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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1117

To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations

Population Fund.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 20, 2001

Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. KIRK, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr.

LEACH, Mr. HOEFFEL, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. WAXMAN,

Mr. FILNER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania,

Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. THURMAN, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. SAWYER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr.

SANDERS, Ms. LEE, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. MCGOVERN,

Mr. TOWNS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. FARR of California, Mr. NADLER, Mr.

GONZALEZ, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. ALLEN, Mrs.

MORELLA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. FRANK, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr.

GILMAN, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr.

BLUMENAUER, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms.

SLAUGHTER, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mrs. KELLY, Ms. WATERS,

Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. RODRIGUEZ,

Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. STARK, Ms. PELOSI, Ms.

DEGETTE, Mr. WEINER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. NORTON,

and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on International Relations

A BILL

To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the

United Nations Population Fund.

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United Nations Popu3 lation Fund (UNFPA) Funding Act of 2001’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 The Congress makes the following findings:

6 (1) The renewed commitment of the world com7 munity to the formulation of government policies

8 that contribute to global population stabilization and

9 to improvements in the status of women owes much

10 to the efforts of the United Nations and its special11 ized agencies and organizations, particularly the

12 United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).

13 (2) Over one-half of the UNFPA’s assistance is

14 devoted to maternal and child health programs, in15 cluding the provision of family planning services,

16 and it is a major supplier of modern methods of con17 traception. UNFPA also supports efforts aimed at

18 preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexu19 ally-transmitted diseases and activities aimed specifi20 cally at enhancing the status of women.

21 (3) UNFPA does not fund abortion services,

22 rather, UNFPA seeks to reduce the incidence of

23 abortion by improving access to contraceptive serv24 ices and to reduce deaths and injuries related to un25 safe abortion by supporting treatment of women suf26 fering from its complications.
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1 (4) Operating in over 130 nations in all regions

2 of the world and as a politically neutral source of

3 funds, UNFPA complements the important work of

4 the United States Agency for International Develop5 ment population assistance program.

6 (5) The United States contribution to UNFPA

7 last year provided an estimated 870,000 women in

8 the developing world with effective modern contra9 ception, thereby preventing 500,000 unintended

10 pregnancies, 200,000 abortions, and thousands of

11 maternal and child deaths.

12 (6) Many global environmental problems, in13 cluding water shortages, pollution, tropical deforest14 ation, and the loss of wildlife habitat are linked to

15 rapid population growth. UNFPA has assisted coun16 tries around the world plan for and slow population

17 growth, therefore reducing its effects on the environ18 ment.

19 (7) Assistance provided by UNFPA conforms to

20 the principle, affirmed at the 1994 International

21 Conference on Population and Development by 180

22 nations, including the United States, that ‘‘all cou23 ples and individuals have the basic right to decide

24 freely and responsibly the number and spacing of
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1 their children and to have the information, edu2 cation, and means to do so.’’.

3 (8) UNFPA opposes coercion in any form. All

4 of UNFPA’s programs are designed in conformity

5 with universally recognized human rights principles.

6 (9) An appropriate way to express the legiti7 mate concerns of the United States Government

8 about the population policies of the People’s Repub9 lic of China is by placing those concerns on the bi10 lateral agenda along with other important human

11 rights issues, not by singling out a United Nations

12 agency by withholding all funding thereby punishing

13 the women and families around the world who de14 pend on its humanitarian aid.

15 (10) UNFPA plays a constructive role in help16 ing to reduce the incidence of coercive practices in

17 China through its country program which has been

18 successful in eliminating targets and quotas and pro19 moting voluntary family planning and informed con20 sent in the 32 program counties. By improving con21 traceptive method choice, expanding the range of re22 productive health services, and enhancing the status

23 of women, the UNFPA country program will help to

24 enable the Chinese to operationalize the human
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1 rights approach of the International Conference on

2 Polulation and Development.

3 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO

4 THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND.

5 In addition to amounts otherwise available to carry

6 out the purposes of chapter 3 of part 1 of the Foreign

7 Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appro8 priated $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and $50,000,000

9 for fiscal year 2003 to be available only for United States

10 voluntary contributions to the United Nations Population

11 Fund.

12 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY

13 CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS

14 POPULATION FUND.

15 (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, of the funds appropriated for voluntary con17 tributions to the United Nations Population Fund for each

18 of the fiscal years 2002 and 2003, an amount equal to

19 the amount allocated by the United Nations Population

20 Fund for the country program in the People’s Republic

21 of China during each fiscal year shall be withheld from

22 obligation and expenditure if during such fiscal year, the

23 Secretary of State submits to the appropriate congres24 sional committees the certification described in subsection

25 (b).
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1 (b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State shall

2 submit a certification under subsection (a) if the Secretary

3 determines that the country program of the United Na4 tions Population Fund in the People’s Republic of China

5 does not meet the following criteria—

6 (1) Focuses on improving the delivery of vol7 untary family planning information and services.

8 (2) Is designed in conformity with the human

9 rights principles affirmed at the International Con10 ference on Population and Development with the

11 support of 180 nations including the United States.

12 (3) Is implemented only in counties of the Peo13 ple’s Republic of China where all quotas and targets

14 for the recruitment of program participants have

15 been abolished and the use of coercive measures has

16 been eliminated.

17 (4) Is carried out in consultation with and

18 under the oversight and approval of the UNFPA ex19 ecutive board, including the United States represent20 ative.

21 (5) Is subject to regular independent moni22 toring to ensure compliance with the principles of in23 formed consent and voluntary participation.
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1 (6) Suspends operations in project counties

2 found to be in violation of program guidelines.

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