I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2829 
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United 
Nations system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 30, 2011 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
MCCOTTER, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. BARTLETT, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Ms. 
BUERKLE, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COFFMAN 
of Colorado, Mr. DOLD, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 
FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. 
GRIMM, Mr. HUELSKAMP, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. HURT, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Ohio, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
LANCE, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LONG, Mr. MARINO, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 
MCHENRY, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. NUNNELEE, 
Mr. OLSON, Mr. PALAZZO, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. 
RIVERA, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mrs. SCHMIDT, 
Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. TURNER, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, Mr. WEST, and Mr. WEST-
MORELAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee 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, 
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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 2011’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is 
as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—FUNDING OF THE UNITED NATIONS 
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. Independent and objective conduct of audits and investigations relat-
ing to 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 Nations. 
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. Terrorism and the United Nations. 
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. Regional group inclusion of Israel. 
TITLE IV—STATUS OF PALESTINIAN ENTITIES AT THE UNITED 
NATIONS 
Sec. 401. Findings. 
Sec. 402. Statement of policy. 
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(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. 
(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 
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the United Nations logo, including but not limited to 
those United Nations affiliated agencies and bodies 
identified as recipients of United States contribu-
tions under section 1225(b)(3)(E) of the John War-
ner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364). 
(9) UNITED
NATIONS
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘United Nations System’’ means the aggregation of 
all United Nations Entities, as defined in paragraph 
(1). 
(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 Fed-
eral Government to a United Nations Entity, includ-
ing contributions passed through other entities for 
ultimate use by a United Nations Entity. United 
States Contributions include, but are not limited to, 
those contributions identified pursuant 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— 
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(A) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, 
Appropriations, and Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House; and 
(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. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States pays billions of dollars 
into the United Nations system every year (almost 
$7.7 billion in 2010, according to the White House 
Office of Management and Budget), significantly 
more than any other nation. 
(2) Under current rules and contribution levels, 
it is possible to assemble the two-thirds majority 
needed for important United Nations budget votes 
with a group of countries that, taken together, pay 
less than 1 percent of the total United Nations reg-
ular budget. 
(3) The disconnect between contribution levels 
and management control creates significant perverse 
incentives in terms of United Nations spending, 
transparency, and accountability. 
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(4) 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. 
(5) 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 2011 Gallup poll revealed 
that 62 percent of Americans believe that the United 
Nations is doing a poor job, a negative assessment 
shared by a majority of respondents from both polit-
ical parties. Research polling by another firm in late 
2006 found that 71 percent of Americans think that 
the United Nations is ‘‘no longer effective’’ and 
needs to be significantly reformed, while 75 percent 
think that the United Nations ‘‘needs to be held 
more accountable’’. 
(6) Significant improvements in United Nations 
transparency and accountability are necessary for 
improving public perceptions of and American sup-
port for United Nations operations. 
(7) 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. 
(8) Catherine Bertini, the former UN Under- 
Secretary General for Management and director of 
the World Food Program (WFP), has stated that 
‘‘Voluntary funding creates an entirely different at-
mosphere 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 governments can take 
their funding elsewhere in a very competitive world 
among UN agencies, NGOs, and bilateral govern-
ments.’’. 
(9) 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. 
(10) 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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(11) 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. 
SEC. 102. APPORTIONMENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS REG-
ULAR BUDGET ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. 
(a) UNITED STATES POLICY.—(1) 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 as-
sessed to a voluntary basis. 
(2) The President shall direct the United States Per-
manent Representative 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 voluntary basis, 
and to make it a priority to build support for such a trans-
formational change among Member States, particularly 
key United Nations donors. 
(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 
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(not including extra-budgetary contributions) of the 
United Nations is apportioned on a voluntary basis. Each 
such certification shall be shall be effective for a period 
of no more than 1 year, and shall be promptly revoked 
by the Secretary, with notice to the Appropriate Congres-
sional Committees, if the underlying circumstances change 
so as not to warrant such certification. 
(c) WITHHOLDING OF NONVOLUNTARY CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—(1) 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) 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 obligated and expended for that purpose upon 
the certification described in subsection (b). After 1 year, 
in the absence of such certification, those funds shall re-
vert to the United States Treasury. 
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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 
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. 
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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. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall describe— 
(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 manage-
ment reforms within the United Nations and its spe-
cialized 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 
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and its specific recommendations on oversight and 
committee outputs, consistent with the March 2005 
report of the Secretary General entitled ‘‘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; 
(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; and 
(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. 
