 
equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small; and to 
establish conditions under which justice and respect for the 
obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international 
law can be maintained; and to promote social progress and better 
standards of life in larger freedom.
  These words, from the preamble of the United Nations' historic 
Charter, today hover over that institution not as a symbol of its 
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  Far from saving future generations from the scourge of war, the 
United Nations' history of hand-wringing, appeasement, and moral 
equivalence has exacerbated the scourge of war.
  Far from reaffirming faith and fundamental rights and the dignity of 
the human person, the United Nations has overseen the degradation of 
human rights even of vulnerable human beings in its own care through 
routine abuses of power, corruption, and even horrific sexual 
exploitation of peoples at the hands of U.N. peacekeepers.
  Far from reaffirming faith in the equal rights of nations large and 
small, the U.N. has instead adopted an institutional posture favoring 
belligerent tyrannies at the expense of freedom-loving democracies, 
standing with Palestinian terrorists against Israeli families, standing 
with Saddam Hussein against the civilized world, and too often standing 
with anyone against the United States of America.
  Far from promoting justice and respect for international law, the 
United Nations has become one of the world's greatest apologists for 
tyranny and terror where justice is merely one point of view; a place 
where Sudan and Syria and Castro's Cuba are given a soap-box on which 
to lecture the free world on human rights; a place where international 
lawyers scheme to haul American soldiers before a rogue court, 
irrespective of constitutional rights; a place where an international 
humanitarian mission to feed and heal the Iraqi people resulted in $10 
billion in siphoned bribes and kickbacks.
  And far from promoting social progress and the better standards of 
life in larger freedom, the United Nations has become a hindrance to 
both progress and freedom. Just ask the besieged citizens of Israel 
whose every gesture of goodwill has been returned by violence from 
their enemies and condemnation from the U.N.
  Diplomatic pretenses aside, Mr. Chairman, corruption has infected the 
United Nations. And yet given its organizational structure, how could 
it be otherwise? There is no independent financial oversight. There are 
no standards of transparency. Most U.N. divisions are exempt from 
democratic accountability. And most U.N. leaders are protected from the 
law by diplomatic immunity.
  The rampant corruption that today infects the United Nations is not a 
function of its personnel. Not really. It is a function of its 
structure. That is what we get, Mr. Chairman, from an organization 
driven by consensus instead of principle. And as long as tyrants and 
terrorists get as much say in policymaking as democratically elected 
leaders, the U.N. will continue to betray its charter and betray the 
billions of people on this planet who look to it for hope.
  This substitute essentially agrees with that conclusion. It just does 
not do enough about it. But what more do we need to hear, Mr. Chairman? 
The U.N.'s corruption is so breathtaking in its scope as to be almost 
universal: peacekeepers raping women that they are sent to protect; 
sexual exploitation of children at the hands of their humanitarian 
relief workers; institutional anti-Semitism so brazen that

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Yasser Arafat was considered a moderate; $10 billion, $10 billion, 
stolen from sick and starving children in Iraq; bribery, embezzlement, 
misappropriation of funds, and conflicts of interests so extensive that 
the financial management of many of the U.N. agencies resembles that of 
a second-rate kleptocracy.
  What further evidence could we possibly need?
  The pervasive corruption at the U.N. is not a problem; it is a 
crisis. No one denies this. And in response to the overwhelming 
evidencing, the Democrat substitute says the reforms in the underlying 
bill should happen. But, Mr. Chairman, it is not enough to say that 
these reforms should happen. They must happen. And they must happen 
right now. We should not be asking the U.N.'s leaders to make these 
reforms. We need to tell them. The philosophy of flexibility and 
appeasement create loopholes that diplomats drive huge trucks through. 
And if they were serious about giving the administration flexibility, 
why did they not give it to the President instead of the Secretary of 
State? The President leads foreign policy in this country, not the 
Secretary of State.
  The American people are today underwriting rampant corruption, 22 
percent of it to be precise, and it needs to stop. Today the Congress 
must take this stand and clearly voice not simply our frustration but 
our expectation of concrete reform. We must act, Mr. Chairman. And as 
he has so many times in his decades with us, the gentleman from 
Illinois has shown us the way.
  The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde) has brought before this House 
a comprehensive, almost exhaustive, package of reform that, if enacted, 
will finally bring the United Nations under some semblance of control. 
If and when these reforms are enacted, Mr. Chairman, the world will be 
safer and stronger. The American people will be assured their money is 
being well spent, and the United Nations charter to prevent wars, 
protect human rights, and advance the cause of human freedom will be 
reaffirmed.
  And every man, woman, and child on this planet will owe a great debt 
of gratitude to Henry J. Hyde.
  I just ask my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the Democratic substitute. 
Vote ``yes'' on the Hyde reform bill, and let us put the United Nations 
back on track to fulfill its promise to the human race.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chairman, this is an instance in which both the 
proponents and opponents of the Lantos substitute share the same goal: 
reforming the United Nations. We differ over the best means to 
accomplish that goal, and that disagreement is fundamental.
  The committee bill embodies a go-it-alone, take-it-or-leave-it 
approach to dealing with the United Nations that is entirely 
inconsistent with the tenets of an international organization founded 
on the belief that nations should be respectful of each other's views.
  With the United States having so recently suffered the debacle of 
dealing with U.N. members in an imperious way before the invasion of 
Iraq, and then being surprised by the U.N.'s reluctance to join us on 
the course we had pre-determined, one would think that the Republican 
majority in the House would have learned a lesson about the kind of 
approach likely to produce international cooperation. This bill is 
evidence that they have not.
  The committee bill mandates the withholding of dues if certain 
reforms are not implemented, dictates the scope of the reforms, and 
provides precious little time to have them agreed to and put in place. 
The bill creates a system designed to fail, and then imposes draconian 
consequences for the failure. Not only have eight former U.S. 
ambassadors to the U.N. come out strongly in opposition to the bill, 
but Secretary of State Rice has been noticeably silent about it.
  The Lantos substitute fashions a better way to achieve needed reform 
at the U.N. without imperiling American interests in peacekeeping and 
other activities. That way is to provide the secretary of state with 
the maximum flexibility to employ diplomacy to expand the number of 
countries sharing our views on reform so that a broad-based mandate for 
reform is produced. By holding out the possibility that U.S. dues would 
be withheld if reform is not achieved, but not making withholding 
mandatory, the substitute creates the conditions for diplomacy to work 
effectively.
  I urge my colleagues to recognize the interest that the United states 
has in a strong and effective United Nations, and to weigh carefully 
whether the steps we take in this bill will strengthen that institution 
or weaken it. Reform is the right way to go and the right way to 
achieve it is to adopt the Lantos substitute. I urge my colleagues to 
vote for it.
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Chairman, the U.N. soon to celerate its 60th 
anniversary, is chartered to promote universal human rights, justice 
and social progress. These are perfect ideals that the global community 
must strive to put into action, but that does not mean the U.N. is a 
perfect organization. Recent scandals and the lack of transparency 
within the U.N. undermine the essential role the U.N. plays in world 
affairs. Reform is an urgent priority but the cure for fixing these 
problems should not be worse than the disease.
  H.R. 2745 will hamstring the U.S.'s ability to create positive reform 
within the U.N., tarnish the image of the U.S. abroad when public 
opinion of the U.S., particularly in the Arab countries where is at an 
all time low, and defeat the Administration's public diplomacy efforts 
before Karen Hughes even assumes her new responsibilities in September. 
Additionally, H.R. 2745 would halt funding for any new or expanded 
peacekeeping missions. Unilaterally preventing the U.S. from supporting 
new peacekeeping missions puts an untold number of lives at risk and 
additionally, could endanger U.S. national security interests. In fact 
many of the peacekeeping reforms contained in the Hyde bill are 
endorsed by the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations, and in most 
cases are already underway, to address recent concerns raised about 
sexual exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping missions.
  Moreover, H.R. 2745 does not enjoy the full support of the 
administration. According to R. Nicholas Bums, under secretary of state 
for political affairs, ``We have serious concerns with the bill. We are 
the founder of the U.N. We're the host country of the U.N. We're the 
leading contributor to the U.N. We don't want to put ourselves in a 
position where the United States is withholding 50 percent of the 
American contributions to the U.N. system.''
  Congress must provide the State Department with the tools and 
flexibility to push for positive changes within the U.N. The Lantos/
Shays substitute would provide the authority, but not mandate, the 
Secretary of State to withhold dues from the U.N. if reform measures 
aren't implemented in a timely manner. The United States, as the world 
leader, must take an active, positive role in helping reform the U.N. 
The Lantos/Shays substitute is the step in the right direction for U.S. 
reform efforts and I will vote in favor of this substitute and against 
the U.N. Reform Act.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). All time for debate on the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute has expired.
  The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chairman announced that the 
noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by 
the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) will be postponed.


