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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2535

To provide for withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 25, 1995

Mr. SCARBOROUGH introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To provide for withdrawal of the United States from the

United Nations.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United Nations With5 drawal Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS PARTICIPATION ACT.

7 (a) REPEAL.—Effective 4 years after the date of the

8 enactment of this Act, the United Nations Participation

9 Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–264) is repealed.

10 (b) CLOSURE OF UNITED STATES MISSION TO

11 UNITED NATIONS.—Effective 4 years after the date of the
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1 enactment of this Act, the United States Mission to the

2 United Nations shall be closed and all staff and any re3 maining functions of such office shall be carried out

4 through the Secretary of State and the Department of

5 State.

6 (c) NOTICE.—Not later than 1 year before the effec7 tive date of the repeal under subsection (a), the Secretary

8 of State shall notify the United Nations of the withdrawal

9 of the United States from the United Nations as of the

10 effective date of the repeal under subsection (a).

11 SEC. 3. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

12 AGREEMENT ACT.

13 (a) REPEAL.—Effective 4 years after the date of the

14 enactment of this Act, the United Nations Headquarters

15 Agreement Act (Public Law 80–357) is repealed.

16 (b) NOTICE.—Not later than 1 year before the effec17 tive date of the repeal under subsection (a), the Secretary

18 of State shall notify the United Nations that the United

19 States will unilaterally withdraw from the agreement be20 tween the United States of America and the United Na21 tions regarding the headquarters of the United Nations

22 (signed at Lake Success, New York, on June 26, 1947,

23 which was brought into effect by the United Nations

24 Headquarters Agreement Act) as of the effective date of

25 the repeal under subsection (a).
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1 (c)NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW AGREEMENT.—It is the

2 sense of the Congress that the President should enter into

3 such negotiations as are necessary for a new agreement

4 with the United Nations for essential and necessary serv5 ices such as utilities and police protection and compensa6 tion for such services. Any such new agreement shall be

7 submitted to the Congress for approval prior to implemen8 tation.

9 SEC. 4. UNITED STATES ASSESSED AND VOLUNTARY CON10 TRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

11 (a) REDUCTION.—Except as provided in subsection

12 (c), for the first fiscal year beginning after the date of

13 the enactment of this Act and for each of the 3 subsequent

14 fiscal years, the total amount which is authorized to be

15 appropriated or otherwise made available for assessed and

16 voluntary contributions of the United States to the United

17 Nations shall be the total amount appropriated or other18 wise made available for the previous fiscal year reduced

19 by 25 percent.

20 (b) TERMINATION.—For any fiscal year beginning

21 more than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this

22 Act, no funds are authorized to be appropriated or other23 wise made available for assessed or voluntary contribu24 tions of the United States to the United Nations.
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1 (c) LIMITATION.—The provisions of this section shall

2 not apply to any independent or voluntary agency of the

3 United Nations.

4 SEC. 5. SPECIAL ENVOY.

5 (a) SPECIAL ENVOY.—Effective 4 years after the

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President, by and

7 with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint

8 a special envoy to represent the United States in all mat9 ters concerning the United States and the International

10 Atomic Energy Agency and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation

11 Treaty, who shall have the rank of ambassador.

12 (b) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, the duties and functions of the special envoy

14 appointed pursuant to subsection (a) shall be limited to

15 representation of the United States in matters concerning

16 the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nuclear

17 Non-Proliferation Treaty.

18 SEC. 6. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS.

19 (a) REDUCTIONS.—For the first fiscal year beginning

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act and for each

21 of the 3 subsequent fiscal years, the total amount which

22 is authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made avail23 able for United States assessed or voluntary contributions

24 for peacekeeping operations of the United Nations shall

25 not exceed the amount appropriated or otherwise made
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1 available for such peacekeeping operations for fiscal year

2 1995.

3 (b) TERMINATION.—For any fiscal year beginning

4 more than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this

5 Act, no funds are authorized to be appropriated or other6 wise made available for any United States contribution to

7 any United Nations peacekeeping operation.

8 (c) LIMITATIONS ON UNITED STATES PARTICIPA9 TION IN UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OPER10 ATIONS.—For any fiscal year beginning more than 4 years

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, no funds may

12 be obligated or expended to support the participation of

13 any member of the Armed Forces of the United States

14 as part of any United Nations peacekeeping operation or

15 force.

16 SEC. 7. REPEAL OF UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCI17 ENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

18 ACT.

19 (a) REPEAL.—Effective 4 years after the date of the

20 enactment of this Act, the United Nations Educational,

21 Scientific, and Cultural Organization Act (Public Law 79–

22 565) is repealed.

23 (b) NOTICE.—Not later than 1 year before the effec24 tive date of the repeal under subsection (a), the Secretary

25 of State shall notify the United Nations that the United
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1 States will withdraw from membership in the United Na2 tions Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

3 as of the effective date of the repeal under subsection (a).

4 SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED NATIONS

5 HEADQUARTERS PRESENCE IN THE UNITED

6 STATES.

7 It is the sense of the Congress that the United States

8 should request the withdrawal of the United Nations head9 quarters (and its affiliated missions) from the United

10 States.

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