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TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
FOR 
UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO THE UNITED NA-
TIONS 
SEC. 201. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) As underscored by continuing revelations of 
waste, fraud, and abuse, oversight and account-
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 
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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 
entities, further contributing to the lack of account-
ability within the United Nations system. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) TRANSPARENCY CERTIFICATION.—The term 
‘‘Transparency Certification’’ means an annual, 
written affirmation by the head or authorized des-
ignee of a United Nations Entity to the Comptroller 
General of the United States that the Entity will co-
operate with the Comptroller General and the Con-
gress, including by providing the Comptroller Gen-
eral, the Government Accountability Office, and the 
Congress, upon request, with full, complete, and un-
fettered access to Oversight Information as defined 
in this title. 
(2) 
OVERSIGHT
INFORMATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Oversight Information’’ includes— 
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(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; 
(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 
audit and investigative work of the Comptroller 
General of the United States with respect to 
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United States contributions to the United Na-
tions system. 
(3) 
ACCOUNTABILITY
CERTIFICATION.—The 
term ‘‘Accountability Certification’’ means an an-
nual, written affirmation by the head or authorized 
designee of a United Nations Entity to the Comp-
troller General of the United States that the Enti-
ty— 
(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 and upholds policies and 
procedures to protect whistleblowers; 
(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; 
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(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; and 
(G) has established a cap on its adminis-
trative overhead costs. 
SEC. 203. INDEPENDENT AND OBJECTIVE CONDUCT OF AU-
DITS AND INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO 
UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 
UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to 
make possible the independent and objective conduct of 
audits and investigations relating to United States Con-
tributions to the United Nations System and the use of 
those contributions by United Nations Entities, in an ef-
fort to eliminate and deter waste, fraud, and abuse in the 
use of those contributions, and thereby to contribute to 
the development of greater transparency, accountability, 
and internal controls throughout the United Nations Sys-
tem. 
(b) THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 
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(1) DUTIES.—(A) The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct, supervise, and co-
ordinate audits and investigations of— 
(i) the treatment, handling, expenditure, 
and use of United States Contributions by and 
to United Nations Entities; and 
(ii) the adequacy of accounting, oversight, 
and internal control mechanisms at United Na-
tions Entities that receive United States Con-
tributions. 
(B) The Comptroller General shall collect and 
maintain current records regarding Transparency 
Certifications and Accountability Certifications by 
all United Nations Entities that receive United 
States Contributions. 
(C) The Comptroller General shall keep the Ap-
propriate 
Congressional 
Committees 
fully 
and 
promptly informed of how United Nations Entities 
are spending United States Contributions by means 
of reports, testimony, and briefings. 
(2) REFERRALS.—(A) The Comptroller General 
shall promptly report to the United States Attorney 
General and to the Appropriate Congressional Com-
mittees when the Comptroller General has reason-
able grounds to believe a United States Federal 
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criminal law has been violated by a United Nations 
Entity or one of its employees, contractors, or rep-
resentatives. 
(B) The Comptroller General shall promptly re-
port, when appropriate, to the Appropriate Congres-
sional Committees, and to the Secretary General or 
to the head of the appropriate United Nations Enti-
ty, cases where the Comptroller General reasonably 
believes that mismanagement, misfeasance, or mal-
feasance is likely to have taken place within a 
United Nations Entity and disciplinary proceedings 
are likely justified. 
(3) COOPERATION BY UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT ENTITIES.—(A) In carrying out the duties, re-
sponsibilities, and authorities of the Comptroller 
General under this section, the Comptroller shall re-
ceive the cooperation of other Federal Government 
agencies. 
(B) Upon request of the Comptroller General 
for information or assistance from any department, 
agency, or other entity of the Federal Government, 
the head of such entity shall, insofar as is prac-
ticable and not in contravention of any existing law, 
furnish such information or assistance to the Comp-
troller General, or an authorized designee. 
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(C) Whenever information or assistance re-
quested by the Comptroller General is, in the judg-
ment of the Comptroller General, unreasonably re-
fused or not provided, the Comptroller General shall 
report the circumstances to the Appropriate Con-
gressional Committees without delay. 
(4) CONFIRMATION
OF
TRANSPARENCY
BY 
UNITED NATIONS ENTITIES.— 
(A) PROMPT
NOTICE
BY
COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL.—Whenever information or assistance 
requested from a United Nations Entity by the 
Comptroller General pursuant to a Trans-
parency Certification is, in the opinion of the 
Comptroller General, unreasonably refused or 
not provided in a timely manner, the Comp-
troller General shall notify the Appropriate 
Congressional Committees, the head of that 
particular United Nations Entity, and the Sec-
retary General of the circumstances in writing, 
without delay. 
(B) NOTICE
OF
COMPLIANCE.—If and 
when the information or assistance being 
sought by the Comptroller General in connec-
tion with a notification pursuant to subpara-
graph (A) is provided to the satisfaction of the 
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Comptroller General, the Comptroller General 
shall so notify in writing to the Appropriate 
Congressional Committees and the head of that 
particular United Nations Entity. 
