Official Summaries

No taxpayer funding for United Nations Human Rights Council Act

This bill requires the Department of State to withhold from the U.S. contribution to the United Nations (U.N.) the amount that would be allocated to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Such withheld funds must be rescinded and must not be considered arrears to be repaid to any U.N. entity.

The bill also prohibits the State Department from making voluntary contributions to the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 400 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 400

 To prohibit contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Council, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2025

     Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Cline, Mrs. 
  Harshbarger, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, and Mr. Moore of West Virginia) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit contributions to the United Nations Human Rights Council, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No taxpayer funding for United 
Nations Human Rights Council Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of State--
            (1) shall withhold from a United States contribution each 
        fiscal year to a regular budget of the United Nations an amount 
        that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that the 
        Secretary determines would be allocated by the United Nations 
        to support the United Nations Human Rights Council; and
            (2) may not make any voluntary contributions to the United 
        Nations Human Rights Council.
    (b) Rescission.--On the date the Secretary of State withholds funds 
pursuant to this section, such funds are rescinded and shall not be 
considered arrears to be repaid to any United Nations entity.
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