I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8372 
To prohibit the exercise of authorities under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act with respect to the United Nations and related 
organizations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2022 
Mr. CASTRO of Texas (for himself and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the exercise of authorities under the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act with respect 
to the United Nations and related organizations. 
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 ‘‘Multilateral Leader-
ship Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON EXERCISE OF AUTHORITIES 
UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY 
ECONOMIC POWERS ACT WITH RESPECT TO 
THE UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED ORGA-
NIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) UNITED NATIONS AND RELATED ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority granted to 
the President by this section does not include the 
authority— 
‘‘(A) to regulate or prohibit, directly or in-
directly, transactions involving an organization 
described in paragraph (2); or 
‘‘(B) to block the property or property in-
terests of a person, including by adding such 
person to the list of specially designated nation-
als and blocked persons or imposing any similar 
restriction, for actions taken in such person’s 
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capacity as an official or expert on mission of 
an organization described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED.—An organiza-
tion described in this paragraph is— 
‘‘(A) the United Nations or any program, 
fund, specialized agency, or other entity or body 
of the United Nations; or 
‘‘(B) an international organization that 
has entered into a relationship agreement with 
the United Nations. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘expert on mission’ means 
an individual who is considered an expert on 
mission under the Convention on Privileges and 
Immunities of the United Nations; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘list of specially designated 
nationals and blocked persons’ means the list of 
specially designated nationals and blocked per-
sons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets 
Control of the Department of the Treasury.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and apply with respect to the exercise of the au-
thority granted to the President by section 203 of the 
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