(C) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the information 
or assistance being sought by the Comptroller 
General in connection with a notification pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) is not provided to the 
satisfaction of the Comptroller General 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, and 
(D) RESTORATION
OF
COMPLIANCE.— 
After the situation has been resolved to the sat-
isfaction of the Comptroller General, the Comp-
troller General shall promptly provide prompt, 
written notification of that fact and of the res-
toration of compliance, along with a description 
of the basis for the Comptroller General’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 
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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
COMPTROLLER 
GENERAL.—Whenever a United Nations Entity 
that has provided an Accountability Certifi-
cation is, in the opinion of the Comptroller Gen-
eral, not in full compliance with any or all of 
the provisions of that certification, the Comp-
troller General shall notify the Appropriate 
Congressional Committees, the head of that 
particular 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 Comptroller Gen-
eral shall so notify in writing the Appropriate 
Congressional Committees and the head of that 
United Nations Entity. 
(C) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the United Na-
tions Entity named in the notification in sub-
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paragraph (A) does not resume full compliance 
with its Accountability Certification to the sat-
isfaction of the Comptroller General 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 Comptroller 
General shall provide prompt, written notifica-
tion of that fact to the Appropriate Congres-
sional Committees, the head of that United Na-
tions Entity, the Secretary General, and any of-
fice 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 Comptroller General, the Comp-
troller General shall promptly provide prompt, 
written notification of that fact and of the res-
toration of compliance, along with a description 
of the basis for the Comptroller General’s deci-
sion, to the Appropriate Congressional Commit-
tees, the head of that United Nations Entity, 
the Secretary General, and any office or agency 
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of the Federal Government that has provided 
that United Nations Entity with any United 
States Contribution during the prior 2 years. 
(6) REPORTS.— 
(A) 
AUDIT
AND
INVESTIGATION
RE-
PORTS.—Promptly upon completion, the Comp-
troller General shall provide copies of each 
audit and investigation report completed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) to the Appropriate Con-
gressional Committees, and, to the extent per-
missible under United States law, the head of 
each United Nations Entity that is the subject 
of that particular report. 
(B) SEMIANNUAL
REPORTS.—Not later 
than May 30, 2010, and semiannually there-
after, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
the Appropriate Congressional Committees a re-
port that, among other things, includes a list of 
and detailed description of the circumstances 
surrounding any notification of noncompliance 
issued pursuant to paragraph (4)(C) or para-
graph (5)(C) during the covered timeframe, and 
whether and when the Comptroller General has 
reversed such finding of noncompliance. 
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(C) PROHIBITED DISCLOSURES.—Nothing 
in this subsection shall be construed to author-
ize the public disclosure of information that 
is— 
(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. 
(D) PRIVACY PROTECTIONS.—The Comp-
troller General shall exempt from public disclo-
sure information received from a United Na-
tions Entity or developed during an audit or in-
vestigation that the Comptroller General be-
lieves— 
(i) constitutes a trade secret or privi-
leged and confidential personal financial 
information; 
(ii) accuses a particular person of a 
crime; 
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(iii) would, if publicly disclosed, con-
stitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of 
personal privacy; and 
(iv) would compromise an ongoing law 
enforcement investigation or judicial trial 
in the United States. 
(E) PUBLICATION.—Subject only to the 
exceptions detailed in subparagraphs (C) and 
(D), the Comptroller General shall promptly 
publish each report under this subsection on the 
Web site of the Government Accountability Of-
fice. 
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 Comptroller General 
within the preceding year a Transparency Certifi-
cation 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); 
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(3) the intended United Nations Entity recipi-
ent has not provided to the Comptroller General 
within the preceding year an Accountability Certifi-
cation 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 
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. 
(c) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER.—The President may 
waive the limitations of this subsection with respect to a 
particular United States Contribution to a particular 
United Nations Entity within a single fiscal year if the 
President determines that failure to do so would pose an 
extraordinary threat to the national security of the United 
States and provides notification and explanation of that 
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determination to the Appropriate Congressional Commit-
tees. 
SEC. 205. INTEGRITY FOR UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS. 
(a) LIMITATION.—(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 
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 
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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.—The Congress makes the following 
findings: 
(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-
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 
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United States apparently overpaying into the TEF 
by $52.2 million in the 2008–2009 timeframe alone. 
(4) According to the United Nations Financial 
Report and Audited Financial Statements released 
on July 29, 2010, ‘‘As of 31 December 2009, an 
amount of $179.0 million was payable to the United 
States of America pending instructions as to its dis-
position.’’. 
(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— 
(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 
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(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-
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. 
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(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 
(E) the United Nations or United Nations 
affiliated agency or related body receiving such 
contribution. 
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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 
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-
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