I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3079
To establish the National Commission on the Modernization of the United 
Nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 11, 2003
Mr. CRENSHAW (for himself and Mr. BLUNT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To establish the National Commission on the Modernization 
of 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 ‘‘National Commission 
on the Modernization of the United Nations Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is established a commission to be known as the 
‘‘National Commission on the Modernization of the United 
Nations’’.
SEC. 3. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall—
(1) conduct a study of the areas specified in 
this section; 
(2) recommend reforms with respect to such 
areas; and 
(3) enumerate methods to implement each rec-
ommendation. 
(b) STUDY OF EXTENT OF MODERNIZATION WITHIN 
CONFINES
OF PRESENT CHARTER.—The Commission 
shall—
(1) study the requirements for and extent to 
which a modernization of the organizational struc-
ture and practices of the United Nations can be ef-
fectuated that do not require substantive changes to 
be made to the Charter of the United Nations; and 
(2) make recommendations to implement such a 
modernization. 
(c) STUDY OF EXTENT OF MODERNIZATION REQUIR-
ING MODIFICATIONS TO PRESENT CHARTER.—The Com-
mission shall—
(1) study the requirements for and extent to 
which a modernization of the organizational struc-
ture and practices of the United Nations can only be 
effectuated by requiring substantive changes to be 
made to the Charter, paying particular attention to
the areas of study enumerated in subsections (d) 
through (i); and 
(2) make recommendations to implement such a 
modernization. 
(d) STUDY OF MEMBER STATE PRINCIPLES.—The 
Commission shall study the principles to which states 
should adhere as members of the United Nations, paying 
particular attention to the following: 
(1) Whether states that espouse and enforce 
values that are counter to the Charter should be per-
mitted to be members of the United Nations. 
(2) What recourse should be available to the 
United Nations to respond to a member state that 
has engaged in conduct counter to the Charter. 
(3) What conduct on the part of a member 
state would constitute sufficient grounds for—
(A) expulsion; 
(B) condemnation; or 
(C) sanction. 
(e) STUDY OF MEMBER STATE STATUS.—The Com-
mission shall study the feasibility of mandating the fol-
lowing requirements of member states: 
(1) Requirement of regular review by the 
United Nations of the status of all member states to
determine if member states continue to adhere to 
the principles outlined in the Charter. 
(2) Requirement for member states to—
(A) sign a ‘‘Declaration of Member States’’ 
declaring that the signatory state agrees to ad-
here to the principles of United Nations mem-
bership; and 
(B) review the principles of the United Na-
tions to determine whether the state should 
withdraw from membership if the state deter-
mines that the United Nations is not adhering 
to the implementation of the Charter. 
(f) STUDY OF PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION ON 
PRINCIPAL ORGANS.—The Commission shall study the 
following: 
(1) Whether all states should have one vote in 
the General Assembly. 
(2) Whether the United Nations should be 
structured in a bi-cameral fashion. 
(g) STUDY
OF ORGANIZATIONAL
AND BUSINESS 
FUNCTIONS.—The Commission shall study the following: 
(1) Whether auxiliary commissions and organi-
zations of the United Nations should be funded by 
member dues.