COI Elimination Act

Subjects: International Affairs

Summary:  <p><strong>COI Elimination Act</strong></p> <p>This bill limits U.S. contributions to the United Nations pertaining to the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.</p> <p>Current law imposes a cap on the annual U.S. contribution to the U.N. budget. The bill lowers that cap by 25% of the amount budgeted for the commission.</p> <p>The bill also states that it shall be U.S. policy to seek the abolition of the commission and combat systemic anti-Israel bias in international bodies.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 211 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 211

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2023

Mr. Steube (for himself, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. 
 Buck, Mr. Perry, Mr. LaTurner, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. Valadao, 
 Mr. Grothman, and Mr. Moolenaar) introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the abolition of certain United Nations groups, 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 ``COI Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. ABOLITION AND RESTRICTION.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States 
to--
            (1) seek the abolition of the United Nations Independent 
        International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian 
        Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel; and
            (2) combat systemic anti-Israel bias at the United Nations 
        Human Rights Council and other international fora.
    (b) Abolition of Certain United Nations Groups.--Subsection (b) of 
section 721 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, enacted by 
reference pursuant to section 1000(a)(7) of the Departments of 
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113) (22 U.S.C. 287 note) is 
amended by striking ``; and the Division on Public Information on the 
Question of Palestine'' and inserting ``; the Division on Public 
Information on the Question of Palestine; and the United Nations 
Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied 
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel''.
    (c) Restriction on Funding.--Subsection (a) of section 114 of the 
Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 
U.S.C. 287e note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the United 
        Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the 
        Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and 
        Israel.''.
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