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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 875 
To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries that oppose the 
position of the United States in the United Nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries 
that oppose the position of the United States in the 
United Nations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United Nations Voting 
Accountability Act of 2021’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT 
OPPOSE THE POSITION OF THE UNITED 
STATES IN THE UNITED NATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—United States assistance may not 
be provided to a country that opposed the position of the 
United States in the United Nations. 
(b) EXEMPTION DUE
TO CHANGE
IN GOVERN-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may 
exempt a country from the prohibition described in 
subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that since 
the beginning of the most recent session of the Gen-
eral Assembly— 
(A) there has been a fundamental change 
in the leadership and policies of the government 
of a country to which the prohibition in such 
subsection applies; and 
(B) as a result of such change, the govern-
ment of such country will no longer oppose the 
position of the United States in the United Na-
tions. 
(2) DURATION OF EXEMPTION.—An exemption 
under paragraph (1) shall be effective only until sub-
mission of the next report required under section 
406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a) that is 
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submitted after the Secretary of State makes such 
an exemption. 
(3) NOTIFICATION AND DISCUSSION.—The Sec-
retary of State shall notify Congress with respect to 
an exemption made under paragraph (1), together 
with a discussion of the basis for the Secretary’s de-
termination with respect to each such exemption. 
(c) EXEMPTION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTER-
ESTS.—The President may exempt a country from the 
prohibition described in subsection (a) if the President de-
termines that such exemption is in the national security 
interests of the United States and transmits to Congress 
a written statement explaining such national security in-
terest. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘opposed the position of the 
United States’’ means, in the case of a country, that 
the country’s recorded votes in the United Nations 
General Assembly during the most recent session of 
the General Assembly and, in the case of a country 
which is a member of the United Nations Security 
Council, the country’s recorded votes both in the Se-
curity Council and the General Assembly during the 
most recent session of the General Assembly, were 
the same as the position of the United States less 
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(C) the ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ account under section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763); and 
(D) any other monetary or physical assist-
ance. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect 
upon the date of the submission to Congress of the report 
required under section 406 of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, that is re-
quired to be submitted by March 31, 2021. 
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