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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2261 

To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations or a United 

Nations agency if the United Nations or such agency supports the 

recognition of an independent Palestinian state, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 21, 2011 

Mr. MCCOTTER (for himself and Mr. BURTON of Indiana) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations or a United Nations agency if the United Nations 

or such agency supports the recognition of an independent Palestinian state, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 

4 UNITED NATIONS. 

5 The Secretary of State shall withhold United States 

6 contributions to the regularly assessed biennial budget of 

7 the United Nations, assessed contributions to peace8 keeping operations, and voluntary contributions to the 


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1 United Nations (except for voluntary contributions to the 

2 International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations 

3 Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the 

4 International Maritime Organization, and the Inter5 national Civil Aviation Organization) if the United Na6 tions adopts a resolution or takes any other action that 

7 supports the recognition of an independent Palestinian 

8 state unless the adoption of such resolution or other action 

9 occurs after or contemporaneously with the ratification of 

10 a final status agreement negotiated between and mutually 

11 acceptable to the State of Israel and the legitimate rep12 resentatives of the Palestinian people. 

13 SEC. 2. WITHHOLDING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNITED NA14 TIONS AGENCIES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall with16 hold United States assessed and voluntary contributions 

17 to the regular budget of a United Nations agency if such 

18 agency takes any action that supports the recognition of 

19 an independent Palestinian state unless such action occurs 

20 after or contemporaneously with the ratification of a final 

21 status agreement negotiated between and mutually accept22 able to the State of Israel and the legitimate representa23 tives of the Palestinian people. 


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1 (b) UNITED NATIONS AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 

2 section, the term ‘‘United Nations agency’’ means any of 

3 the following: 

4 (1) The Food and Agriculture Organization 

5 (FAO). 

6 (2) The International Atomic Energy Agency 

7 (IAEA). 

8 (3) The International Civil Aviation Organiza9 tion (ICAO). 

10 (4) The International Labor Organization 

11 (ILO). 

12 (5) The International Maritime Organization 

13 (IMO). 

14 (6) The International Telecommunication 

15 Union (ITU). 

16 (7) The United Nations Educational, Scientific 

17 and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 

18 (8) The Universal Postal Union (UPU). 

19 (9) The World Health Organization (WHO). 

20 (10) The World Intellectual Property Organiza21 tion (WIPO). 

22 (11) The World Meteorological Organization 

23 (WMO). 

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