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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4389 

To provide for the abolition of certain United Nations groups, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 14, 2022 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for the abolition of certain United Nations 

groups, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COI Elimination Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ABOLITION AND RESTRICTION. 

6 (a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 

7 United States— 

8 (1) to seek the abolition of the United Nations 

9 Independent International Commission of Inquiry on 


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1 the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East 

2 Jerusalem, and in Israel; and 

3 (2) to combat systemic anti-Israel bias at the 

4 United Nations Human Rights Council and other 

5 international fora. 

6 (b) ABOLITION OF CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS

7 GROUPS.—Section 721(b) of the Admiral James W. 

8 Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization 

9 Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, enacted by reference 

10 pursuant to section 1000(a)(7) of the Departments of 

11 Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 

12 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113) 

13 (22 U.S.C. 287 note) is amended by striking ‘‘; and the 

14 Division on Public Information on the Question of Pal15 estine’’ and inserting ‘‘; the Division on Public Informa16 tion on the Question of Palestine; and the United Nations 

17 Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the 

18 Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, 

19 and in Israel’’. 

20 (c) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Section 114 of the 

21 Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 

22 1984 and 1985 (Public Law 98–164; 22 U.S.C. 287e 

23 note) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (a)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

2 after the semicolon; 

3 (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the pe4 riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

6 paragraph: 

7 ‘‘(8) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the 

8 United Nations Independent International Commis9 sion of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Terri10 tory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, unless 

11 the Secretary of State submits to Congress a certifi12 cation that the United Nations Independent Inter13 national Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied 

14 Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and 

15 in Israel has been abolished.’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(e) If the Secretary of State submits to Congress 

18 a certification under paragraph (8) of subsection (a), the 

19 United States shall, subject to available appropriations, 

20 provide to the United Nations an amount equal to the 

21 total amount of funds withheld in accordance with such 

22 paragraph during the current and any prior year.’’. 

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