I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1196
To provide a United States voluntary contribution to the United Nations 
Population Fund. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2003
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself, Mr. CROWLEY, and Ms. LEE) 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.
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 Popu-
lation Fund (UNFPA) Funding Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Global consensus about the need to de-
velop policies that contribute to global population 
stabilization and the improved status of women is
due in large part to the efforts of the United Na-
tions and its specialized agencies and organizations, 
particularly the United Nations Population Fund 
(UNFPA). 
(2) Operating in over 142 nations in all regions 
of the world and as a politically neutral source of 
funds, UNFPA complements the important work of 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment population assistance program. 
(3) Over 1⁄2 of UNFPA’s assistance is devoted 
to providing voluntary family planning and maternal 
and child health services and it is a major provider 
of modern methods of contraception to women in the 
poorest countries in the world. Unwanted pregnancy 
remains one of the greatest risks to women’s health 
throughout the developing world. More than half a 
million women die every year from pregnancy related 
causes, and women who are too young, too old, have 
too many children or have them too close together 
are at greatest risk for pregnancy related injury or 
illness. 
(4) UNFPA also supports efforts aimed at pre-
venting the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually 
transmitted diseases.
(5) UNFPA is working to eradicate obstetric 
fistula, a devastating maternal injury that is fully 
preventable by having a trained medical attendant 
present during labor and childbirth. Virtually non-
existent within the developed world, it remains a dire 
threat in poor countries. 
(6) UNFPA is a global leader to eliminate the 
horrific practice of female genital mutilation that 
threatens nearly 2 million young girls every year in 
more than 20 countries in Africa. More than 
120,000,000 women alive have already undergone 
this cruel practice that can result in constant pain, 
problems with pregnancy and childbirth, infertility 
and a greater risk of infection with a sexually trans-
mitted disease. By working with local organizations 
to bring about cultural and legal reform, commu-
nities are beginning to end this threat to women’s 
health. 
(7) UNFPA, by allowing women and couples to 
choose whether and when to have children, has 
helped to reduce the incidence of abortion around 
the world. UNFPA does not fund abortion services: 
it seeks to reduce the incidence of abortion and to 
provide treatment to women suffering from com-
plications of unsafe abortions.
(8) Many global environmental problems, in-
cluding water shortages, pollution, tropical deforest-
ation and the loss of wildlife habitat are linked to 
rapid population growth. UNFPA has assisted coun-
tries around the world plan for and slow population 
growth, thereby reducing its effects on the environ-
ment. 
(9) All UNFPA programs conform to the prin-
ciple, affirmed at the 1994 International Conference 
on Population and Development by 180 nations, in-
cluding the United States, and re-affirmed in 1999, 
that ‘‘all couples and individuals have the basic right 
to decide freely and responsibly the number and 
spacing of their children and to have the informa-
tion, education, and means to do so.’’. 
(10) UNFPA opposes coercion in any form and 
all its programs are designed in conformity with uni-
versally recognized human rights. When UNFPA 
hears of coercive tactics in any country, it acts to 
immediately investigate and eliminate such practices. 
(11) Opponents of family planning programs 
have long accused UNFPA of complicity in the coer-
cive practices of the Chinese government’s family 
planning program. Such allegations have consistently 
been proven false. Over the past two years, three
monitoring teams have visited China to investigate 
UNFPA’s program. All three, an international team 
headed by a former Dutch Ambassador to NATO, 
a group of members of the British parliament, and 
a United States group appointed by President Bush, 
reported that UNFPA had no role in coercion and 
was, in fact, working to eliminate coercive practices. 
(12) The United States team reported back on 
May 29, 2002 and wrote a letter to Secretary of 
State Colin Powell stating the following: 
(A) ‘‘First Finding: We find no evidence 
that UNFPA has knowingly supported or par-
ticipated in the management of a program of 
coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization in 
the PRC.’’. 
(B) ‘‘First Recommendation: We therefore 
recommend that not more than $34,000,000 
which has already been appropriated be re-
leased to UNFPA.’’. 
(13) Despite the recommendation of its own 
delegation, the Administration invoked a deeply 
flawed interpretation of Federal law to eliminate 
funding for UNFPA. 
(14) The loss of the United States contribution 
of $34,000,000, representing fully 13 percent of
UNFPA’s budget, has already undermined the deliv-
ery of necessary services to women throughout the 
developing world. It is estimated that the loss of this 
funding could result in 2,000,000 additional un-
wanted pregnancies, 4,700 maternal deaths, 60,000 
cases of serious maternal injury and illness, 77,000 
infant deaths and 800,000 abortions. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO 
THE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available to carry 
out the purposes of chapter 3 of part 1 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, there are authorized to be appro-
priated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and $84,000,000 
for fiscal year 2005 to be available only for United States 
voluntary contributions to the United Nations Population 
Fund. 
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTARY 
CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
POPULATION FUND. 
(a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the funds appropriated for voluntary con-
tributions to the United Nations Population Fund for each 
of the fiscal years 2004 and 2005, an amount equal to 
the amount allocated by the United Nations Population 
Fund for the country program in the People’s Republic
of China during each fiscal year shall be withheld from 
obligation and expenditure if during such fiscal year, the 
Secretary of State submits to the appropriate congres-
sional committees the certification described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
submit a certification under subsection (a) if the Secretary 
determines that the country program of the United Na-
tions Population Fund in the People’s Republic of China 
does not meet the following criteria—
(1) focuses on improving the delivery of vol-
untary family planning information and services; 
(2) is designed in conformity with the human 
rights principles affirmed at the International Con-
ference on Population and Development with the 
support of 180 nations including the United States; 
(3) is implemented only in counties of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China where all quotas and targets 
for the recruitment of program participants have 
been abolished and the use of coercive measures has 
been eliminated; 
(4) is carried out in consultation with and 
under the oversight and approval of the UNFPA ex-
ecutive board, including the United States represent-
ative;