I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4558 
To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries that oppose the 
position of the United States in the United Nations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2005 
Mr. GOHMERT (for himself, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. 
OTTER, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HALL, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 
NEUGEBAUER, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. 
HOSTETTLER, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. MARCHANT, and Ms. FOXX) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
International Relations 
A BILL 
To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries 
that oppose the position of the United States in the 
United Nations. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United Nations Voting 
Accountability Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT 
OPPOSE THE POSITION OF THE UNITED 
STATES IN THE UNITED NATIONS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—United States assistance may not 
be provided to a country that opposed the position of the 
United States in the United Nations. 
(b) EXEMPTION DUE
TO CHANGE
IN GOVERN-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State may 
exempt a country from the prohibition described in 
subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that since 
the beginning of the most recent session of the Gen-
eral Assembly— 
(A) there has been a fundamental change 
in the leadership and policies of the government 
of a country to which the prohibition in such 
subsection applies; and 
(B) as a result of such change the govern-
ment of such country will no longer oppose the 
position of the United States in the United Na-
tions. 
(2) DURATION OF EXEMPTION.—An exemption 
under paragraph (1) shall be effective only until sub-
mission of the next report required under section 
406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fis-
cal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a) that is
submitted after the Secretary makes such an exemp-
tion. 
(3) NOTIFICATION AND DISCUSSION.—The Sec-
retary shall notify Congress with respect to an ex-
emption made under paragraph (1), together with a 
discussion of the basis for the Secretary’s determina-
tion with respect to each such exemption. 
(c) EXEMPTION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTER-
ESTS.—The President may exempt a country from the 
prohibition described in subsection (a) if the President de-
termines that such exemption is in the national security 
interests of the United States. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘opposed the position of the 
United States’’ means, in the case of a country, that 
the country’s votes in the United Nations General 
Assembly during the most recent session of the Gen-
eral Assembly and, in the case of a country which 
is a member of the United Nations Security Council, 
the country’s votes in the Security Council during 
the most recent session of the General Assembly, 
were the same as the position of the United States 
less than 50 percent of the time, using for this pur-
pose a comparison of the vote cast by each member 
country with the vote cast by the United States, as
described in the annual report submitted to Con-
gress pursuant to section 406 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 
1991; 
(2) the term ‘‘most recent session of the Gen-
eral Assembly’’ means the most recently completed 
plenary session of the General Assembly for which a 
comparison of the vote cast by each member country 
with the vote cast by the United States is described 
in the most recent report submitted to Congress 
pursuant to section 406 of the Foreign Relations 
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991; and 
(3) the term ‘‘United States assistance’’ means 
assistance under— 
(A) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; 
relating to the economic support fund); 
(B) chapter 5 of part II of such Act (22 
U.S.C. 2347 et seq.; relating to international 
military education and training); or 
(C) the ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram’’ account under section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall take effect 
upon the date of the submission to Congress of the report