          Sequential Votes Postponed In Committee Of The Whole

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order: amendment No. 1 printed in subpart D 
by the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce), amendment No. 2 printed 
in subpart D by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Fortenberry), 
amendment No. 1 printed in subpart E by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. 
Flake), amendment No. 1 printed in part 2 by the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Chabot), amendment No. 5 printed in part 2 by the gentleman from 
Indiana (Mr. Pence), amendment No. 9 printed in part 2 by the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Gohmert), amendment No. 12 printed in part 2 by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Stearns), and amendment No. 13 in the 
nature of a substitute printed in part 2 by the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Lantos).
  The first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. 
Remaining electronic votes will be conducted as 5-minute votes.


         Part 1, Subpart D Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Royce

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendment No. 1 printed in subpart D of part 1 of 
House Report No. 109-132 offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Royce) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
ayes prevailed by voice vote.

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  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 373, 
noes 32, not voting 28, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 274]

                               AYES--373

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Bean
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Carter
     Case
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Green, Gene
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McMorris
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Otter
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pastor
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Saxton
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Sodrel
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watt
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--32

     Capuano
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Delahunt
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Jackson (IL)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kucinich
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     McGovern
     Meeks (NY)
     Murtha
     Olver
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Payne
     Rangel
     Schakowsky
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Solis
     Thompson (MS)
     Waters
     Watson
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--28

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Fossella
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Smith (WA)
     Stark
     Taylor (MS)
     Walsh
     Waxman

                              {time}  1346

  Messrs. SERRANO, GRIJALVA, RANGEL, and AL GREEN of Texas, and Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Messrs. LEWIS of California, SPRATT, WELDON of Florida, NADLER, and 
RAHALL changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 274, I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The Chair would advise Members of 
its intention to run this next series of votes as 5-minute votes.


      Part 1, Subpart D Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Fortenberry

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Nebraska 
(Mr. Fortenberry) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 375, 
noes 29, not voting 29, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 275]

                               AYES--375

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Bean
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Carter
     Case
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach

[[Page H4699]]


     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Otter
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pastor
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Sodrel
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--29

     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Delahunt
     Dingell
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Jackson (IL)
     Kanjorski
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Lewis (GA)
     McKinney
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Miller, George
     Murtha
     Pascrell
     Paul
     Payne
     Rahall
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Solis
     Towns
     Waters
     Watson
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--29

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Smith (WA)
     Stark
     Taylor (MS)
     Walsh
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)

                              {time}  1353

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


        Part 1, Subpart E, Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Flake

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Flake) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 366, 
noes 38, not voting 29, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 276]

                               AYES--366

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Bean
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Carter
     Case
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Istook
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kanjorski
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McMorris
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Saxton
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Sodrel
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--38

     Capuano
     Conyers
     Davis (IL)
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     Dingell
     Farr
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hastings (FL)
     Honda
     Jackson (IL)
     Jones (OH)
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kucinich
     Larson (CT)
     Lee
     Lewis (GA)
     McCollum (MN)
     McGovern
     Meek (FL)
     Miller, George
     Nadler
     Oberstar
     Olver
     Owens
     Payne
     Rush
     Sabo
     Schakowsky
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Solis
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Watson
     Watt
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--29

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kaptur
     Lynch
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Obey
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Stark
     Taylor (MS)
     Walsh
     Waxman


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised 2 minutes 
remain in this vote.

                              {time}  1400

  Mr. NADLER and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi changed their vote from 
``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


             Part 2, Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Chabot

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The pending business is the demand 
for a recorded vote on amendment No. 1 printed in Part 2 of House

[[Page H4700]]

Report 109-132 offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot) on which 
further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by 
voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 405, 
noes 2, not voting 26, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 277]

                               AYES--405

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Bean
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Carter
     Case
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul (TX)
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Otter
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Sodrel
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NOES--2

     McKinney
     Paul
       

                             NOT VOTING--26

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Stark
     Velazquez
     Walsh
     Waxman


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised that there 
are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1407

  Mr. CONYERS changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


              Part 2 Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Pence

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on amendment No. 5 printed in Part 2 of House Report 109-
132 offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence) on which further 
proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice 
vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 281, 
noes 126, not voting 26, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 278]

                               AYES--281

     Abercrombie
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Bean
     Beauprez
     Berkley
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carter
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chandler
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Costa
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Etheridge
     Everett
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Green, Gene
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Latham
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Napolitano
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen

[[Page H4701]]


     Ross
     Rothman
     Royce
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salazar
     Saxton
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Sodrel
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stearns
     Strickland
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Wasserman Schultz
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--126

     Ackerman
     Allen
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Becerra
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bishop (NY)
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carson
     Case
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Gilchrest
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holt
     Honda
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     Kirk
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Markey
     Marshall
     McCollum (MN)
     McGovern
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Schakowsky
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Wexler
     Wilson (NM)
     Woolsey

                             NOT VOTING--26

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Chocola
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Stark
     Walsh
     Waxman

                              {time}  1414

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


             Part 2, Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Gohmert

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson). The pending business is the demand 
for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Gohmert) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 108, 
noes 297, not voting 28, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 279]

                               AYES--108

     Akin
     Alexander
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blunt
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Conaway
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Duncan
     Emerson
     Feeney
     Foley
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gibbons
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Green, Gene
     Hall
     Hart
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Jenkins
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     LaTourette
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCaul (TX)
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris
     Mica
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Norwood
     Otter
     Paul
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Price (GA)
     Rehberg
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryun (KS)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shuster
     Smith (TX)
     Sodrel
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)
     Young (AK)

                               NOES--297

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass
     Bean
     Beauprez
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bishop (NY)
     Blackburn
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boustany
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Case
     Castle
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cole (OK)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Harman
     Harris
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Northup
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sweeney
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--28

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Istook
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kennedy (RI)
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Stark
     Walsh
     Waxman


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised there are 
2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1420

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Part 2, Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Stearns

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Stearns) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

[[Page H4702]]

                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 100, 
noes 306, not voting 27, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 280]

                               AYES--100

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Beauprez
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Brown (SC)
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Cannon
     Carter
     Chabot
     Coble
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Duncan
     Emerson
     Feeney
     Foley
     Forbes
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gibbons
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Green (WI)
     Green, Gene
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lucas
     Lynch
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCaul (TX)
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McKeon
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Norwood
     Otter
     Paul
     Petri
     Platts
     Pombo
     Price (GA)
     Radanovich
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Rogers (AL)
     Rohrabacher
     Royce
     Ryun (KS)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shuster
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Tancredo
     Taylor (MS)
     Terry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Westmoreland
     Wilson (SC)

                               NOES--306

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (OH)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Case
     Castle
     Chandler
     Chocola
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Engel
     English (PA)
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Ford
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harman
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hensarling
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Maloney
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCollum (MN)
     McCotter
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McMorris
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Northup
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Owens
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Poe
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reichert
     Reynolds
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Schwarz (MI)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Slaughter
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Sodrel
     Solis
     Spratt
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sweeney
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Towns
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden (OR)
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--27

     Andrews
     Baird
     Biggert
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kennedy (RI)
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Stark
     Walsh
     Waxman


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (during the vote). Members are advised there are 
2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1427

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


 Part 2, Amendment No. 13 in the Nature of a Substitute Offered by Mr. 
                                 Lantos

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. The pending business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by 
the gentleman from California (Mr. Lantos) on which further proceedings 
were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment in the nature of a substitute.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIRMAN. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 190, 
noes 216, not voting 27, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 281]

                               AYES--190

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (NY)
     Boehlert
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Case
     Castle
     Chandler
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Gutierrez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inglis (SC)
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Johnson (CT)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCollum (MN)
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NOES--216

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Beauprez
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Cox
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake

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     Dreier
     Duncan
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gohmert
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Grijalva
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuhl (NY)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McMorris
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy
     Murtha
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pastor
     Paul
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Schwarz (MI)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Sodrel
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--27

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kennedy (RI)
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Stark
     Walsh
     Waxman


                  Announcement by the Acting Chairman

  The Acting CHAIRMAN (Mr. Simpson) (during the vote). There are 2 
minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1434

