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Participation Act of 1945 (as amended by section 
101(c) of this Act) and section 103, sections 104(a) 
through 104(g), sections 113 and 114, sections 
201(c) and 201(e), and sections 202 and 203 of this 
Act are certifications submitted to the appropriate 
congressional committees by the Secretary of State 
that the requirements of each such section have been 
satisfied with respect to reform of the United Na-
tions. 
(2) ALTERNATE CERTIFICATION MECHANISM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (3), in the event that the Secretary 
is unable to submit a certification in accordance 
with paragraph (1), the Secretary may submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees, in 
accordance with subparagraph (B), an alternate 
certification that certifies that the requirements 
of the section to which the original certification 
applies have been implemented through reforms 
that are substantially similar to the require-
ments of such section or accomplish the same 
purposes as the requirements of such section. 
(B) EQUIVALENCY.—Reforms are substan-
tially similar or accomplish the same purposes 
if—
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(i) such reforms are formally adopted 
in written form by the entity or committee 
of the United Nations or of its specialized 
agency that has authority to enact or im-
plement such reforms or are issued by the 
Secretariat or the appropriate entity or 
committee in written form; and 
(ii) such reforms are not identical to 
the reforms required by a particular cer-
tification but in the determination of the 
Secretary will have the same, or nearly the 
same effect, as such reforms. 
(C) WRITTEN
JUSTIFICATION
AND
CON-
SULTATION.—
(i) WRITTEN
JUSTIFICATION.—Not 
later than 30 days before submitting an al-
ternate certification in accordance with 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a written justification explaining in 
detail the basis for such alternate certifi-
cation. 
(ii) CONSULTATION.—After the Sec-
retary has submitted the written justifica-
tion under clause (i), but no later than 15
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days before the Secretary exercises the al-
ternate certification mechanism described 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall consult with the appropriate congres-
sional committees regarding such exercise. 
(3) LIMITED
EXCEPTION
FOR
SUBSTANTIAL 
COMPLIANCE.—
(A) SUBSTANTIAL
COMPLIANCE.—Subject 
to subparagraph (B), if at least 32 of the 40 
reforms represented by the 11 certifications 
specified under paragraph (1) have been imple-
mented, 
all 
such 
reforms 
(including 
the 
unimplemented reforms) so represented shall be 
deemed to have been implemented for the year 
in which the Secretary submits such certifi-
cations. 
(B) MANDATORY
IMPLEMENTATION
OF 
CERTAIN REFORMS.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of 
subparagraph (A) shall not apply unless 
the reforms under the following sections 
have been implemented for the year to 
which subparagraph (A) applies: 
(I) Subsection (d)(3) of section 
11 of the United Nations Participa-
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tion Act of 1945 (as amended by sec-
tion 101(c) of this Act). 
(II) Section 103(b)(1)(A). 
(III) Section 103(b)(2)(D). 
(IV) Section 104(a)(1). 
(V) Section 104(a)(6). 
(VI) Section 104(b)(1). 
(VII) Section 104(b)(2). 
(VIII) Section 104(c)(1). 
(IX) Section 201(b)(1). 
(X) Section 201(b)(2). 
(XI) Section 201(b)(3). 
(XII) Section 201(b)(5). 
(XIII) Section 201(b)(6). 
(XIV) Section 202(a)(1). 
(XV) Section 202(a)(2). 
(ii) 
FULL
COMPLIANCE
IN
SUC-
CEEDING YEAR.—If the unimplemented re-
forms under subparagraph (A) are not im-
plemented in the year succeeding the year 
to which subparagraph (A) applies, the 
provisions of subsection (b) shall apply for 
such succeeding year.
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(b) WITHHOLDING OF UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO REGULAR ASSESSED BUDGET OF THE UNITED 
NATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (4) and in accordance with paragraph (2), 
until such time as all certifications (or alternate cer-
tifications) are submitted in accordance with sub-
section (a), the United States shall appropriate, but 
withhold from expenditure, 50 percent of the con-
tributions of the United States to the regular as-
sessed budget of the United Nations for a biennial 
period. 
(2) AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED.—The con-
tributions appropriated but withheld from expendi-
ture under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain 
available until expended. 
(3) APPLICATION WITH RESPECT TO SECTION 
11(B) OF THE UNITED NATION PARTICIPATION ACT 
OF 1945.—Until such time as all certifications (or al-
ternate certifications) are submitted in accordance 
with subsection (a), subsection (b) of section 11 of 
the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as 
amended by section 101(c) of this Act) shall be ad-
ministered as though such section reads as follows: 
‘‘The Secretary may not make a contribution to a
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regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Na-
tions in an amount greater than 11 percent of the 
amount calculable under subsection (c).’’. 
(4) SECTION 11(D)(3) OF UNITED NATIONS PAR-
TICIPATION ACT OF 1945.—
(A) SPECIAL RULE.—A certification under 
subsection (d)(3) of section 11 of the United 
Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as amended 
by section 101(c) of this Act) (relating to the 
2008–2009 biennial period and subsequent bi-
ennial periods) shall not be required until such 
time as the United Nations makes its formal 
budget presentation for the 2008–2009 biennial 
period. 
(B) APPLICATION.—If the Secretary does 
not submit a certification under such section, 
the 50 percent withholding described under 
paragraph (1) shall apply. 
(c) RELEASE OF FUNDS.—At such time as all certifi-
cations (or alternate certifications) are submitted in ac-
cordance with subsection (a), the United States shall 
transfer to the United Nations amounts appropriated but 
withheld from expenditure under subsection (b). 
(d) ANNUAL REVIEWS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
annual reviews, beginning 1 year after the date on 
which the Secretary submits the final certification 
(or alternate certification) in accordance with sub-
section (a), to determine if the United Nations con-
tinues to remain in compliance with all such certifi-
cations (or alternate certifications). Not later than 
30 days after the completion of each such review, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report containing the find-
ings of each such review. 
(2) ACTION.—If during the course of any such 
review the Secretary determines that the United Na-
tions has failed to remain in compliance with a cer-
tification (or an alternate certification) that was 
submitted in accordance with subsection (a), the 50 
percent withholding described under subsection (b) 
shall re-apply with respect to United States con-
tributions each fiscal year to the regular assessed 
budget of the United Nations beginning with the fis-
cal year immediately following such review and sub-
sequent fiscal years until such time as all certifi-
cations (or alternate certifications) under subsection 
(a) have been submitted.
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The certifications (or alter-
nate certifications) specified under subsection (a) shall be 
required with respect to United States contributions to-
wards payment of regular assessed dues of the United Na-
tions for 2007 and subsequent years.
Passed the House of Representatives June 17, 2005. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 133 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2745 
AN ACT 
To reform the United Nations, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 21, 2005 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar