I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3667 
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United 
Nations system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 1, 2015 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within 
the United Nations system, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Re-
form Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—FUNDING OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
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Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Apportionment of the United Nations regular budget on a voluntary 
basis. 
Sec. 103. Budget justification for United States contributions to the regular 
budget of the United Nations. 
Sec. 104. Report on United Nations reform. 
TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR UNITED 
STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Oversight of United States contributions to the United Nations Sys-
tem. 
Sec. 204. Transparency for United States Contributions. 
Sec. 205. Integrity for United States Contributions. 
Sec. 206. Refund of monies owed by the United Nations to the United States. 
Sec. 207. Annual reports on United States Contributions to the United Na-
tions. 
Sec. 208. Report on United Nations procurement practices. 
TITLE III—UNITED STATES POLICY AT THE UNITED NATIONS 
Sec. 301. Annual publication. 
Sec. 302. Annual financial disclosure. 
Sec. 303. Policy with respect to expansion of the Security Council. 
Sec. 304. Access to reports and audits. 
Sec. 305. Waiver of immunity. 
Sec. 306. Review of United Nations Conventions on Terrorism. 
Sec. 307. Report on United Nations personnel. 
Sec. 308. United Nations treaty bodies. 
Sec. 309. Equality at the United Nations. 
Sec. 310. Anti-Semitism and the United Nations. 
Sec. 311. United States policy on Taiwan’s participation in United Nations En-
tities. 
Sec. 312. United States policy on Tier 3 human rights violators. 
TITLE IV—STATUS OF PALESTINIAN ENTITIES AT THE UNITED 
NATIONS 
Sec. 401. Findings. 
Sec. 402. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 403. Implementation. 
TITLE V—UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 
Sec. 501. Findings. 
Sec. 502. Human Rights Council membership and funding. 
TITLE VI—2014 GAZA REPORT 
Sec. 601. Findings. 
Sec. 602. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 603. Withholding of funds; Refund of United States taxpayer dollars. 
TITLE VII—BIASED AND COMPROMISED ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 701. Withholding of funds. 
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TITLE VIII—UNRWA 
Sec. 801. Findings. 
Sec. 802. United States Contributions to UNRWA. 
Sec. 803. Sense of Congress. 
TITLE IX—INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 
Sec. 901. Technical cooperation program. 
Sec. 902. United States policy at the IAEA. 
Sec. 903. Sense of Congress regarding the Nuclear Security Action Plan of the 
IAEA. 
TITLE X—PEACEKEEPING 
Sec. 1001. Reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations. 
Sec. 1002. Policy relating to reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations. 
Sec. 1003. Certification. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 
an individual who is employed in the general serv-
ices, professional staff, or senior management of the 
United Nations, including consultants, contractors, 
and subcontractors. 
(2) GENERAL ASSEMBLY.—The term ‘‘General 
Assembly’’ means the General Assembly of the 
United Nations. 
(3) MEMBER
STATE.—The term ‘‘Member 
State’’ means a Member State of the United Na-
tions. Such term is synonymous with the term 
‘‘country’’. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of State. 
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(5) SECRETARY
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Sec-
retary General’’ means the Secretary General of the 
United Nations. 
(6) SECURITY COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Security 
Council’’ means the Security Council of the United 
Nations. 
(7) UN.—The term ‘‘UN’’ means the United 
Nations. 
(8) UNITED
NATIONS
ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘United Nations Entity’’ means any United Nations 
agency, commission, conference, council, court, de-
partment, forum, fund, institute, office, organiza-
tion, partnership, program, subsidiary body, tri-
bunal, trust, university or academic body, related or-
ganization or subsidiary body, wherever located, that 
flies the United Nations flag or is authorized to use 
the United Nations logo, including those United Na-
tions affiliated agencies and bodies identified as re-
cipients of United States contributions under section 
1225(b)(3)(E) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364), but not including the International Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-
national Centre for Settlement of Investment Dis-
putes, the International Development Association, 
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the International Finance Corporation, the Multilat-
eral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the World 
Trade Organization. 
(9) UNITED
NATIONS
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘United Nations System’’ means the aggregation of 
all United Nations Entities, as defined in paragraph 
(8). 
(10) UNITED
STATES
CONTRIBUTION.—The 
term ‘‘United States Contribution’’ means an as-
sessed or voluntary contribution, whether financial, 
in-kind, or otherwise, from the United States Gov-
ernment to a United Nations Entity, including con-
tributions passed through other entities for ultimate 
use by a United Nations Entity. United States Con-
tributions include those contributions identified pur-
suant to section 1225(b)(3)(E) of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (Public Law 109–364). 
(11) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 
Appropriations, and Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; and 
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(B) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 
Appropriations, and Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
TITLE I—FUNDING OF THE 
UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States pays billions of dollars 
into the United Nations system every year (almost 
$7,700,000,000 in 2010, according to the White 
House Office of Management and Budget, the last 
time a complete report has been provided), signifi-
cantly more than any other nation. 
(2) The Secretary of State has yet provide to 
Congress a report on all United States contributions 
to the United Nations and United Nations Entities 
as required 90 days after the enactment of the Con-
solidated and Further Continuing Appropriations 
Act of 2015 (Public Law 113–235) on December 16, 
2014, in accordance with House Report 113–499, 
which accompanied the State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations Bill of 2015. 
(3) Under current rules and contribution levels, 
it is possible to assemble the two-thirds majority 
needed for important United Nations budget votes 
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with a group of countries that, taken together, pay 
approximately 1 percent of the total United Nations 
regular budget. 
(4) The disconnect between contribution levels 
and management control creates significant perverse 
incentives in terms of United Nations spending, 
transparency, and accountability. 
(5) The United Nations system suffers from 
unacceptably high levels of waste, fraud, and abuse, 
which seriously impair its ability to fulfill the lofty 
ideals of its founding. 
(6) Amidst the continuing financial, corruption, 
and sexual abuse scandals of the past several years, 
American public disapproval of United Nations has 
reached all-time highs. A 2015 Gallup poll revealed 
that 57 percent of Americans believe that the United 
Nations is doing a poor job. 
(7) Significant improvements in United Nations 
transparency and accountability are necessary for 
improving public perceptions of American support 
for United Nations operations. 
(8) Because of their need to justify future con-
tributions from donors, voluntarily funded organiza-
tions have more incentive to be responsive and effi-
cient in their operations than organizations funded 
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by compulsory contributions that are not tied to per-
formance. 
(9) Catherine Bertini, the former United Na-
tions Under-Secretary General for Management and 
director of the World Food Program (WFP), has 
stated that ‘‘Voluntary funding creates an entirely 
different atmosphere at WFP than at the UN. At 
WFP, every staff member knows that we have to be 
as efficient, accountable, transparent, and results- 
oriented as possible. If we are not, donor govern-
ments can take their funding elsewhere in a very 
competitive world among UN agencies, NGOs, and 
bilateral governments.’’. 
(10) Article XVII of the Charter of the United 
Nations, which states that ‘‘[t]he expenses of the 
Organization shall be borne by the Members as ap-
portioned by the General Assembly’’, leaves to the 
discretion of the General Assembly the basis of ap-
portionment, which could be done on the basis of 
voluntary pledges by Member States. 
(11) Unlike United States assessed contribu-
tions to the United Nations regular budget, which 
are statutorily capped at 22 percent of the total, 
there is no cap on voluntary contributions. 
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(12) The United States, which contributes gen-
erously to international organizations whose activi-
ties it recognizes as credible, worthwhile, and effi-
cient, contributes more than 22 percent of the budg-
et of certain voluntarily funded United Nations Spe-
cialized Agencies. 
(13) John Bolton, former United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations, has stat-
ed that ‘‘Moving to voluntary funding would end the 
UN practice of charging member states for the ex-
penses of the UN and its activities. Member states 
would instead determine for themselves how much to 
provide to the UN and, importantly, the specific 
tasks and activities that those contributions would 
support. The shift toward a voluntary payment sys-
tem would impose a stronger market incentive for 
UN programs and activities to meet their goals and 
justify continued funding.’’. 
SEC. 102. APPORTIONMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS REG-
ULAR BUDGET ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. 
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 
States to seek to shift the funding mechanism for 
the regular budget of the United Nations from an 
assessed to a voluntary basis. 
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(2) ACTION AT UNITED NATIONS.—The Presi-
dent shall direct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the United Nations to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations to shift the funding mechanism for 
the regular budget of the United Nations to a vol-
untary basis, and to make it a priority to build sup-
port for such a transformational change among 
Member States, particularly key United Nations do-
nors. 
(b) CERTIFICATION
OF
PREDOMINANTLY
VOL-
UNTARY UN REGULAR BUDGET FINDING.—A certifi-
cation described in this section is a certification by the 
Secretary of State to the Appropriate Congressional Com-
mittees that at least 80 percent of the total regular budget 
(not including extra-budgetary contributions) of the 
United Nations is apportioned on a voluntary basis. Each 
such certification shall be effective for a period of not more 
than 1 year, and shall be promptly revoked by the Sec-
retary, with notice to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees, if the underlying circumstances change so as not 
to warrant such certification. 
(c) WITHHOLDING OF NONVOLUNTARY CONTRIBU-
TIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning 2 years after the 
effective date of this Act and notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, no funds may be obligated or 
expended for a United States assessed contribution 
to the regular budget of the United Nations in an 
amount greater than 50 percent of the United 
States share of assessed contributions for the reg-
ular budget of the United Nations unless there is in 
effect a certification by the Secretary, as described 
in subsection (b). 
(2) ALLOWANCE.—For a period of 1 year after 
appropriation, funds appropriated for use as a 
United States contribution to the regular budget of 
the United Nations but withheld from obligation and 
expenditure pursuant to paragraph (1) may be obli-
gated and expended for that purpose upon the cer-
tification described in subsection (b). After 1 year, 
in the absence of such certification, those funds shall 
revert to the United States Treasury. 
SEC. 103. BUDGET JUSTIFICATION FOR UNITED STATES 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REGULAR BUDGET 
OF THE UNITED NATIONS. 
(a) DETAILED ITEMIZATION.—The annual congres-
sional budget justification shall include a detailed itemized 
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request in support of the contribution of the United States 
to the regular budget of the United Nations. 
(b) CONTENTS
OF DETAILED ITEMIZATION.—The 
detailed itemization required under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) contain information relating to the amounts 
requested in support of each of the various sections 
and titles of the regular budget of the United Na-
tions; and 
(2) compare the amounts requested for the cur-
rent year with the actual or estimated amounts con-
tributed by the United States in previous fiscal years 
for the same sections and titles. 
(c) ADJUSTMENTS
AND
NOTIFICATION.—If the 
United Nations proposes an adjustment to its regular as-
sessed budget, the Secretary of State shall, at the time 
such adjustment is presented to the Advisory Committee 
on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), 
notify and consult with the appropriate congressional com-
mittees. 
SEC. 104. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on United Nations reform. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall describe the following: 
(1) Progress toward the goal of shifting the 
funding for the United Nations Regular Budget to 
a voluntary basis as identified in section 102, and a 
detailed description of efforts and activities by 
United States diplomats and officials toward that 
end. 
(2) Progress toward each of the policy goals 
identified in the prior sections of this title, and a de-
tailed, goal-specific description of efforts and activi-
ties by United States diplomats and officials toward 
those ends. 
(3) The status of the implementation of man-
agement reforms within the United Nations and its 
specialized agencies. 
(4) The number of outputs, reports, or other 
mandates generated by General Assembly resolutions 
that have been eliminated. 
(5) The progress of the General Assembly to 
modernize and streamline the committee structure 
and its specific recommendations on oversight and 
committee outputs, consistent with the landmark 
March 2005 report of the Secretary General entitled 
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‘‘In larger freedom: towards development, security 
and human rights for all’’. 
(6) The status of the review by the General As-
sembly of all mandates older than 5 years and how 
resources have been redirected to new challenges, 
consistent with such March 2005 report of the Sec-
retary General and other relevant reports. 
(7) The continued utility and relevance of the 
Economic and Financial Committee and the Social, 
Humanitarian, and Cultural Committee, in light of 
the duplicative agendas of those committees and the 
Economic and Social Council. 
(8) Whether the United Nations or any of its 
specialized agencies has contracted with any party 
included on the Lists of Parties Excluded from Fed-
eral Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs. 
TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
FOR 
UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO THE UNITED NA-
TIONS 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) As underscored by continuing revelations of 
waste, fraud, and abuse, oversight and account-
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ability mechanisms within the United Nations sys-
tem remain significantly deficient, despite decades of 
reform attempts, including those initiated by Secre-
taries General of the United Nations. 
(2) Notwithstanding the personal intentions of 
any Secretary General of the United Nations to pro-
mote institutional transparency and accountability 
within the United Nations System, the Secretary 
General lacks the power to impose far reaching man-
agement reforms without the concurrence of the 
General Assembly. 
(3) Groupings of Member States whose voting 
power in the General Assembly significantly out-
paces their proportional contributions to the United 
Nations system have repeatedly and successfully de-
feated, delayed, and diluted various reform proposals 
that would have enabled more detailed oversight and 
scrutiny of United Nations system operations and 
expenditures. 
(4) To an unacceptable degree, major donor 
states, including the United States, lack access to 
reasonably detailed, reliable information that would 
allow them to determine how their contributions 
have been spent by various United Nations system 
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entities, further contributing to the lack of account-
ability within the United Nations system. 
(5) In September 2015, the State Department 
announced the United States would withhold 15 per-
cent of United States contributions to the World In-
tellectual Property Organization (WIPO) because 
the Secretary of State could not certify that WIPO 
is meeting best practices for the protection of whis-
tleblowers from retaliation in accordance with the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–76). 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 
ACCOUNTABILITY
CERTIFICATION.—The 
term ‘‘Accountability Certification’’ means an an-
nual, written affirmation by the head or authorized 
designee of a United Nations Entity provided to the 
Secretary of State that the Entity— 
(A) provides the public with full, complete, 
and unfettered access to all relevant docu-
mentation relating to operations and activities, 
including budget and procurement activities; 
(B) implements best practices for the pro-
tection of whistleblowers from retaliation, in-
cluding best practices for— 
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(i) protection against retaliation for 
internal and lawful public disclosures; 
(ii) legal burdens of proof; 
(iii) statutes of limitation for report-
ing retaliation; 
(iv) access to independent adjudicative 
bodies, including external arbitration; and 
(v) results that eliminate the effects of 
proven retaliation; 
(C) implements and upholds policies and 
procedures to require the filing of individual an-
nual financial disclosure forms by each of its 
employees at the P–5 level and above and to re-
quire that such forms be made available to the 
Office of Internal Oversight Services, to Mem-
ber States, and to the public; 
(D) has established an effective ethics of-
fice; 
(E) has established a fully independent, 
autonomous, and effective internal oversight 
body; 
(F) has adopted and implemented, and is 
in full compliance with, International Public 
Sector Accounting Standards; 
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(G) has established a cap on its adminis-
trative overhead costs; 
(H) is not subject to sanctions by the Se-
curity Council; and 
(I) is not subject to sanctions by the 
United States. 
(2) 
OVERSIGHT
INFORMATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Oversight Information’’ includes— 
(A) internally and externally commissioned 
audits, investigatory reports, program reviews, 
performance reports, and evaluations; 
(B) financial statements, records, and bill-
ing systems; 
(C) program budgets and program budget 
implications, including revised estimates and re-
ports produced by or provided to the Secretary 
General and the Secretary General’s agents on 
budget related matters; 
(D) operational plans, budgets, and budg-
etary analyses for peacekeeping operations; 
(E) analyses and reports regarding the 
scale of assessments; 
(F) databases and other data systems con-
taining financial or programmatic information; 
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(G) documents or other records alleging or 
involving improper use of resources, mis-
conduct, mismanagement, or other violations of 
rules and regulations applicable to the United 
Nations Entity; and 
(H) other documentation relevant to the 
oversight work of Congress with respect to 
United States contributions to the United Na-
tions system. 
(3) TRANSPARENCY CERTIFICATION.—The term 
‘‘Transparency Certification’’ means an annual, 
written affirmation by the head or authorized des-
ignee of a United Nations Entity, provided to the 
Department of State, that the Entity will cooperate 
with the Department of State and Congress, includ-
ing by providing the Department of State and Con-
gress with full, complete, and unfettered access to 
Oversight Information as defined in this title. 
SEC. 203. OVERSIGHT OF UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en-
hance oversight of United States contributions to the 
United Nations System and the use of those contributions 
by United Nations Entities, in an effort to eliminate and 
deter waste, fraud, and abuse in the use of those contribu-
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tions, and thereby to contribute to the development of 
greater transparency, accountability, and internal controls 
throughout the United Nations System. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Department of State 
shall collect and maintain current records regarding 
Transparency Certifications and Accountability Cer-
tifications by all United Nations Entities that re-
ceive United States contributions and submit that 
information for inclusion in the report required 
under section 207. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Department of State 
shall keep the appropriate congressional committees 
fully informed of how United Nations Entities are 
spending United States contributions prior to the 
President’s budget request, and periodically through-
out the remainder of the year thereafter. 
(3) REFERRALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State 
shall promptly report to the Attorney General 
and to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees when the Secretary of State has reasonable 
grounds to believe a Federal criminal law has 
been violated by a United Nations Entity or one 
of its employees, contractors, or representatives. 
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(B) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall promptly report, when appropriate, 
to the appropriate congressional committees, 
and to the Secretary General or to the head of 
the appropriate United Nations Entity, cases in 
which the Secretary of State reasonably believes 
that mismanagement, misfeasance, or malfea-
sance is likely to have taken place within a 
United Nations Entity and disciplinary pro-
ceedings are likely justified, and shall keep the 
appropriate congressional committees informed 
of any relevant actions undertaken by the Sec-
retary General or relevant United Nations Enti-
ty. 
(4) CONFIRMATION
OF
TRANSPARENCY
BY 
UNITED NATIONS ENTITIES.— 
(A) PROMPT NOTICE BY DEPARTMENT OF 
STATE.—Whenever information or assistance 
requested from a United Nations Entity by the 
Department of State pursuant to a Trans-
parency Certification is, in the opinion of the 
Secretary of State, unreasonably refused or not 
provided in a timely manner, the Secretary of 
State shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees, the head of that particular United 
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Nations Entity, and the Secretary General of 
the circumstances in writing, without delay. 
(B) NOTICE
OF
COMPLIANCE.—If and 
when the information or assistance being 
sought by the Department of State in connec-
tion with a notification pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) is provided to the satisfaction of the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of State shall 
so notify in writing to the appropriate congres-
sional committees and the head of that par-
ticular United Nations Entity. 
(C) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the information 
or assistance being sought by the Department 
of State in connection with a notification pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) is not provided within 
90 days of that notification, then the United 
Nations Entity that is the subject of the notifi-
cation is deemed to be noncompliant with its 
Transparency Certification. 
(D) RESTORATION
OF
COMPLIANCE.— 
After the situation has been resolved to the sat-
isfaction of the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of State shall promptly provide prompt, 
written notification of that fact and of the res-
toration of compliance, along with a description 
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of the basis for the Secretary of State’s deci-
sion, to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, the head of that United Nations Entity, 
the Secretary General, and any office or agency 
of the Federal Government that has provided 
that United Nations Entity with any United 
States contribution during the prior 2 years. 
(5) CONFIRMATION
OF
ACCOUNTABILITY
BY 
UNITED NATIONS ENTITIES.— 
(A) PROMPT
NOTICE
BY
SECRETARY
OF 
STATE.—Whenever a United Nations Entity 
that has provided an Accountability Certifi-
cation is, in the opinion of the Secretary of 
State, not in full compliance with any or all of 
the provisions of that certification, the Sec-
retary of State shall notify the appropriate con-
gressional committees, the head of that par-
ticular United Nations Entity, and the Sec-
retary General of the circumstances in writing, 
without delay. 
(B) NOTICE
OF
COMPLIANCE.—If and 
when the United Nations Entity resumes full 
compliance with its Accountability Certification 
following the provision of the notification pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State 
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shall so notify in writing the appropriate con-
gressional committees and the head of that 
United Nations Entity. 
(C) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the United Na-
tions Entity named in the notification in sub-
paragraph (A) does not resume full compliance 
with its Accountability Certification to the sat-
isfaction of the Secretary of State within 90 
days of that notification, then the United Na-
tions Entity that is the subject of the notifica-
tion is deemed to be noncompliant with its Ac-
countability Certification, and the Secretary of 
State shall provide prompt, written notification 
of that fact to the appropriate congressional 
committees, the head of that United Nations 
Entity, the Secretary General, and any office or 
agency of the Federal Government that has 
provided that United Nations Entity with any 
United States Contribution during the prior 2 
years. 
(D) RESTORATION
OF
COMPLIANCE.— 
After the situation has been resolved to the sat-
isfaction of the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of State shall promptly provide prompt, 
written notification of that fact and of the res-
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toration of compliance, along with a description 
of the basis for the Secretary of State’s deci-
sion, to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees, the head of that United Nations Entity, 
the Secretary General, and any office or agency 
of the Federal Government that has provided 
that United Nations Entity with any United 
States contribution during the prior 2 years. 
(6) REPORTING.— 
(A) REPORTING.—In the report submitted 
by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget to Congress pursuant to section 
207, the Secretary of State shall submit for in-
clusion a section that, among other things, in-
cludes a list and detailed description of the cir-
cumstances surrounding any notification of 
compliance issued pursuant to paragraph (4)(C) 
or (5)(C) during the covered timeframe, and 
whether and when the Secretary has reversed 
such finding of noncompliance. 
(B) PROHIBITED DISCLOSURES.—Nothing 
in this subsection shall be construed to author-
ize the public disclosure of information that 
is— 
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(i) specifically prohibited from disclo-
sure by any other provision of law; 
(ii) specifically required by Executive 
order to be protected from disclosure in 
the interest of national defense or national 
security or in the conduct of foreign af-
fairs; or 
(iii) a part of an ongoing criminal in-
vestigation. 
(C) PRIVACY
PROTECTIONS.—The Sec-
retary of State shall exempt from public disclo-
sure information received from a United Na-
tions Entity that the Secretary of State be-
lieves— 
(i) constitutes a trade secret or privi-
leged and confidential personal financial 
information; 
(ii) constitutes confidential personal 
medical information; 
(iii) accuses a particular person of a 
crime; 
(iv) would, if publicly disclosed, con-
stitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy; and 
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(v) would compromise an ongoing law 
enforcement investigation or judicial trial 
in the United States. 
SEC. 204. TRANSPARENCY FOR UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS. 
(a) 
FUNDING
PREREQUISITES.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, no funds made available for 
use as a United States Contribution to any United Na-
tions Entity may be obligated or expended if— 
(1) the intended United Nations Entity recipi-
ent has not provided to the Secretary of State within 
the preceding year a Transparency Certification as 
defined in section 202(1); 
(2) the intended United Nations Entity recipi-
ent is noncompliant with its Transparency Certifi-
cation as described in section 203(b)(4)(C); 
(3) the intended United Nations Entity recipi-
ent has not provided to the Secretary of State within 
the preceding year an Accountability Certification as 
defined in section 202(3); or 
(4) the intended United Nations Entity is non-
compliant with its Accountability Certification as de-
scribed in section 203(b)(5)(C). 
(b) TREATMENT OF FUNDS WITHHELD FOR NON-
COMPLIANCE.—At the conclusion of each fiscal year, any 
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funds that had been appropriated for use as a United 
States Contribution to a United Nations Entity during 
that fiscal year, but could not be obligated or expended 
because of the restrictions of subsection (a), shall be re-
turned to the United States Treasury, and are not subject 
to reprogramming for any other use. Any such funds re-
turned to the Treasury shall not be considered arrears to 
be repaid to any United Nations Entity. 
SEC. 205. INTEGRITY FOR UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.—(1) No funds made available for 
use under the heading ‘‘Contributions to International Or-
ganizations’’ may be used for any purpose other than an 
assessed United States contribution to a United Nations 
Entity or other international organization. 
(2) No funds made available for use under the head-
ing ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’ may be 
used for any purpose other than a voluntary United States 
contribution to a United Nations Entity or other inter-
national organization. 
(3) No funds made available for use under the head-
ing ‘‘Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activi-
ties’’ may be used for any purpose other than a United 
States contribution to United Nations peacekeeping activi-
ties, to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former 
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Yugoslavia, or to the International Criminal Tribunal for 
Rwanda. 
(b) TREATMENT OF FUNDS WITHHELD FOR NON-
COMPLIANCE.—At the conclusion of each fiscal year, any 
funds that had been appropriated for use as a United 
States contribution to a United Nations Entity during 
that fiscal year, but could not be obligated or expended 
because of the restrictions of subsection (a), shall be re-
turned to the United States Treasury, and are not subject 
to reprogramming for any other use. Any such funds re-
turned to the Treasury shall not be considered arrears to 
be repaid to any United Nations Entity. 
SEC. 206. REFUND OF MONIES OWED BY THE UNITED NA-
TIONS TO THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) United States taxpayer funds overpaid to 
United Nations Entities and payable back to the 
United States sometimes remain in the hands of the 
United Nations because the United States has not 
requested the return of those funds. 
(2) Such funds have been paid into, among 
other United Nations Entities, the United Nations 
Tax Equalization Fund (TEF), which was estab-
lished under the provisions of United Nations Gen-
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eral Assembly Resolution 973 (1955), and which is 
used to reimburse United Nations staff members 
subject to United States income taxes for the cost 
of those taxes. 
(3) In recent years, the TEF has taken in con-
siderably more money than it has paid out, with the 
United States apparently overpaying into the TEF 
by $24,363,000 in 2014 alone. 
(4) According to the United Nations Financial 
Report and Audited Financial Statements released 
on July 23, 2015, ‘‘The cumulative surplus payable 
to the United States of America at year-end was 
$27,600,000’’. 
(5) That balance was allowed to accrue notwith-
standing United Nations Financial Regulation 4.12, 
which states that any such surpluses ‘‘shall be cred-
ited against the assessed contributions due from that 
Member State the following year.’’. 
(6) Allowing the United Nations to regularly 
overcharge the United States and to retain those 
overpayments, or to spend them on wholly unrelated 
activities, is a disservice to American taxpayers and 
a subversion of the Congressional budget process. 
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the 
United States— 
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(1) to annually instruct the United Nations to 
return to the United States any surplus assessed 
contributions or other overpayments by the United 
States to any United Nations Entity; and 
(2) to use the voice and vote of the United 
States to press the United Nations to reform its 
TEF assessment procedures to reduce the repeated 
discrepancies between TEF income and expendi-
tures. 
(c) CERTIFICATION AND WITHHOLDING.—For each 
and every fiscal year subsequent to the effective date of 
this Act, until the Secretary of State submits to the appro-
priate congressional committees a certification that the 
United Nations has returned to the United States any sur-
plus assessed contributions or other overpayments by the 
United States to any United Nations Entity, the Secretary 
of State shall withhold from the regular budget of the 
United Nations an amount equal to the amount of the 
funds that the United Nations has yet to return to the 
United States. 
SEC. 207. ANNUAL REPORTS ON UNITED STATES CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and annually there-
after, the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
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et shall submit to Congress a report listing all assessed 
and voluntary contributions of the United States Govern-
ment for the preceding fiscal year to the United Nations 
and United Nations affiliated agencies and related bodies. 
(b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under sub-
section (a) shall set forth, for the fiscal year covered by 
such report, the following: 
(1) The total amount of all assessed and vol-
untary contributions of the United States Govern-
ment to the United Nations and United Nations af-
filiated agencies and related bodies. 
(2) The approximate percentage of United 
States Government contributions to each United Na-
tions affiliated agency or body in such fiscal year 
when compared with all contributions to such agency 
or body from any source in such fiscal year. 
(3) For each such contribution— 
(A) the amount of such contribution; 
(B) a description of such contribution (in-
cluding whether assessed or voluntary); 
(C) the department or agency of the 
United States Government responsible for such 
contribution; 
(D) the purpose of such contribution; and 
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(E) the United Nations or United Nations 
affiliated agency or related body receiving such 
contribution. 
(c) SCOPE OF INITIAL REPORT.—The first report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include the information 
required under this section for the previous three fiscal 
years. 
(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION.—Not 
later than 14 days after submitting a report required 
under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall post a public version of the re-
port on a text-based, searchable, and publicly available 
Internet Web site. 
SEC. 208. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS PROCUREMENT 
PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, 
the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report on United Nations procure-
ment reform. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The reports required under sub-
section (a) shall describe— 
(1) progress toward the goal of donor countries 
establishing a threshold number for procurement 
purposes, of which 50 percent of the procurement 
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for donor programs over $1,000,000,000 shall utilize 
donor vendors; 
(2) the status of the amount and percentage of 
procurement at the United Nations through United 
States vendors; and 
(3) the status of examinations and investiga-
tions if companies on the Excluded Parties List Sys-
tem are receiving contracts through the United Na-
tions, and the values of such contracts. 
TITLE III—UNITED STATES POL-
ICY AT THE UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 301. ANNUAL PUBLICATION. 
The President shall direct the United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations to ensure the United Nations publishes 
annually, including on a publicly searchable Internet Web 
site, a list of all United Nations subsidiary bodies and 
their functions, budgets, staff, and contributions, both vol-
untary and assessed, sorted by donor. 
SEC. 302. ANNUAL FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE. 
The President shall direct the United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations to implement a system for the required 
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filing of individual annual financial disclosure forms by 
each employee of the United Nations and its specialized 
agencies, programs, and funds at the P–5 level and above, 
which shall be made available to the Office of Internal 
Oversight Services, to Member States, and to the public. 
SEC. 303. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO EXPANSION OF THE 
SECURITY COUNCIL. 
It is the policy of the United States to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States at the United Na-
tions to oppose any proposals on expansion of the Security 
Council if such expansion would— 
(1) diminish the influence of the United States 
on the Security Council; or 
(2) include veto rights for any new members of 
the Security Council. 
SEC. 304. ACCESS TO REPORTS AND AUDITS. 
The President shall direct the United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations to ensure that Member States may, upon 
request, have access to all reports and audits completed 
by the Board of External Auditors. 
SEC. 305. WAIVER OF IMMUNITY. 
The President shall direct the United States Perma-
nent Representative to the United Nations to use the 
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voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations to ensure that the Secretary General exer-
cises the right and duty of the Secretary General under 
section 20 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immu-
nities of the United Nations to waive the immunity of any 
United Nations official in any case in which such immu-
nity would impede the course of justice. In exercising such 
waiver, the Secretary General is urged to interpret the in-
terests of the United Nations as favoring the investigation 
or prosecution of a United Nations official who is credibly 
under investigation for having committed a serious crimi-
nal offense or who is credibly charged with a serious crimi-
nal offense. 
SEC. 306. REVIEW OF UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS ON 
TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 
United States Permanent Representative to the United 
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 
States at the United Nations to initiate a comprehensive 
review of United Nations Conventions on Terrorism that 
builds upon the recommendations of the December 2004 
report of the High-Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, 
and Change with the goal of providing recommendations 
to the Security Council. 
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(b) REPORT.—A year from the date of enactment, the 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the United States 
Permanent Representative to the United Nations, shall re-
port to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
status of the review under subsection (a). 
SEC. 307. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report— 
(1) concerning the progress of the General As-
sembly to modernize human resource practices, con-
sistent with the March 2005 report of the Secretary 
General entitled ‘‘In larger freedom: towards devel-
opment, security and human rights for all’’; and 
(2) containing the information described in sub-
section (b). 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
(1) a comprehensive evaluation of human re-
sources reforms at the United Nations, including an 
evaluation of— 
(A) tenure; 
(B) performance reviews; 
(C) the promotion system; 
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(D) a merit-based hiring system and en-
hanced regulations concerning termination of 
employment of employees; and 
(E) the implementation of a code of con-
duct and ethics training; 
(2) the implementation of a system of proce-
dures for filing complaints and protective measures 
for work-place harassment, including sexual harass-
ment; 
(3) policy recommendations relating to the es-
tablishment of a rotation requirement for non-
administrative positions; 
(4) policy recommendations relating to the es-
tablishment of a prohibition preventing personnel 
and officials assigned to the mission of a member 
state to the United Nations from transferring to a 
position within the United Nations Secretariat that 
is compensated at the P–5 level and above; 
(5) policy recommendations relating to a reduc-
tion in travel allowances and attendant oversight 
with respect to accommodations and airline flights; 
and 
(6) an evaluation of the recommendations of the 
Secretary General relating to greater flexibility for 
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the Secretary General in staffing decisions to accom-
modate changing priorities. 
SEC. 308. UNITED NATIONS TREATY BODIES. 
The United States shall withhold from United States 
contributions to the regular assessed budget of the United 
Nations for a biennial period amounts that are propor-
tional to the percentage of such budget that are expended 
with respect to a United Nations human rights treaty 
monitoring body or committee that was established by— 
(1) a convention (without any protocols) or an 
international covenant (without any protocols) to 
which the United States is not party; or 
(2) a convention, with a subsequent protocol, if 
the United States is a party to neither. 
SEC. 309. EQUALITY AT THE UNITED NATIONS. 
(a) DEPARTMENT
OF STATE REVIEW
AND RE-
PORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To avoid duplicative efforts 
and funding with respect to Palestinian interests 
and to ensure balance in the approach to Israeli-Pal-
estinian issues, the Secretary shall, not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act— 
(A) complete an audit of the functions of 
the entities listed in paragraph (2); and 
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(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report containing audit 
findings and conclusions, and recommendations 
for the elimination of such duplicative entities 
and efforts. 
(2) ENTITIES.—The entities referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A) are the following: 
(A) The United Nations Division for Pales-
tinian Rights. 
(B) The Committee on the Exercise of the 
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. 
(C) The United Nations Special Coordi-
nator for the Middle East Peace Process and 
Personal Representative to the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization and the Palestinian Au-
thority. 
(D) The NGO Network on the Question of 
Palestine. 
(E) The Special Committee to Investigate 
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of 
the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the 
Occupied Territories. 
(F) Any other entity the Secretary deter-
mines results in duplicative efforts or funding 
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or fails to ensure balance in the approach to 
Israeli-Palestinian issues. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION BY PERMANENT REPRESENTA-
TIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct 
the United States Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States at the United Nations to seek 
the implementation of the recommendations con-
tained in the report required under subsection 
(a)(1)(B). 
(2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Until such rec-
ommendations have been implemented, the United 
States shall withhold from United States contribu-
tions to the regular assessed budget of the United 
Nations for a biennial period amounts that are pro-
portional to the percentage of such budget that are 
expended for such entities. 
SEC. 310. ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UNITED NATIONS. 
The President shall direct the United States perma-
nent representative to the United Nations to use the voice, 
vote, and influence of the United States at the United Na-
tions to make every effort to— 
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(1) ensure the issuance and implementation of 
a directive by the Secretary General or the Secre-
tariat, as appropriate, that— 
(A) requires the United Nations and its 
specialized agencies to officially and publicly 
condemn anti-Semitic statements made at any 
session of the United Nations or its specialized 
agencies, or at any other session sponsored by 
the United Nations; 
(B) requires employees of the United Na-
tions and its specialized agencies, programs, 
and funds to be subject to punitive action, in-
cluding immediate dismissal, for making anti- 
Semitic statements or references; 
(C) proposes specific recommendations to 
the General Assembly for the establishment of 
mechanisms to hold accountable employees and 
officials of the United Nations and its special-
ized agencies, programs, and funds, or Member 
States, that make such anti-Semitic statements 
or references in any forum of the United Na-
tions or of its specialized agencies; 
(D) continues to develop and implements 
education awareness programs about the Holo-
caust and anti-Semitism throughout the world, 
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as part of an effort to combat intolerance and 
hatred; and 
(E) requires the Office of the United Na-
tions High Commissioner for Human Rights 
(OHCHR) to develop programming and other 
measures that address anti-Semitism; 
(2) secure the adoption of a resolution by the 
General Assembly that establishes the mechanisms 
described in paragraph (1)(C); and 
(3) continue working toward further reduction 
of anti-Semitic language and anti-Israel resolutions 
in the United Nations and its specialized agencies, 
programs, and funds. 
SEC. 311. UNITED STATES POLICY ON TAIWAN’S PARTICIPA-
TION IN UNITED NATIONS ENTITIES. 
The Secretary of State shall direct the United States 
Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations to ensure meaningful participation for 
Taiwan in relevant United Nations Entities in which Tai-
wan has expressed an interest in participating. 
SEC. 312. UNITED STATES POLICY ON TIER 3 HUMAN 
RIGHTS VIOLATORS. 
The Secretary of State shall direct the United States 
Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use 
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the voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations to ensure that no representative of a coun-
try designated pursuant to section 110 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) by the 
Department of State as a Tier 3 country shall preside as 
Chair or President of any United Nations Entity. 
TITLE IV—STATUS OF PALES-
TINIAN 
ENTITIES 
AT 
THE 
UNITED NATIONS 
SEC. 401. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) In 1989, the Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion (PLO) launched an effort to evade direct nego-
tiations for peace with the State of Israel by instead 
pursuing Palestinian membership in international 
organizations, which could imply de facto recognition 
of a Palestinian state by the United Nations. 
(2) The executive branch, with significant sup-
port from Members of Congress, successfully 
stopped the PLO’s effort by credibly threatening, as 
noted in a May 1, 1989, statement by then-Sec-
retary of State James A. Baker, ‘‘that the United 
States [would] make no further contributions, vol-
untary or assessed, to any international organization 
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which makes any change in the P.L.O.’s present sta-
tus as an observer organization.’’. 
(3) The United States success in this case dem-
onstrates that withholding contributions and placing 
conditions on their payment can result in real re-
forms, stop counterproductive developments, and ad-
vance United States interests at the United Nations. 
(4) The Palestinian leadership has continued its 
effort to evade direct negotiations for peace with the 
State of Israel by seeking recognition of a Pales-
tinian state from foreign governments and in inter-
national forums. 
(5) On September 30, 2015, Abu Mazen de-
clared that Palestinian leadership would no longer be 
bound by its signed agreements with Israel. 
(6) Further efforts to bypass negotiations and 
to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state, or to ap-
peal to the United Nations or other international fo-
rums or to foreign governments for recognition of a 
Palestinian state or membership or other upgraded 
status for the Palestinian observer mission at those 
forums, would violate the underlying principles of 
the Oslo Accords, the Road Map, and other relevant 
Middle East peace process efforts. 
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(7) In 2011, the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 
granted full membership to the Palestinians, trig-
gering United States law that prohibits United 
States funding for any United Nations organization 
that grants membership to the PLO. 
(8) On December 15, 2010, the House of Rep-
resentatives passed House Resolution 1765, in 
which, inter alia, the House of Representatives: 
(A) ‘‘reaffirms its strong opposition to any 
attempt to establish or seek recognition of a 
Palestinian state outside of an agreement nego-
tiated between Israel and the Palestinians’’; 
(B) ‘‘supports the Administration’s opposi-
tion to a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian 
state’’; and 
(C) ‘‘calls upon the Administration to . . . 
lead a diplomatic effort to persuade other na-
tions to oppose a unilateral declaration of a 
Palestinian state and to oppose recognition of a 
Palestinian state by other nations, within the 
United Nations, and in other international fo-
rums prior to achievement of a final agreement 
between Israel and the Palestinians.’’. 
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(9) Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo, former 
United States Deputy Permanent Representative to 
the United Nations, stated on July 26, 2011, ‘‘Let 
there be no doubt: symbolic actions to isolate Israel 
at the United Nations in September will not create 
an independent Palestinian state . . . The United 
States will not support unilateral campaigns at the 
United Nations in September or any other time.’’. 
(10) On September 16, 2011, the Deputy Na-
tional Security Advisor for Strategic Communica-
tions stated that ‘‘We would veto actions through 
the Security Council and oppose action through the 
Security Council associated with a unilateral dec-
laration of [Palestinian] statehood.’’. 
SEC. 402. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to oppose the 
recognition of a Palestinian state by any United Nations 
Entity, or any upgrade, including full membership, in the 
status of the Palestinian observer mission at the United 
Nations, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Pales-
tinian Authority, or any other Palestinian administrative 
organization or governing entity, at any United Nations 
Entity, prior to the achievement of a final peace agree-
ment negotiated between and agreed to by Israel and the 
Palestinians. 
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SEC. 403. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 
United States Permanent Representative to the United 
Nations to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 
States at the United Nations to advance the policy stated 
in section 402. 
(b) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State shall withhold United States contributions from any 
United Nations Entity that recognizes a Palestinian state 
or upgrades in any way, including granting full member-
ship, the status of the Palestinian observer mission at the 
United Nations, the Palestine Liberation Organization, 
the Palestinian Authority, or any other Palestinian admin-
istrative organization or governing entity, at that United 
Nations Entity, prior to the achievement of complete and 
final peace agreement negotiated between and agreed to 
by Israel and the Palestinians. Funds appropriated for use 
as a United States contribution to the United Nations but 
withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to this 
section shall immediately revert to the United States 
Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid 
to any United Nations Entity. 
TITLE V—UNITED NATIONS 
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 
SEC. 501. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
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(1) Since its establishment in 2006, the United 
Nations Human Rights Council has failed to mean-
ingfully promote the protection of internationally 
recognized human rights, and has proven to be even 
more problematic than the United Nations Human 
Rights Commission that it was created to replace. 
(2) The United Nations Human Rights Council 
suffers from fundamental and severe structural 
flaws present since its establishment by the United 
Nations General Assembly, such as the fact that it 
draws its members from the General Assembly with-
out any substantive membership criteria, with the 
perverse result that a number of the world’s worst 
human rights abusers are members of the council. 
(3) For example, many members of the United 
Nations Human Rights Council are rated ‘‘Not 
Free’’ or only ‘‘Partly Free’’ by Freedom House. 
Only a minority of members were rated ‘‘Free’’. 
(4) The structure and composition of the 
United Nations Human Rights Council have made it 
subject to gross political manipulation, with the re-
sult that, during its almost seven years of operation, 
the Council has passed over 61 resolutions censuring 
the democratic, Jewish State of Israel, as compared 
to relatively few or no resolutions censuring dictator-
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ships or addressing severe, ongoing human rights 
abuses around the world. 
(5) The United Nations Human Rights Coun-
cil’s agenda contains a permanent item for criticism 
of the democratic, Jewish State of Israel, but no 
permanent items criticizing any other state. 
(6) The United Nations Human Rights Council 
has established, or preserved the existence of, a 
number of ‘‘Special Procedures’’ mechanisms to ad-
dress country-specific situations or thematic issues. 
These mechanisms include a number of ‘‘special 
rapporteurs’’ whose expenses and staff support are 
paid for by contributions to the United Nations. 
(7) The United Nations Human Rights Council 
has also established an ‘‘Advisory Committee’’ whose 
expenses and staff support are paid for by contribu-
tions to the United Nations. 
(8) Some of these special rapporteurs and mem-
bers of the Advisory Committee have displayed con-
sistent bias against the United States, Israel, and 
the Jewish people, while providing support to human 
rights abusers. 
(9) Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, a member of 
the United Nations Human Rights Council Advisory 
Committee who has previously served as President of 
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the United Nations General Assembly and as foreign 
minister for the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua, has 
implicitly accused the United States of terrorism, 
has called former President Ronald Reagan a 
‘‘butcher’’, has called for an international boycott of 
Israel, has stated that the Palestinians were being 
‘‘crucified’’ by Israel, has called Israel’s defensive 
Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip a ‘‘mon-
strosity’’ and ‘‘genocide’’, has urged the United Na-
tions to use the term ‘‘apartheid’’ in discussing 
Israeli treatment of Palestinians, has embraced Ira-
nian 
leader 
Mahmoud 
Ahmadinejad 
after 
Ahmadinejad delivered an anti-American, anti-Israel 
address to the United Nations General Assembly, 
has stated that charges of genocide against Suda-
nese dictator Omar Hassan al Bashir are ‘‘racist’’, 
and has declared Fidel Castro ‘‘World Hero of Soli-
darity’’, stating that Castro ‘‘embod[ied] virtues and 
values worth emulation by all of us’’. 
(10) The five-year review of the United Nations 
Human Rights Council concluded on June 17, 2011, 
and failed to make any significant reforms to its 
fundamental and severe structural flaws, including 
its absence of substantive membership criteria, or to 
remove the permanent agenda item on Israel. 
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(11) On June 17, 2011, former John F. 
Sammis, United States Deputy Representative to 
the Economic and Social Council, stated that ‘‘The 
Geneva process [of the five-year review] failed to 
yield even minimally positive results, forcing us to 
dissociate from the outcome . . . the final resolution 
[for the five-year review] also fails to address the 
core problems that still plague the Human Rights 
Council . . . The United States has therefore voted 
‘no’ on the resolution . . . the Council’s effective-
ness and legitimacy will always be compromised so 
long as one country in all the world is unfairly and 
uniquely singled out while others, including chronic 
human rights abusers, escape scrutiny . . . The res-
olution before us today does nothing to address the 
Council’s failures nor move it any closer to the 
founding values of the UN Charter and the Uni-
versal Declaration of Human Rights.’’. 
(12) United States membership in the Human 
Rights Council has not led to reform of its funda-
mental flaws diminished the Council’s virulently 
anti-Israel behavior. The Council has passed 35 res-
olutions criticizing Israel since the United States 
joined in 2009. 
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SEC. 502. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP AND 
FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each and every fiscal year 
subsequent to the effective date of this Act, until the Sec-
retary of State submits to Congress a certification that 
the requirements described in subsection (b) have been 
satisfied— 
(1) the Secretary of State shall withhold from 
a United States contribution each fiscal year to a 
regular budget of the United Nations an amount 
that is equal to the percentage of such contribution 
that the Secretary determines would be allocated by 
the United Nations to support the United Nations 
Human Rights Council; 
(2) the Secretary of State shall not make a vol-
untary contribution to the United Nations Human 
Rights Council; and 
(3) the United States shall not run for a seat 
on the United Nations Human Rights Council. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—The annual certification re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is a certification made by the 
Secretary to Congress that— 
(1) the United Nations Human Rights Coun-
cil’s mandate from the United Nations General As-
sembly explicitly and effectively prohibits candidacy 
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for Human Rights Council membership of a United 
Nations Member State— 
(A) subject to sanctions by the Security 
Council; and 
(B) under a Security Council-mandated in-
vestigation for human rights abuses; 
(2) the United Nations Human Rights Council 
does not include a United Nations Member State— 
(A) subject to sanctions by the Security 
Council; 
(B) under a Security Council-mandated in-
vestigation for human rights abuses; 
(C) which the Secretary of State has deter-
mined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979 (as continued 
in effect pursuant to the International Emer-
gency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the 
Arms Export Control Act, section 620A of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or other provi-
sion of law, is a government that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international ter-
rorism; 
(D) which the President has designated as 
a country of particular concern for religious 
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freedom under section 402(b) of the Inter-
national Religious Freedom Act of 1998; 
(E) designated by the Department of State 
pursuant to section 110 of the Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) 
as a Tier 3 country; or 
(F) subject to sanctions by the United 
States; and 
(3) the United Nations Human Rights Coun-
cil’s agenda or programme of work does not include 
a permanent item with regard to the State of Israel. 
(c) SPECIAL PROCEDURES.—The Secretary of State 
shall withhold from a United States contribution each year 
to a regular budget of the United Nations an amount that 
is equal to the percentage of such contribution that the 
Secretary determines would be allocated by the United 
Nations to support the United Nations ‘‘Special 
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Pales-
tinian territories occupied since 1967’’, and any other 
United Nations Human Rights Council ‘‘Special Proce-
dures’’ used to display bias against the United States or 
the State of Israel or to provide support for the govern-
ment of any United Nations Member State— 
(1) subject to sanctions by the Security Council; 
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(2) under a Security Council-mandated inves-
tigation for human rights abuses; 
(3) which the Secretary of State has deter-
mined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pur-
suant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act), section 40 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, or other provision of law, is a government that 
has repeatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism; 
(4) which the President has designated as a 
country of particular concern for religious freedom 
under section 402(b) of the International Religious 
Freedom Act of 1998; 
(5) designated by the Department of State pur-
suant to section 110 of the Trafficking Victims Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107) as a Tier 3 
country; or 
(6) subject to sanctions by the United States. 
(d) REVERSION OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated for 
use as a United States contribution to the United Nations 
but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to 
this section shall immediately revert to the United States 
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Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid 
to any United Nations Entity. 
TITLE VI—2014 GAZA REPORT 
SEC. 601. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On January 12, 2009, the United Nations 
Human Rights Council passed Resolution A/HRC/S– 
9/L.1, which authorized a ‘‘fact-finding mission’’ re-
garding Israel’s conduct of Operation Cast Lead 
against violent militants in the Gaza Strip between 
December 27, 2008, and January 18, 2009. 
(2) The resolution pre-judged the outcome of its 
investigation by one-sidedly mandating the ‘‘fact- 
finding mission’’ to ‘‘investigate all violations of 
international human rights law and International 
Humanitarian Law by . . . Israel, against the Pal-
estinian people . . . particularly in the occupied 
Gaza Strip, due to the current aggression’’. 
(3) The mandate of the ‘‘fact-finding mission’’ 
makes no mention of the relentless rocket and mor-
tar attacks, which numbered in the thousands and 
spanned a period of eight years, by Hamas and 
other violent militant groups in Gaza against civilian 
targets in Israel, that necessitated Israel’s defensive 
measures. 
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(4) The ‘‘fact-finding mission’’ included a mem-
ber who, before joining the mission, had already de-
clared Israel guilty of committing atrocities in Oper-
ation Cast Lead by signing a public letter on Janu-
ary 11, 2009, published in the Sunday Times, that 
called Israel’s actions ‘‘war crimes’’. 
(5) The mission’s flawed and biased mandate 
gave serious concern to many United Nations 
Human Rights Council Member States which re-
fused 
to 
support 
it, 
including 
Bosnia 
and 
Herzegovina, Cameroon, Canada, France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the Republic of 
Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland, and troubled many distinguished individuals 
who refused invitations to head the mission. 
(6) On September 15, 2009, the ‘‘United Na-
tions Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict’’ 
released its report, commonly referred to as the 
‘‘Goldstone Report’’, which repeatedly made sweep-
ing and unsubstantiated determinations that the 
Israeli military had deliberately attacked civilians 
during Operation Cast Lead. 
(7) The Goldstone Report, in effect, denied the 
State of Israel the right to self-defense, and never 
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noted the fact that Israel had the right to defend its 
citizens from the repeated violent attacks committed 
against civilian targets in southern Israel by Hamas 
and other Foreign Terrorist Organizations operating 
from Gaza. 
(8) The Goldstone Report largely ignored the 
culpability of the Government of Iran and the Gov-
ernment of Syria, both of whom sponsor Hamas and 
other Foreign Terrorist Organizations. 
(9) On April 1, 2011, Richard Goldstone, the 
head of the ‘‘United Nations Fact Finding Mission 
on the Gaza Conflict’’ that authored the Goldstone 
Report, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post that 
renounced the Goldstone Report’s claim that the 
Israeli military deliberately attacked civilians during 
Operation Cast Lead. Goldstone wrote that the 
Israeli military’s investigations with respect to inci-
dents in Operation Cast Lead ‘‘indicate that civilians 
were not intentionally targeted as a matter of pol-
icy’’. 
(10) Three years later, on July 23, 2014, the 
United Nations Human Rights Council passed Reso-
lution A/HRC/RES/S–21/1, which authorized a 
‘‘commission of inquiry’’ regarding the conflict be-
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tween Israel and Hamas between July 8, 2014, and 
August 26, 2014. 
(11) On June 22, 2015, the ‘‘United Nations 
Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 
Gaza conflict’’ released its report, hereafter referred 
to as the ‘‘Gaza report’’, which attempted to estab-
lish a false moral equivalency between the actions of 
Israel’s military and of Hamas and other Foreign 
Terrorist Organizations operating from Gaza. 
(12) The Gaza report, in effect, denies the 
State of Israel the right to self defense, and never 
notes the fact that Israel had the right to defend its 
citizens from the repeated violent attacks committed 
against civilian targets in southern Israel by Hamas 
and other Foreign Terrorist Organizations operating 
from Gaza. 
(13) Hamas uses civilian populations as human 
shields by placing their missile batteries in densely 
populated areas and near schools, hospitals, and 
mosques. 
(14) Israel’s military went to extraordinary 
lengths to target only terrorist actors and to mini-
mize collateral damage by warning Gaza residents of 
imminent attacks. 
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(15) Hamas urged the residents of Gaza to ig-
nore the Israeli warnings and to remain in their 
houses and encouraged Palestinians to gather on the 
roofs of their homes to act as human shields. 
(16) The Gaza report reflects the longstanding, 
historic bias at the United Nations against the 
democratic, Jewish State of Israel. 
(17) The Gaza report is being exploited by 
Israel’s enemies to excuse the actions of violent mili-
tant groups and their state sponsors, and to justify 
isolation of and punitive measures against the demo-
cratic, Jewish State of Israel. 
(18) Efforts to delegitimize the democratic 
State of Israel and deny it the right to defend its 
citizens and its existence can be used to delegitimize 
other democracies and deny them the same right. 
SEC. 602. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) consider the Gaza report irredeemably bi-
ased and unworthy of further consideration or legit-
imacy; 
(2) strongly and unequivocally oppose any con-
sideration, legitimization, or endorsement of the 
Gaza report, or any other measures stemming from 
this report, in multilateral fora; 
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(3) lead a high-level diplomatic campaign in 
support of the revocation and repudiation, by the 
United Nations General Assembly, of the Gaza re-
port and any United Nations resolutions stemming 
from the report, including 
(4) lead a high-level diplomatic effort to encour-
age other responsible countries not to endorse, sup-
port, or legitimize the Gaza report or any other 
measures stemming from the report. 
SEC. 603. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS; REFUND OF UNITED 
STATES TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 
(a) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of 
State shall withhold from the United States contribution 
to the regular budget of the United Nations an amount 
that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that 
the Secretary determines would be or has been expended 
by the United Nations for any part of the Gaza report 
or its preparatory or follow-on activities. 
(b) REFUND OF UNITED STATES TAXPAYER DOL-
LARS.—Funds appropriated for use as a United States 
contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations 
but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall immediately revert to the United 
States Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be 
repaid to any United Nations Entity. 
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TITLE VII—BIASED AND 
COMPROMISED ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 701. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Until the Secretary of State sub-
mits to the appropriate congressional committees a certifi-
cation, on a case-by-case basis, that the requirements de-
scribed in subsection (b) have been satisfied, the United 
States shall withhold from the United States contribution 
to the regular budget of the United Nations an amount 
that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that 
the Secretary determines has been allocated by the United 
Nations for any conference, meeting, or other multilateral 
forum, or the preparatory or follow-on activities of any 
conference, meeting, or other multilateral forum, that is 
organized under the aegis or jurisdiction of the United Na-
tions or of any United Nations Entity. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The certification referred to in 
subsection (a) is a certification made by the Secretary of 
State to the appropriate congressional committees con-
cerning the following: 
(1) The specified conference or forum was not 
used to single out the United States or the State of 
Israel for unfair or unbalanced criticism. 
(2) The specified conference or forum was not 
used to propagate racism, racial discrimination, anti- 
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Semitism, denial of the Holocaust, incitement to vio-
lence or genocide, xenophobia, or related intolerance. 
(3) The specified conference or forum was not 
used to advocate for restrictions on the freedoms of 
speech, expression, religion, the press, assembly, or 
petition, or for restrictions on other fundamental 
human rights and freedoms. 
(4) The leadership of the specified conference 
or forum does not include a Member State, or a rep-
resentative from a Member State— 
(A) subject to sanctions by the Security 
Council; 
(B) under a Security Council-mandated in-
vestigation for human rights abuses; 
(C) the government of which the Secretary 
of State has determined, for purposes of section 
6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
(as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act), 
section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, sec-
tion 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, or other provision of law, is a government 
that has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism; or 
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(D) subject to sanctions by the United 
States. 
TITLE VIII—UNRWA 
SEC. 801. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) United Nations General Assembly Resolu-
tion 302 (1949) created the United Nations Relief 
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the 
Near East (UNRWA) with the temporary, strictly 
humanitarian mandate to ‘‘carry out . . . direct re-
lief and works programmes’’ for Palestinian refu-
gees. 
(2) The total annual budget of the United Na-
tions Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refu-
gees in the Near East (UNRWA), including its core 
programs, emergency activities and special projects, 
exceeds almost $1,400,000,000. 
(3) The United States has long been the largest 
single contributing country to UNRWA. 
(4) From 1950 to 2015, the United States has 
contributed over $5,000,000,000 to UNRWA, in-
cluding an average of over $280,000,000 per year 
between 2009 and 2014. 
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(5) UNRWA staff unions, including the teach-
ers’ union, are frequently controlled by members af-
filiated with Hamas. 
(6) The late Representative Tom Lantos, in a 
May 13, 2002, letter, expressed his concern that— 
(A) ‘‘UNRWA is perpetuating, rather than 
ameliorating, the situation of Palestinian refu-
gees’’; 
(B) ‘‘UNRWA officials have . . . failed to 
prevent their camps from becoming centers of 
terrorist activity’’; and 
(C) ‘‘for too long, UNRWA has been part 
of the problem, rather than the solution, in the 
Middle East . . . UNRWA camps have fostered 
a culture of anger and dependency that under-
mines both regional peace and the well-being of 
the camps’’ inhabitants. 
(7) The curriculum of UNRWA schools, which 
has been known to use the textbooks of their respec-
tive host governments or authorities, has a history 
of containing materials that are anti-Israel, anti-Se-
mitic, and supportive of violent extremism. 
(8) Despite UNRWA’s contravention of United 
States law and activities that compromise its strictly 
humanitarian mandate, UNRWA continues to re-
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ceive 
United 
States 
contributions, 
including 
$408,751,396 in 2014. 
(9) Assistance from the United States and 
other responsible nations allows UNRWA to claim 
that criticisms of the agency’s behavior are un-
founded. UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness 
has dismissed concerns by stating that ‘‘If these 
baseless allegations were even halfway true, do you 
really think the U.S. and [European Commission] 
would give us hundreds of millions of dollars per 
year?’’. 
(10) Former UNRWA general counsel James 
Lindsay noted in a 2009 report that: 
(A) ‘‘The United States, despite funding 
nearly 75 percent of UNRWA’s national budget 
and remaining its largest single country donor, 
has mostly failed to make UNRWA reflect U.S. 
foreign policy objectives . . . Recent U.S. ef-
forts to shape UNRWA appear to have been in-
effective . . .’’; 
(B) ‘‘[T]he United States is not obligated 
to fund agencies that refuse to check its rolls 
for individuals their donors do not wish to sup-
port.’’; 
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(C) ‘‘A number of changes in UNRWA 
could benefit the refugees, the Middle East, and 
the United States, but those changes will not 
occur unless the United States, ideally with 
support from UNRWA’s other main financial 
supporter, the European Union, compels the 
agency to enact reforms.’’; and 
(D) ‘‘If the [UNRWA commissioner-gen-
eral’s] power is used in ways that are conflict 
with the donors’’ political objectives, it is up to 
the donors to take the necessary actions to en-
sure that their interests are respected. When 
they have done so, UNRWA—given the tight fi-
nancial leash it has been on for most of its ex-
istence—has tended to follow their dictates, 
even if sometimes slowly. 
(11) The Government of Canada has placed re-
strictions on its contributions to UNRWA, dem-
onstrating consequences for UNRWA’s malfeasance 
and setting an example for the United States and 
other donor governments. 
(12) During Israel’s Operation Protective Edge 
in 2014 in response to Hamas rocket attacks against 
Israel, UNRWA’s Commissioner General gave a 
press briefing ignoring the extraordinary efforts 
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Israel goes to avoid civilian casualties, and not once 
in the nearly 1,100 word statement mentioning 
Hamas or condemning Hamas’ use of Palestinian 
children, women, and men as human shields in viola-
tion of international humanitarian law. 
(13) On July 16, 2014, UNRWA reported that 
it had found 20 missiles in one of its schools in 
Gaza, likely placed there by Hamas, and then in-
stead of dismantling the missiles, UNRWA returned 
them to the ‘‘relevant authorities’’ in Gaza, and 
since Hamas controls Gaza, it likely turned them 
back over to Hamas. 
(14) On July 22, 2014, UNRWA reported that 
it had found a second instance in which missiles 
were stockpiled in one of its schools in Gaza, and 
again failed to condemn Hamas publicly. 
(15) On July 29, 2014, UNRWA confirmed 
that, for the third time in less than a month, a 
stockpile of Hamas rockets was found in one of its 
schools in Gaza, establishing a pattern of Hamas 
weapons being stored in UNRWA facilities, and call-
ing into question UNRWA’s claim of being caught 
unawares to Hamas’ actions. 
(16) On July 30, 2014, three Israeli Defense 
Force soldiers were killed in an explosion at a booby- 
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trapped UNRWA health clinic, which was housing 
the opening to one of Hamas’ underground tunnels. 
(17) On July 30, 2014, John Ging, head of 
UNRWA from 2006 to 2011, when asked if Hamas 
has been using human shields and using United Na-
tions schools and hospitals to store weapons and as 
a shelter from which to launch missiles into Israel, 
stated in an interview, ‘‘Yes, the armed groups are 
firing their rockets into Israel from the vicinity of 
UN facilities and residential areas. Absolutely.’’. 
(18) During Operation Protective Edge in 
Gaza, UNRWA repeatedly distorted the facts and 
accused Israel of targeting Palestinian women and 
children based off of the casualty numbers provided 
to it by Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry, which 
has been shown to have deliberately lied about the 
casualty numbers. 
SEC. 802. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNRWA. 
Section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(c)(1) 
WITHHOLDING.—Contributions 
by 
the 
United States to the United Nations Relief and Works 
Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East 
(UNRWA), to any successor or related entity, or to the 
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regular budget of the United Nations for the support of 
UNRWA or a successor entity (through staff positions 
provided by the United Nations Secretariat, or otherwise), 
may be provided only during a period for which a certifi-
cation described in paragraph (2) is in effect. Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, if such a certification 
cannot be made, such contributions shall be made avail-
able to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-
gees (UNHCR) specifically for use by UNHCR Emer-
gency Response. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in 
this paragraph is a written determination by the Secretary 
of State, based on all information available after diligent 
inquiry, and transmitted to the appropriate congressional 
committees along with a detailed description of the factual 
basis therefor, that— 
‘‘(A) no official, employee, consultant, con-
tractor, subcontractor, representative, or affiliate of 
UNRWA— 
‘‘(i) is a member of a Foreign Terrorist 
Organization; 
‘‘(ii) has propagated, disseminated, or in-
cited anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic 
rhetoric or propaganda; or 
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‘‘(iii) has used any UNRWA resources, in-
cluding publications or Web sites, to propagate 
or disseminate political materials, including po-
litical rhetoric regarding the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict; 
‘‘(B) no UNRWA school, hospital, clinic, other 
facility, or other infrastructure or resource is being 
used by a Foreign Terrorist Organization for oper-
ations, planning, training, recruitment, fundraising, 
indoctrination, communications, sanctuary, storage 
of weapons or other materials, or any other pur-
poses; 
‘‘(C) UNRWA is subject to comprehensive fi-
nancial audits by an internationally recognized third- 
party independent auditing firm and has imple-
mented an effective system of vetting and oversight 
to prevent the use, receipt, or diversion of any 
UNRWA resources by any foreign terrorist organiza-
tion or members thereof; 
‘‘(D) no UNRWA-funded school or educational 
institution uses textbooks or other educational mate-
rials that propagate or disseminate anti-American, 
anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic rhetoric, propaganda or 
incitement; 
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‘‘(E) no recipient of UNRWA funds or loans is 
a member of a Foreign Terrorist Organization; and 
‘‘(F) UNRWA holds no accounts or other affili-
ations with financial institutions that the United 
States deems or believes to be complicit in money 
laundering and terror financing. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 
Appropriations, and Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) the Committees on Foreign Relations, 
Appropriations, and Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(B) FOREIGN
TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘Foreign Terrorist Organization’ means an 
organization designated as a Foreign Terrorist Or-
ganization by the Secretary of State in accordance 
with section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
‘‘(4) EFFECTIVE DURATION OF CERTIFICATION.— 
The certification described in paragraph (2) shall be effec-
tive for a period of 180 days from the date of transmission 
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to the appropriate congressional committees, or until the 
Secretary receives information rendering that certification 
factually inaccurate, whichever is earliest. In the event 
that a certification becomes ineffective, the Secretary shall 
promptly transmit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a description of any information that precludes the 
renewal or continuation of the certification. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—During a period for which a cer-
tification described in paragraph (2) is in effect, the 
United States may not contribute to the United Nations 
Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the 
Near East (UNRWA) or a successor entity an annual 
amount— 
‘‘(A) greater than the highest annual contribu-
tion to UNRWA made by a member country of the 
League of Arab States; 
‘‘(B) that, as a proportion of the total UNRWA 
budget, exceeds the proportion of the total budget 
for the United Nations High Commissioner for Ref-
ugees (UNHCR) paid by the United States; or 
‘‘(C) that exceeds 22 percent of the total budget 
of UNRWA.’’. 
SEC. 803. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
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(1) the President and the Secretary of State 
should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to encour-
age other responsible nations to withhold contribu-
tions to UNRWA, to any successor or related entity, 
or to the regular budget of the United Nations for 
the support of UNRWA or a successor entity 
(through staff positions provided by the United Na-
tions Secretariat, or otherwise) until UNRWA has 
met the conditions listed in subparagraphs (A) 
through (F) of section 301(c)(2) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 802 of 
this Act); 
(2) citizens of recognized states should be re-
moved from UNRWA’s jurisdiction; 
(3) UNRWA’s definition of a ‘‘Palestine ref-
ugee’’ should be changed to that used for a refugee 
by the Office of the United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees; and 
(4) in order to alleviate the suffering of Pales-
tinian refugees, responsibility for those refugees 
should be fully transferred to the Office of the 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 
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TITLE IX—INTERNATIONAL 
ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 
SEC. 901. TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAM. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No funds from any United States 
assessed or voluntary contribution to the IAEA may be 
used to support any assistance provided by the IAEA 
through its Technical Cooperation program to North 
Korea and any country that— 
(1) is a country the government of which has 
been determined by the Secretary of State, for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Administration 
Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control 
Act, or other provision of law, is a government that 
has repeatedly provided support for acts of inter-
national terrorism; 
(2) is subject to sanctions by the United States 
as a proliferation concern or for being in breach of 
or noncompliance with its obligations regarding— 
(A) its safeguards agreement with the 
IAEA; 
(B) the Additional Protocol; 
(C) the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; 
(D) any relevant United Nations Security 
Council Resolution; or 
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(E) the Charter of the United Nations; or 
(3) is under investigation for a breach of or 
noncompliance with the obligations specified in para-
graph (2). 
(b) WITHHOLDING
OF
VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall withhold 
from the United States voluntary contribution to the 
IAEA an amount proportional to that spent by the IAEA 
on assistance through its Technical Cooperation Program 
to countries described in subsection (a). 
(c) WITHHOLDING OF ASSESSED CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
If, not later than 30 days of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the amount specified in subsection (b) has not 
been withheld and the IAEA has not suspended all assist-
ance provided through its Technical Cooperation Program 
to the countries described in subsection (a), an amount 
equal to that specified in subsection (b) shall be withheld 
from the United States assessed contribution to the IAEA. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the implementation of this section. 
SEC. 902. UNITED STATES POLICY AT THE IAEA. 
(a) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
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(1) VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Voluntary 
contributions of the United States to the IAEA 
should primarily be used to fund activities relating 
to Nuclear Safety and Security or activities relating 
to Nuclear Verification. 
(2) LIMITATION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—The 
President shall direct the United States Permanent 
Representative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, 
and influence of the United States at the IAEA to— 
(A) ensure that funds for safeguards in-
spections are prioritized for countries that— 
(i) are or have been in the previous 5 
years in breach of or noncompliance with 
its obligations with— 
(I) its safeguards agreement with 
the IAEA; 
(II) the Additional Protocol; 
(III) the Nuclear Non-Prolifera-
tion Treaty; 
(IV) any relevant United Nations 
Security Council Resolution; or 
(V) the Charter of the United 
Nations; or 
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(ii) have newly established nuclear 
programs and are initiating nuclear pro-
grams; and 
(B) block the allocation of funds for any 
other IAEA development, environmental, or nu-
clear science assistance or activity to a coun-
try— 
(i) the government of which the Sec-
retary of State has determined, for pur-
poses of section 6(j) of the Export Admin-
istration Act of 1979, section 620A of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 
of the Arms Export Control Act, or other 
provision of law, is a government that has 
repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism and the government 
of which the Secretary has determined has 
not dismantled and surrendered its weap-
ons of mass destruction programs under 
international verification; 
(ii) that is under investigation for a 
breach of or noncompliance with its IAEA 
obligations or the purposes and principles 
of the Charter of the United Nations; or 
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(iii) that is in violation of its IAEA 
obligations or the purposes and principles 
of the Charter of the United Nations. 
(3) DETAIL
OF
EXPENDITURES.—The Presi-
dent shall direct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and 
influence of the United States at the IAEA to se-
cure, as part of the regular budget presentation of 
the IAEA to Member States of the IAEA, a detailed 
breakdown by country of expenditures of the IAEA 
for safeguards inspections and nuclear security ac-
tivities. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct 
the United States Permanent Representative to the 
IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 
United States at the IAEA to block the membership 
on the Board of Governors of the IAEA for a Mem-
ber State of the IAEA that has not signed, ratified 
and implemented the Additional Protocol and— 
(A) is under investigation for a breach of 
or noncompliance with its IAEA obligations or 
the purposes and principles of the Charter of 
the United Nations; or 
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(B) that is in violation of its IAEA obliga-
tions or the purposes and principles of the 
Charter of the United Nations. 
(2) CRITERIA.—The United States Permanent 
Representative to the IAEA shall make every effort 
to modify the criteria for Board membership to re-
flect the principles described in paragraph (1). 
(c) SMALL QUANTITIES PROTOCOL.—The President 
shall direct the United States Permanent Representative 
to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 
United States at the IAEA to make every effort to ensure 
that the IAEA changes the policy regarding the Small 
Quantities Protocol in order to— 
(1) rescind and eliminate the Small Quantities 
Protocol; 
(2) require that any IAEA Member State that 
has previously signed a Small Quantities Protocol to 
sign, ratify, and implement the Additional Protocol, 
provide immediate access for IAEA inspectors to its 
nuclear-related facilities, and agree to the strongest 
inspections regime of its nuclear efforts; and 
(3) require that any IAEA Member State that 
does not comply with paragraph (2) to be ineligible 
to receive nuclear material, technology, equipment, 
or assistance from any IAEA Member State. 
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(d) REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually for 2 years 
thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the implementation 
of this section. 
SEC. 903. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NUCLEAR 
SECURITY ACTION PLAN OF THE IAEA. 
It is the sense of Congress that the national security 
interests of the United States are enhanced by the Nuclear 
Security Action Plan of the IAEA and the Board of Gov-
ernors should recommend, and the General Conference 
should adopt, a resolution incorporating the Nuclear Secu-
rity Action Plan into the regular budget of the IAEA. 
TITLE X—PEACEKEEPING 
SEC. 1001. REFORM OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING 
OPERATIONS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) although United Nations peacekeeping oper-
ations have contributed greatly toward the pro-
motion of peace and stability for over 6 decades and 
the majority of peacekeeping personnel who have 
served under the United Nations flag have done so 
with honor and courage, the record of United Na-
tions peacekeeping has been severely tarnished by 
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operational failures and unconscionable acts of mis-
conduct; 
(2) in response to such failures, successive Sec-
retaries General of the United Nations have 
launched numerous reform efforts, including the 
high-level Panel on United Nations Peace Oper-
ations, led by former Foreign Minister of Algeria 
Lakhdar Brahimi, the 2005 report by the Special 
Advisor on the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation 
and Abuse, His Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad 
Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan, the 2009 New Partner-
ship Agenda, known as the ‘‘New Horizon’’ reports, 
and the 2015 report by the High-level Independent 
Panel on United Nations Peace Operations; 
(3) despite the fact that the United Nations has 
had over a decade to implement many of these re-
forms, nearly 10 years to implement the reforms in 
the Zeid Report, and the fact that Secretary General 
Ban Ki-Moon, his predecessor Kofi Annan, and the 
Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations re-
peatedly have expressed their commitment ‘‘to imple-
menting fundamental, systematic changes as a mat-
ter of urgency,’’ a number of critical reforms con-
tinue to be blocked or delayed by Members States 
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who arguably benefit from maintenance of the status 
quo; 
(4) further, audits of procurement practices in 
the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, con-
ducted by the Office of Internal Oversight Services, 
and the now-defunct United Nations Procurement 
Task Force have uncovered ‘‘significant’’ corruption 
schemes and criminal acts by United Nations peace-
keeping personnel; and 
(5) if the reputation of and confidence in 
United Nations peacekeeping operations is to be re-
stored, fundamental and far-reaching reforms, par-
ticularly in the areas of planning, management, pro-
curement, training, conduct, and discipline, must be 
implemented without further delay. 
SEC. 1002. POLICY RELATING TO REFORM OF UNITED NA-
TIONS PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to pursue 
reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations in the 
following areas: 
(1) PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT.— 
(A) GLOBAL
AUDIT.—As the size, cost, 
and number of United Nations peacekeeping 
operations have increased substantially over the 
past decade, independent audits of each such 
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operation should be conducted annually, with a 
view toward ‘‘right-sizing’’ operations and en-
suring that all operations are efficient and cost 
effective. 
(B) 
PROCUREMENT
AND
TRANS-
PARENCY.—The logistics established within the 
United Nations Department of Field Support 
should be streamlined and strengthened to en-
sure 
that 
all 
peacekeeping 
missions 
are 
resourced appropriately, transparently, and in a 
timely fashion while individual accountability 
for waste, fraud and abuse within United Na-
tions peacekeeping missions is uniformly en-
forced. 
(C) REVIEW OF MANDATES AND CLOSING 
OPERATIONS.—In conjunction with the audit 
described in subparagraph (A), the United Na-
tions Department of Peacekeeping Operations 
should conduct a comprehensive review of all 
United Nations peacekeeping operation man-
dates, with a view toward identifying objectives 
that are practical and achievable, and report its 
findings to the Security Council. In particular, 
the review should consider the following: 
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(i) Except in extraordinary cases, in-
cluding genocide, the United Nations De-
partment 
of 
Peacekeeping 
Operations 
should not be tasked with activities that 
are impractical or unachievable without the 
cooperation 
of 
the 
Member 
State(s) 
hosting a United Nations peacekeeping op-
eration, or which amount to de-facto 
Trusteeship outside of the procedures es-
tablished for such under Chapter XII of 
the United Nations Charter, thereby cre-
ating unrealistic expectations and obfus-
cating the primary responsibility of the 
Member States themselves in creating and 
maintaining conditions for peace. 
(ii) Long-standing operations that are 
static and cannot fulfill their mandate 
should be downsized or closed. 
(iii) Where there is legitimate concern 
that the withdrawal from a country of an 
otherwise static United Nations peace-
keeping operation would result in the re-
sumption of major conflict, a burden-shar-
ing arrangement that reduces the level of 
assessed contributions, similar to that cur-
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rently supporting the United Nations 
Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, should be 
explored and instituted. 
(D) LEADERSHIP.—As peacekeeping oper-
ations become larger and increasingly complex, 
the Secretariat should adopt a minimum stand-
ard of qualifications for senior leaders and 
managers, with particular emphasis on specific 
skills and experience, and current senior leaders 
and managers who do not meet those standards 
should be removed. 
(E) PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING.—Pre-de-
ployment training on interpretation of the man-
date of the operation, specifically in the areas 
of use of force, civilian protection and field con-
ditions, the Code of Conduct, HIV/AIDS, and 
human rights should be mandatory, and all per-
sonnel, regardless of category or rank, should 
be required to sign an oath that each has re-
ceived and understands such training as a con-
dition of participation in the operation. 
(F) GRATIS MILITARY PERSONNEL.—The 
General Assembly should seek to strengthen the 
capacity the United Nations Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations and ease the extraor-
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dinary burden currently placed upon the limited 
number of headquarters staff by lifting restric-
tions on the utilization of gratis military per-
sonnel by the Department so that the Depart-
ment may accept secondments from Member 
States of military personnel with expertise in 
mission planning, logistics, and other oper-
ational specialties. 
(2) CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE.— 
(A) ADOPTION OF A UNIFORM CODE OF 
CONDUCT.—A single, uniform Code of Conduct 
that has the status of a binding rule and ap-
plies equally to all personnel serving in United 
Nations peacekeeping operations, regardless of 
category or rank, including military personnel, 
should be adopted and incorporated into legal 
documents governing participation in such an 
operation, including all contracts and Memoran-
dums of Understanding, promulgated and effec-
tively enforced. 
(B) UNDERSTANDING THE CODE OF CON-
DUCT.—All personnel, regardless of category or 
rank, should receive training on the Code of 
Conduct prior to deployment with a peace-
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keeping operation, in addition to periodic fol-
low-on training. In particular— 
(i) all personnel, regardless of cat-
egory or rank, should be provided with a 
personal copy of the Code of Conduct that 
has been translated into the national lan-
guage of such personnel, regardless of 
whether such language is an official lan-
guage of the United Nations; 
(ii) all personnel, regardless of cat-
egory or rank, should sign an oath that 
each has received a copy of the Code of 
Conduct, that each pledges to abide by the 
Code of Conduct, and that each under-
stands the consequences of violating the 
Code of Conduct, including immediate ter-
mination of participation in and permanent 
exclusion from all current and future 
peacekeeping operations, as well as the as-
sumption of personal liability and victims 
compensation, where appropriate, as a con-
dition of appointment to any such oper-
ation; and 
(iii) peacekeeping operations should 
continue and enhance educational outreach 
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