  Mr. BOEHLERT changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment in the nature of a substitute was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. There being no further amendments, the question 
is on the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as 
amended.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 2745. 
There is a need for reform at the United Nations. No one disagrees with 
that, but the legislation before the House is an extreme and deeply 
flawed bill that would actually set back our efforts to strengthen and 
improve this important institution.
  The problem with the amendment is its complete lack of flexibility. 
It requires the United States to withhold 50 percent of our dues if 32 
of 39 specific goals are not met by 2007. Furthermore, 14 of those 
goals are mandatory, and if a single one is not met, our dues are 
withheld. Such a rigid approach weakens the Bush Administration's hand 
in negotiating the changes that we all agree are necessary there.
  I want to quote from a June 14 letter to Speaker Hastert and Leader 
Pelosi from eight former U.S. Ambassadors to the United Nations. These 
ambassadors served in Republican and Democratic administrations alike, 
range broadly in their political persuasions, and include President 
Bush's most recent Ambassador to the U.N., John Danforth, as well as 
Madeleine Albright, Richard Holbrooke, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Donald 
McHenry, Thomas Pickering, Bill Richardson and Andrew Young.
  In their letter, they write that ``withholding U.S. dues to the U.N. 
threatens to undermine our leadership and effectiveness at the U.N. and 
the reform effort itself--as well as the U.N.'s ability to take on 
responsibilities critical to protecting our national security. . . . 
Reforming the United Nations is the right goal. Withholding our dues to 
the U.N. is the wrong methodology.''
  These distinguished former ambassadors go on to assert that, 
``Withholding U.S. dues to the United Nations may sound like smart 
policy but would be counterproductive at this time. . . . It would 
create resentment, build animosity and actually strengthen opponents of 
reform.''
  For these reasons, I will vote for the substitute offered by Ranking 
Member Lantos. The Lantos substitute would give Secretary of State Rice 
the tools and flexibility needed to bring about reform at the United 
Nations.
  Let me conclude by saying that the bill before the House is a perfect 
example of how the priorities of the Majority are out of step with the 
needs of the country. It is simply amazing that the House is debating 
this bill--a bill that the President would almost certainly veto if it 
ever reached him--when there are so many more important and unmet needs 
that the House has yet to address and could effectively address.
  Millions of manufacturing jobs have left the United States over the 
last four years, and more jobs are leaving every day. The cost of 
gasoline remains near record highs, yet we still have no strategy to 
deal with it. Over 40 million Americans have no health insurance, and 
the cost of health insurance for all Americans continues to rise. These 
are the issues that the American people need us to address.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this flawed and unbalanced bill.
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose the United 
Nations Reform Act of 2005 as it is currently constituted. This 
legislation sends the signal to the world that our Nation has a disdain 
for the United Nations and I for one cannot support that idea.
  There are many instances in which the U.N. has been instrumental in 
furthering U.S. foreign policy objectives. In the past year alone, the 
U.N. helped organize parliamentary elections in Iraq, reconstruction 
efforts following the Indian Ocean tsunami, and helped mediate the 
withdrawal of Syrian armed forces from Lebanon. A reformed U.N. could 
be even more complementary to U.S. interests abroad, but only if the 
U.S. does not alienate other Member States and create animosity in the 
process. The inflexibility of the Hyde legislation would create 
resentment among Member States, and the automatic withholding of dues 
would cripple the institution.
  Hyde's unilateral approach to U.N. reform promises to thwart the 
growing international consensus for reform, which will be addressed by 
at least 174 nations at the September Summit in New York. We need a 
more flexible approach which does not dictate unrealistic deadlines for 
changes or threaten automatic withholding of dues, will achieve U.S. 
goals without causing widespread resentment among Member States whose 
support we depend on.
  The Hyde bill on U.N. reform contains many serious flaws which if 
implemented would not be welcome by the international community. 
Peacekeeping is one such area where this bill contains deeply flawed 
logic. The Hyde bill points to peacekeeping reforms that everyone 
agrees are needed. These reforms are in fact endorsed by the U.N. 
Department of Peacekeeping Operations and in most cases, these reforms 
are already underway to address recent concerns raised about sexual 
exploitation and abuse in peacekeeping missions. However, the Hyde bill 
says that starting this fall, the U.S. must prevent the expansion of 
existing missions or the creation of any new U.N. peacekeeping missions 
until all specified reforms are completed and certified by the 
Secretary of State. The truth is that some of these requirements simply 
cannot be met by the fall, true reform takes time. Reforms will require 
careful implementation at the U.N. as well as by the 100-plus troop 
contributing countries, and in some cases will require additional U.N. 
staff and funding which of course is not provided by this legislation. 
And yet, the Hyde bill will likely prevent Security Council resolutions 
to enable the creation or expansion of important U.N. missions in 
places like Darfur in Sudan, Haiti, Congo and Afghanistan. We as the 
United States of America have always prided ourselves on helping those 
who cannot help themselves, on aiding those who are being massacred 
simply because of who they are, but now this bill seeks for our Nation 
to turn a blind eye to these people. We, as the 109th Congress cannot 
allow ourselves to be the ones who cut off assistance to these 
desperate people.

  Not only does the Hyde bill take a wrong approach to peacekeeping, 
but it will also create great problems with the budget at the United 
Nations. The Hyde bill claims to ``pursue a streamlined, efficient, and 
accountable regular assessed budget of the United Nations,'' yet in 
reality the approach taken by the bill will wreak havoc on the U.N. 
budget process and will result in the automatic withholding of U.S. 
financial obligations to the U.N. regular budget. This flawed bill 
attempts to shift funding for 18 specific programs from assessed 
contributions to voluntary contributions. To achieve these goals, the 
bill mandates the withholding of up to $100 million in U.S. dues to the 
U.N. regular budget. While this idea may have merit, the U.S. should 
work with its allies to advance it through the Budget Committee at the 
U.N. instead of starting from the point of withholding dues, which 
should be our Nation's last resort. Furthermore, the Hyde

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proposal links 50 percent of U.N. dues to a list of 39 conditions, not 
only at the U.N. Secretariat, but also at various U.N. specialized 
agencies over which the U.N. has no direct control. All of this will 
create a new U.S. debt at the U.N., since many of the conditions are so 
rigid and specific that they are not achievable. In the end, all that 
any of this will do is create resentment towards the United States in 
the international community. As the Washington Post editorialized, 
``This is like using a sledgehammer to drive a nail into an antique 
table: Even if you're aiming at the right nail, you're going to cause 
damage.''
  The Hyde bill also calls for certain steps supported by the U.N. and 
the U.S., such as the strengthening of the U.N. oversight function, the 
creation of a Peacebuilding Commission, and reforms in U.N. 
peacekeeping. However, it calls for these reforms to be funded solely 
within existing resources. If the U.S. withholds dues as this bill 
calls for, even less funding will be available to support these 
reforms. This bill also calls for the creation of new positions in 
several departments, including the Office of Internal Oversight 
Services and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, without 
allowing resources to fund these positions.
  Clearly, too many of the provisions of the Hyde U.N. reform bill will 
only cause resentment against the United States in the international 
community. Achieving reform by consensus in a body with 191 members is 
difficult, but this is not in itself a reason to by-pass the consensus 
building process. The more Member States that are engaged in achieving 
reform, the more legitimate and effective the changes will be. The U.S. 
should lead the way by actively promoting a tough reform agenda and 
retaining the threat of withholding dues as a last resort. Reform 
should not, however, be a crusade led by the U.S. against the 
institution and its Member States. Unfortunately, this bill on U.N. 
reform will not lead to reform, but only to the weakening of the United 
Nations. With great respect for Chairman Hyde and his intent I 
regretfully will have to oppose H.R. 2745.
  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Chairman, I regret that I cannot vote for 
this bill.
  I am not opposed to the ostensible purpose of the bill--in fact, I 
share the view that the United Nations needs to be improved so it can 
better carry out its indispensable role.
  The U.N. is a critically important body that has taken on many of the 
world's problems and solved them--problems such as poverty, disease, 
and international disputes. And the U.S. has benefited from U.N. 
actions. Just recently, the U.N. helped with elections in Afghanistan 
and Iraq and helped negotiate the withdrawal of Syrian forces from 
Lebanon.
  But it has serious problems, as exemplified by the oil-for-food 
scandal and offenses committed by U.N. peacekeeping forces.
  So, I support U.N. reform--but I cannot support the approach the bill 
takes toward achieving that objective.
  The bill would require the Secretary of State to push for reforms at 
the U.N. in the areas of budgeting, oversight and accountability, 
peacekeeping, and human rights. That is something that needs to be 
done. But if the Secretary of State cannot certify that the reforms 
have been achieved, starting in 2007, the Secretary would be required 
to withhold 50 percent of the U.S. assessed contributions to the U.N.'s 
regular budget. The assessed U.S. contributions are estimated at $362 
million for 2005, and $439 million for 2006.
  I think such a punitive and unilateral approach to reform will not 
work. I think its primary result would be to further isolate the United 
States while at the same time actually undermining ongoing efforts at 
reform and potentially jeopardizing the U.N.'s ability to focus on 
global threats and work toward greater global stability.
  The substitute proposed by Representatives Lantos and Shays would 
have been a better approach, and I regret that it was not adopted.
  As it stands, the bill is problematic on a number of fronts. First, 
it would mandate withholding of dues from programs that do not get 
moved from the U.N.'s assessed budget to a system of voluntary 
contribution, a goal unlikely to be achieved.
  Also, it would require the United States to veto Security Council 
resolutions establishing any new U.N. peacekeeping missions--including 
involvement in a crisis like the one taking place in Darfur--until the 
peacekeeping reforms called for by the bill have been completed. This 
is like forbidding firemen to respond to a blaze because we are unhappy 
about the way the department is organized and financed. I cannot 
support that.
  The bill would cut U.S. contributions to U.N. conferences and public 
information programs by 20 percent unless the overall budgets for these 
programs are cut by 20 percent, and if the 20 percent target is not met 
by 2008, the bill would mandate the withholding of 50 percent of U.S. 
contributions. It also would require that 50 percent of annual dues be 
withheld even if just one of 14 mandatory benchmarks were not met. 
These go beyond stern--they are petulant. Their predictable result is 
not reform, but failure.

  In short, the bill as it stands would simultaneously demand reform 
and make it impossible to achieve.
  The substitute offered by Representatives Lantos and Shays would have 
used carrots as well as sticks and would have given much greater 
flexibility to the Secretary of State.
  The substitute included benchmarks very much like those in the base 
bill, but it gave flexibility to the Secretary of State to mandate the 
50 percent cuts to our U.N. dues. Similarly, the substitute did not 
link the change from ``assessed'' to ``voluntary'' contributions to 
withholding a portion of our dues, and it would have allowed the 
Secretary of State to waive the peacekeeping reform requirements if it 
is determined that a new mission is in the U.S. national interest.
  The substitute also included incentives by supporting an effort to 
pay our dues on time, an increased U.N. budget for the large number of 
new offices that will be needed to implement the reforms, a well 
structured buyout of unneeded U.N. personnel, and a contribution to the 
U.N. Democracy Fund.
  The difference between the bill now before us and the Lantos-Shays 
substitute is that while the substitute was realistic in the way it set 
out a path toward reform, the majority's bill if fully implemented 
would effectively destroy the chances of achieving an effective and 
improved U.N.
  Instead of adopting such an approach, the United States should engage 
the U.N. member countries in the process of reform and provide the U.N. 
with the resources necessary to accomplish reforms, rather than 
alienate the global community by threatening to withhold dues.
  The Bush Administration itself is opposed to this legislation as it 
stands. I do not often agree with them, but I do in this instance and I 
therefore must vote against the bill.
  Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2745, 
the Henry J. Hyde United Nations Reform Act of 2005.
  H.R. 2745 is a common sense piece of legislation that would mandate 
timely change to a United Nations suffering from scandal, mismanagement 
and abuse. Specifically, it would withhold 50 percent of regular 
assessed budget contributions unless the U.N. enacts 39 specific 
budgetary, accountability, and human rights-related reforms necessary 
to providing needed transparency to the world body.
  The need for this legislation could not be more evident. Over the 
past few years we have witnessed a United Nations mired in scandal. The 
U.N. Oil-for-Food program was a glaring failure that served only to 
benefit a tyrant and keep the Iraqi people in a state of despondency 
and despair. As a result, the Oil-for-Food program has become the 
biggest scandal in the history of the U.N. and one of the greatest 
financial scandals of modern times.
  Scandals involving U.N. peacekeeping operations have also escalated. 
In Congo and Bosnia, U.N. peacekeepers were accused of widespread 
sexual exploitation and rape of refugees, betraying the trust of the 
very people they were there to protect. In Sierra Leone, peacekeepers 
were accused of systematically raping women. These actions are 
reprehensible in any society and unbecoming to an organization whose 
founding charter is dedicated to the promotion and respect for human 
rights and maintaining international peace and security.
  In recent years, the U.N. has also abdicated their role as a 
protector of human rights. This legislation rightfully prevents some of 
the world's premier human rights abusers such as Cuba, Sudan and Libya 
from having a seat on the U.N. Commission of Human Rights.
  Without H.R. 2745, we will be sending American taxpayer dollars to 
support an international organization that currently embraces 
mediocrity, corruption and waste as the status quo. The United Nations 
Reform Act will go a long way to employ proper checks and balances to 
an organization that I believe has lost control of both its purpose and 
mission, and no longer adequately represents the United States' 
interests, nor the interests of democracies around the world.
  It is time for these common sense reforms. The American people who 
pay 22 percent of the U.N. dues demand that their tax dollars go to an 
organization that is transparent, and accountable.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge passage of this legislation.
  Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to thank Mr. Hyde for his 
distinguished service in the House of Representatives and to support 
his work to bring accountability and transparency to the United 
Nations.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Hyde has been a promoter and a defender of 
conservative issues, including the rights of the unborn and the need 
for a strong national defense.
  While many of my colleagues are committed and dedicated to these 
issues, my friend from

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Illinois has truly led by example in how he has advocated for 
conservative policies and championed family values.
  He is well known for his consistency and tenacity in his beliefs, yet 
he is well-respected within the House by Members of both sides of the 
aisle. He has strongly disagreed with Members about issues that evoke 
emotional responses, yet he has maintained his dignity and gentlemanly 
conduct.
  Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank Mr. Hyde for his work to increase 
the credibility of the United Nations and to wish him well in his 
retirement. Unfortunately, I was committed to attend an event in my 
district, and I was unable to vote for the final passage of the Henry 
J. Hyde United Nations Reform Act of 2005. I would like the official 
record to reflect I support this important legislation.
  Henry, thank you for your service and best wishes to you and your 
family.
  The Acting CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Putnam) having assumed the chair, Mr. Simpson, Acting Chairman of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2745) to 
reform the United Nations, and for other purposes, pursuant to House 
Resolution 319, he reported the bill back to the House with an 
amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute? If not, the question is on the 
amendment.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 221, 
noes 184, not voting 28, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 282]

                               AYES--221

     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Bachus
     Baker
     Barrett (SC)
     Barrow
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Berkley
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blunt
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Boozman
     Boustany
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Coble
     Cole (OK)
     Conaway
     Costello
     Cox
     Crenshaw
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cunningham
     Davis (KY)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Deal (GA)
     DeLay
     Dent
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Doolittle
     Drake
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Ehlers
     Emerson
     English (PA)
     Everett
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Fitzpatrick (PA)
     Flake
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Fossella
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Green, Gene
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Hostettler
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis (SC)
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Jindal
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (MN)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuhl (NY)
     LaHood
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marshall
     McCaul (TX)
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McHenry
     McHugh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McMorris
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mollohan
     Moran (KS)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Osborne
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pearce
     Pence
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe
     Pombo
     Porter
     Price (GA)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reynolds
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Saxton
     Schwarz (MI)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Sodrel
     Souder
     Stearns
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Turner
     Upton
     Walden (OR)
     Wamp
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NOES--184

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Bean
     Becerra
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop (NY)
     Boehlert
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (OH)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carnahan
     Carson
     Case
     Castle
     Chandler
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Emanuel
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Green, Al
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Herseth
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick (MI)
     Kind
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy
     McCollum (MN)
     McGovern
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Melancon
     Menendez
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore (KS)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Peterson (MN)
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sabo
     Salazar
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schwartz (PA)
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Spratt
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tauscher
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--28

     Andrews
     Baird
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Boehner
     Bono
     Brown, Corrine
     Cuellar
     Davis, Tom
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Graves
     Hooley
     Issa
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kennedy (RI)
     McDermott
     Millender-McDonald
     Pelosi
     Reyes
     Sessions
     Simmons
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Stark
     Tanner
     Walsh
     Waxman


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Putnam) (during the vote). Members are 
advised 2 minutes remain in this vote.

                              {time}  1451

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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