unable to submit a certification in accordance 
with paragraph (1), the Secretary may submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees, in ac-
cordance 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—
(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 imple-
ment such reforms or are issued by the Sec-
retariat or the appropriate entity or com-
mittee in written form; and 
(ii) such reforms are not identical to 
the reforms required by a particular certifi-
cation but in the determination of the Sec-
retary 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 sub-
paragraph (A), the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees 
a written justification explaining in detail 
the basis for such alternate certification. 
(ii) CONSULTATION.—After the Sec-
retary has submitted the written justifica-
tion under clause (i), but no later than 15 
days before the Secretary exercises the alter-
nate 
certification 
mechanism 
described 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
consult with the appropriate congressional 
committees regarding such exercise. 
(3) LIMITED EXCEPTION FOR SUBSTANTIAL COM-
PLIANCE.—
(A) SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE.—Subject to 
subparagraph (B), if at least 32 of the 39 re-
forms represented by the ten certifications speci-
fied 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 certifications. 
(B) MANDATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF CER-
TAIN 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 sub-
paragraph (A) applies: 
(I) Subsection (d)(3) of section 11 
of the United Nations Participation 
Act of 1945 (as amended by section 
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 202(a)(1).
(XIV) Section 202(a)(2). 
(ii) FULL COMPLIANCE IN SUCCEEDING 
YEAR.—If the unimplemented reforms under 
subparagraph (A) are not implemented in 
the year succeeding the year to which sub-
paragraph (A) applies, the provisions of 
subsection (b) shall apply for such suc-
ceeding year. 
(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 contribu-
tions of the United States to the regular assessed 
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 alter-
nate certifications) are submitted in accordance with 
subsection (a), subsection (b) of section 11 of the 
United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (as amend-
ed by section 101(c) of this Act) shall be administered 
as though such section reads as follows: ‘‘The Sec-
retary may not make a contribution to a regularly 
assessed biennial budget of the United Nations in an 
amount greater than 11 percent of the amount cal-
culable 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 Na-
tions Participation Act of 1945 (as amended by 
section 101(c) of this Act) (relating to the 2008–
2009 biennial period and subsequent biennial pe-
riods) shall not be required until such time as 
the United Nations makes its formal budget pres-
entation 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 para-
graph (1) shall apply.
(c) RELEASE OF FUNDS.—At such time as all certifi-
cations (or alternate certifications) are submitted in accord-
ance with subsection (a), the United States shall transfer 
to the United Nations amounts appropriated but withheld 
from expenditure under subsection (b). 
(d) ANNUAL REVIEWS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct 
annual reviews, beginning one year after the date on 
which the Secretary submits the final certification (or 
alternate certification) in accordance with subsection 
(a), to determine if the United Nations continues to 
remain in compliance with all such certifications (or 
alternate certifications). Not later than 30 days after 
the completion of each such review, the Secretary shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report containing the findings 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 sub-
mitted in accordance with subsection (a), the 50 per-
cent withholding described under subsection (b) shall 
re-apply with respect to United States contributions 
each fiscal year to the regular assessed budget of the 
United Nations beginning with the fiscal year imme-
diately following such review and subsequent fiscal 
years until such time as all certifications (or alter-
nate certifications) under subsection (a) have been 
submitted. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The certifications (or alternate 
certifications) specified under subsection (a) shall be re-
quired with respect to United States contributions towards 
payment of regular assessed dues of the United Nations for 
2007 and subsequent years.
Union Calendar No. 68
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2745
[Report No. 109–120] 
A BILL 
To reform the United Nations, and for other 
purposes. 
JUNE 10, 2005
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed