I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 557 
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United 
Nations system, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 15, 2009 
Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (for herself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. COHEN, 
Mr. PENCE, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. BURTON of 
Indiana, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. 
ROYCE, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. GARRETT 
of New Jersey, Mr. BUYER, Mr. WOLF, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of 
Florida, Mr. MACK, and Mr. HALL of Texas) 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 2009’’. 
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(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. 
TITLE II—TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR UNITED 
STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Establishment and management of the Office of the United States 
Inspector General for contributions to the United Nations Sys-
tem. 
Sec. 204. Transparency for United States contributions. 
Sec. 205. Authorization of appropriations. 
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 reform. 
Sec. 308. Report on United Nations personnel. 
Sec. 309. Withholding of United States contributions to UNRWA. 
Sec. 310. United Nations treaty bodies. 
Sec. 311. Equality at the United Nations. 
Sec. 312. Anti-Semitism and the United Nations. 
Sec. 313. Regional group inclusion of Israel. 
TITLE IV—UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 
Sec. 401. Findings. 
Sec. 402. Human Rights Council membership and funding. 
TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 
Sec. 501. International Atomic Energy Agency. 
Sec. 502. Sense of Congress regarding the Nuclear Security Action Plan of the 
IAEA. 
TITLE VI—PEACEKEEPING 
Sec. 601. Reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations. 
Sec. 602. Policy relating to reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations. 
Sec. 603. Certification. 
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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. 
(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. 
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(8) 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; 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 (over 
5,300,000,000 dollars in 2005, 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. 
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(3) The disconnect between contribution levels 
and management control creates significant perverse 
incentives in terms of United Nations spending, 
transparency, and accountability. 
(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 2008 Gallup poll revealed 
that 65 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. 
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(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 
by compulsory contributions that are not tied to per-
formance. 
(8) 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. 
(9) Unlike United States assessed contributions 
to the United Nations regular budget, which are 
statutorily capped at 22 percent of the total, there 
is no cap on voluntary contributions. 
(10) 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. 
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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 budg-
et of the United Nations from an assessed to a vol-
untary basis. 
(2) 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 shift the funding 
mechanism for the regular budget of the United Na-
tions to a voluntary basis, and to make it a priority 
to build support for such a transformational change 
among Member States, particularly key United Na-
tions 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 
of the United Nations is apportioned on a voluntary basis. 
Each such certification shall be shall be effective for a pe-
riod of no more than 1 year, and shall be promptly revoked 
by the Secretary, with notice to the Appropriate Congres-
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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 as-
sessed contributions for the regular budget of the 
United Nations unless there is in effect a certifi-
cation by the Secretary, as described in subsection 
(b). 
(2) For a period of 3 years after appropriation, 
funds appropriated for use as a United States con-
tribution to the regular budget of the United Na-
tions but withheld from obligation and expenditure 
pursuant to paragraph (1) may be obligated and ex-
pended for that purpose upon the certification de-
scribed in subsection (b). After 3 years, in the ab-
sence of such certification, those funds shall revert 
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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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) 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 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-
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ner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364). 
(2) UNITED
NATIONS
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘United Nations System’’ means the aggregation of 
all United Nations Entities, as defined in paragraph 
(1). 
(3) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION.—The term 
‘‘United States Contribution’’ means an assessed or 
voluntary contribution, whether financial, in-kind, or 
otherwise, from the United States Federal Govern-
ment 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, but are not limited to, those con-
tributions 
identified 
pursuant 
to 
section 
1225(b)(3)(E) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109–364). 
(4) TRANSPARENCY CERTIFICATION.—The term 
‘‘Transparency Certification’’ means an annual, 
written affirmation by the head or authorized des-
ignee of a United Nations Entity that the Entity will 
cooperate with the Inspector General, including by 
providing the Inspector General, upon request, with 
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full access to Oversight Information as defined in 
this title. 
(5) 
OVERSIGHT
INFORMATION.—The 
term 
‘‘Oversight Information’’ includes— 
(A) internally and externally commissioned 
audits, 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 
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(H) other documentation relevant to the 
audit and investigative work of the United 
States Inspector General for Contributions to 
the United Nations System. 
SEC. 203. ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE OF-
FICE OF THE UNITED STATES INSPECTOR 
GENERAL 
FOR 
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) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 
the Office of the United States Inspector General for Con-
tributions to the United Nations System. 
(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The head of the Office of 
the United States Inspector General for Contribu-
tions to the United Nations System is the Inspector 
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General for Contributions to the United Nations 
System, who shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, on 
the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in ac-
counting, auditing, financial analysis, law, manage-
ment analysis, public administration, or investiga-
tions. 
(2) NOMINATION.—The nomination of an indi-
vidual as Inspector General shall be made not later 
than 30 days after the enactment of this Act. 
(3) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 
removed from office by the President. The President 
shall communicate the reasons for any such removal 
to both Houses of Congress. 
(4) COMPENSATION.—The annual rate of basic 
pay of the Inspector General shall be the annual rate 
of basic pay provided for positions at level IV of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(5) RELATIONSHIP TO BOARD.— 
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), the Inspector General shall report directly 
to and be under the general supervision of, the 
Board of Directors created in subsection (d). 
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(B) Neither the Board, any officer of the 
Board, nor any officer of a federal department 
or agency shall prevent or prohibit the Inspec-
tor General from initiating, carrying out, or 
completing any audit or investigation. 
(6) DUTIES.— 
(A) It shall be the duty of the Inspector 
General to conduct, supervise, and coordinate 
audits and investigations of— 
(i) the treatment, handling, expendi-
ture, and use of United States Contribu-
tions by and to United Nations Entities; 
and 
(ii) the adequacy of accounting, over-
sight, and internal control mechanisms at 
United 
Nations 
Entities 
that 
receive 
United States Contributions. 
(B) The Inspector General shall establish, 
maintain, and oversee such systems, procedures, 
and controls as the Inspector General considers 
appropriate to discharge the duty under sub-
paragraph (A). 
(C) The Inspector General shall carry out 
the duties specified in subparagraphs (A) and 
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(B) in accordance with section 4(b)(1) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978. 
(D) The Inspector General shall collect 
and maintain current records regarding Trans-
parency Certifications by all United Nations 
Entities that receive United States Contribu-
tions. 
(E) The Inspector General shall keep the 
Board of Directors and the Congress fully and 
promptly informed of how United Nations Enti-
ties are spending United States Contributions 
by means of reports, testimony, and briefings. 
(F) REFERRALS.— 
(i) 
The 
Inspector 
General 
shall 
promptly report to the United States At-
torney General when Inspector General has 
reasonable grounds to believe a United 
States Federal criminal law has been vio-
lated by a United Nations Entity or one of 
its employees, contractors, or representa-
tives. 
(ii) 
The 
Inspector 
General 
shall 
promptly report, when appropriate, to the 
Secretary General or the head of the ap-
propriate United Nations Entity cases 
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where the Inspector General reasonably be-
lieves that mismanagement, misfeasance, 
or malfeasance is likely to have taken place 
within a United Nations Entity and dis-
ciplinary proceedings are likely justified. 
(7) PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND OTHER RE-
SOURCES.— 
(A) The Inspector General may select, ap-
point, and employ such officers and employees 
as may be necessary for carrying out the duties 
of the Inspector General. 
(B) The inspector general may obtain serv-
ices as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, at daily rates not to exceed 
the equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS–15 
of the General Schedule by section 5332 of such 
title. 
(C) The Inspector General may lease, pur-
chase, or otherwise acquire, improve, and use 
such real property wherever situated, as may be 
necessary for carrying out this section. 
(D) To the extent and in such amounts as 
may be provided in advance by appropriations 
Acts, the Inspector General my enter into con-
tracts and other arrangements for audits, stud-
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ies, analyses, and other services with public 
agencies and with private persons, and make 
such payments as may be necessary to carry 
out the duties of the Inspector General. 
(E) Upon request by the Inspector Gen-
eral, the head of an agency may detail any em-
ployee of such agency to the Office of the 
United States Inspector General for Contribu-
tions to the United Nations System on a reim-
bursable basis. Any employee so detailed re-
mains, for the purpose of preserving such em-
ployee’s allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, 
and other benefits, an employee of the agency 
from which detailed. 
(8) COOPERATION BY UNITED STATES GOVERN-
MENT ENTITIES.— 
(A) In carrying out the duties, responsibil-
ities, and authorities of the Inspector General 
under this section, the Inspector General shall 
receive the cooperation of inspectors general of 
other Federal Government agencies. 
(B) Upon request of the Inspector General 
for information or assistance from any depart-
ment, agency, or other entity of the Federal 
Government, the head of such entity shall, inso-
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far as is practicable and not in contravention of 
any existing law, furnish such information or 
assistance to the Inspector General, or an au-
thorized designee. 
(C) Whenever information or assistance re-
quested by the Inspector General is, in the 
judgment of the Inspector General, unreason-
ably refused or not provided, the Inspector Gen-
eral shall report the circumstances to the Board 
of Directors and to the Appropriate Congres-
sional Committees without delay. 
(9) CONFIRMATION
OF
TRANSPARENCY
BY 
UNITED NATIONS ENTITIES.— 
(A) PROMPT NOTICE BY INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL.—Whenever information or assistance re-
quested from a United Nations Entity by the 
Inspector General pursuant to a Transparency 
Certification is, in the opinion of the Inspector 
General, unreasonably refused or not provided 
in a timely manner, the Inspector General shall 
notify the Board of Directors, the head of that 
particular United Nations Entity, and the Sec-
retary General of the circumstances in writing, 
without delay. 
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(B) NOTICE
OF
COMPLIANCE.—If and 
when the information or assistance being 
sought by the Inspector General in connection 
with a notification pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) is provided to the satisfaction of the Inspec-
tor General, the Inspector General shall so no-
tify in writing the United Nations Entity, the 
Board of Directors, and the Appropriate Con-
gressional Committees. 
(C) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If the information 
or assistance being sought by the Inspector 
General in connection with a notification pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) is not provided to the 
satisfaction of the Inspector 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 
Transparency Certification, and the Inspector 
General shall provide prompt, written notifica-
tion of that fact to the Board of Directors, Ap-
propriate Congressional Committees, the head 
of that United Nations Entity, the Secretary 
General, and any office or agency of the Fed-
eral Government that has provided that United 
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Nations Entity with any United States Con-
tribution during the prior 2 years. 
(D) RESTORATION
OF
COMPLIANCE.— 
After the situation has been resolved to the sat-
isfaction of the Board of Directors, a finding of 
Transparency Certification noncompliance pur-
suant to subparagraph (B) may be reversed by 
an affirmative vote of at least 5 of the 7 mem-
bers of the Board of Directors. The Board shall 
promptly provide notification of such restora-
tion, along with a description of the basis for 
the Board’s decision, to the Inspector General, 
Appropriate Congressional Committees, the 
head of the affected United Nations Entity, the 
Secretary General, and the head of 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. 
(E) COST REIMBURSEMENT.—The Inspec-
tor General may reimburse United Nations En-
tities for the reasonable cost of providing to the 
Inspector General information or assistance 
sought pursuant to a Transparency Certifi-
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cation for the purpose of performing the duties 
described in paragraph (6). 
(10) REPORTS.— 
(A) 
AUDIT
AND
INVESTIGATION
RE-
PORTS.—Promptly upon completion, the Inspec-
tor General shall provide copies of each audit 
and investigation report completed pursuant to 
paragraph (6) to the Board of Directors, the 
Appropriate Congressional Committees, and, to 
the extent permissible 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 Inspector General shall submit to the 
Appropriate Congressional Committees a report 
that, among other things— 
(i) meets the requirements of section 
5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978; 
and 
(ii) includes a list of and detailed de-
scription of the circumstances surrounding 
any notification of noncompliance issued 
pursuant to paragraph (9)(C) during the 
covered timeframe, and whether and when 
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Board of Directors has reversed such find-
ing of noncompliance. 
(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 Inspec-
tor General shall exempt from public disclosure 
information received from a United Nations 
Entity or developed during an audit or inves-
tigation that the Inspector General believes— 
(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 Inspector General shall promptly pub-
lish each report under this subsection on a pub-
licly available and searchable Internet website. 
(d) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.— 
(1) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Office 
of 
the 
United States Inspector General for Contributions to 
the United Nations System shall have a Board of 
Directors. 
(2) DUTIES.—The Board shall receive informa-
tion and reports of audits and investigations from 
the Office and the Inspector General, provide gen-
eral direction and supervision to the Office and the 
Inspector General, and determine the restoration of 
compliance by any United Nations Entity with its 
Transparency Certification pursuant to subsection 
(c)(9)(D). 
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(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist of 
the Secretary of State (or the Secretary’s designee), 
the Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary’s designee), 
the Secretary of Agriculture (or the Secretary’s des-
ignee), the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary’s 
designee), the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency (or the Administrator’s designee), 
the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 
designee), and the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget (or the Director’s designee). 
(4) CHAIRMANSHIP.—The Board shall be 
chaired by a board member, and the chairmanship 
shall rotate among the member departments and 
agencies on an annual basis. The first chair shall be 
the Director or designee from the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
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 Inspector General within 
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the preceding year a Transparency Certification as 
defined in section 202(4); or 
(2) the intended United Nations Entity recipi-
ent is noncompliant with its Transparency Certifi-
cation as described in section 203(c)(9)(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 paragraph (1), 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 it is required by the national 
security interests of the United States and provides notifi-
cation and explanation of that determination to the Appro-
priate Congressional Committees. 
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SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out the activities of this title, 
provided that such sums be not less than one half of 1 
percent of the total amount of all assessed and voluntary 
contributions of the United States Government to the 
United Nations and United Nations affiliated agencies 
and related bodies during the prior fiscal year, as identi-
fied pursuant to section 1225(b)(3)(E) of the John War-
ner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2007 (Public Law 109–364). 
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 
website, 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 
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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 and, upon request, to Member States 
and their public. 
SEC. 303. POLICY WITH RESPECT TO EXPANSION OF THE 
SECURITY COUNCIL. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to use the 
voice, vote, and influence of the United States at the 
United Nations 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; 
(2) include veto rights for any new members of 
the Security Council; or 
(3) undermine the effectiveness 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 
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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 
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. TERRORISM 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 Nations to work toward adoption by the general 
assembly of— 
(1) a definition of terrorism that— 
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(A) builds upon the recommendations of 
the December 2004 report of the High-Level 
Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change; 
(B) includes as an essential component of 
such definition any action that is intended to 
cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians 
with the purpose of intimidating a population 
or compelling a government or an international 
organization to do, or abstain from doing, any 
act; and 
(C) does not propose a legal or moral 
equivalence between an action described in 
paragraph (1)(B) and measures taken by a gov-
ernment or international organization in self-de-
fense against an action described in paragraph 
(1)(B); and 
(2) a comprehensive convention on terrorism 
that includes the definition described in paragraph 
(1). 
SEC. 307. REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually for each 
of the next 3 years, the Secretary shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees a report on United 
Nations reform. 
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(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 above, 
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 
and its specific recommendations on oversight and 
committee outputs, consistent with the March 2005 
report of the Secretary General entitled ‘‘In larger 
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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. 
SEC. 308. 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 
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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; 
(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 
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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 
the Secretary General in staffing decisions to accom-
modate changing priorities. 
SEC. 309. WITHHOLDING OF UNITED STATES CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO UNRWA. 
(a) WITHHOLDING.—Contributions by the United 
States to the regular budget of the United Nations Relief 
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near 
East (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 Nations Secretariat, or otherwise), 
may be provided only during a period for which a certifi-
cation described in subsection (b) is in effect. 
(b) CERTIFICATION.—A certification described in this 
paragraph is a written determination by the Secretary, 
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based on all information available after diligent inquiry, 
and transmitted to the Appropriate Congressional Com-
mittees along with a detailed description of the factual 
basis therefor, that— 
(1) no official, employee, consultant, contractor, 
subcontractor, 
representative, 
or 
affiliate 
of 
UNRWA— 
(A) is a member of a foreign terrorist or-
ganization; 
(B) has propagated, disseminated, or in-
cited anti-American, anti-Israel, or anti-Semitic 
rhetoric or propaganda; or 
(C) has used any UNRWA resources, in-
cluding publications or websites, to propagate 
or disseminate political materials, including po-
litical rhetoric regarding the Israeli-Palestinian 
conflict; 
(2) 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; 
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(3) UNRWA is subject to comprehensive finan-
cial 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; 
(4) 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; and 
(5) no recipient of UNRWA funds or loans is 
a member of a foreign terrorist organization. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘foreign 
terrorist organization’’ means an organization designated 
as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of 
State in accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DURATION OF CERTIFICATION.—The 
certification described in subsection (b) shall be effective 
for a period of 180 days from the date of transmission 
to the Appropriate Congressional Committees, or until the 
Secretary receives information rendering that certification 
factually inaccurate, whichever is earliest. In the event 
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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. 
(e) LIMITATION.—During a period for which a certifi-
cation described in subsection (b) 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— 
(1) greater than the highest annual contribu-
tion to UNRWA made by a member country of the 
League of Arab States; 
(2) 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 
(3) that exceeds 22 percent of the total budget 
of UNRWA. 
(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, in order to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian 
refugees, responsibility for those refugees should be fully 
transferred to the Office of the United Nations High Com-
missioner for Refugees. 
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SEC. 310. 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. 311. 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 
(B) submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report containing audit 
findings and conclusions, and recommendations 
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for the elimination of such duplicative entities 
and efforts. 
(2) ENTITIES.—The entities referred to in 
paragraph (1) 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 
or fails to ensure balance in the approach to 
Israeli-Palestinian issues. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION BY PERMANENT REPRESENTA-
TIVE.— 
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(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. 
(c) GAO AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States of the Government Accountability Office 
shall conduct an audit of— 
(1) the status of the implementation of the rec-
ommendations contained in the report required 
under subsection (a)(1)(B); and 
(2) United States actions and achievements 
under subsection (b). 
SEC. 312. ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UNITED NATIONS. 
The President shall direct the United States perma-
nent representative to the United Nations to use the voice, 
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vote, and influence of the United States at the United Na-
tions to make every effort to— 
(1) ensure the issuance and implementation of 
a directive by the Secretary General or the Secre-
tariat, as appropriate, that— 
(A) requires all employees of 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; 
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(D) continues to develop and implements 
education awareness programs about the Holo-
caust and anti-Semitism throughout the world, 
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. 313. REGIONAL GROUP INCLUSION OF ISRAEL. 
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 expand the Western European and Oth-
ers Group (WEOG) in the United Nations to include 
Israel as a permanent member with full rights and privi-
leges. 
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TITLE IV—UNITED NATIONS 
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 
SEC. 401. FINDINGS. 
The Congress makes the following findings: 
(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 significant structural flaws, such as the 
fact that it draws its members from the General As-
sembly without 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) 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 two and one-half years of oper-
ation, the Council has passed 20 resolutions cen-
suring the democratic state of Israel, as compared to 
only 4 censuring the dictatorship in Burma, just one 
censuring the North Korean regime, and none con-
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demning the severe, ongoing human rights abuses in 
Sudan, China, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Belarus, and else-
where. 
SEC. 402. 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 
regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Na-
tions 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 
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Secretary to Congress that the United Nations Human 
Rights Council does not include a Member State— 
(1) subject to sanctions by the Security Council; 
(2) under a Security Council-mandated inves-
tigation for human rights abuses; 
(3) subject, within the prior 5 years, to a coun-
try-specific resolution passed under Agenda Item 9 
by the former United Nations Human Rights Com-
mission; 
(4) 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; or 
(5) 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. 
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TITLE V—INTERNATIONAL 
ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY 
SEC. 501. INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY. 
(a) ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE.— 
(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
President 
shall direct the United States Permanent Rep-
resentative to International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) to use the voice, vote, and influ-
ence of the United States at the IAEA to estab-
lish an Office of Compliance in the Secretariat 
of the IAEA. 
(B) OPERATION.—The Office of Compli-
ance shall— 
(i) function as an independent body 
composed of technical experts who shall 
work in consultation with IAEA inspectors 
to assess compliance by IAEA Member 
States and provide recommendations to the 
IAEA Board of Governors concerning pen-
alties to be imposed on IAEA Member 
States that fail to fulfill their obligations 
under IAEA Board resolutions; 
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(ii) base its assessments and rec-
ommendations on IAEA inspection reports; 
and 
(iii) take into consideration informa-
tion provided by IAEA Board Members 
that are 1 of the 5 nuclear weapons states 
as recognized by the Treaty on the Non- 
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (21 UST 
483) (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Nu-
clear Nonproliferation Treaty’’ or the 
‘‘NPT’’). 
(C) STAFFING.—The Office of Compliance 
shall be staffed from existing personnel in the 
Department of Safeguards of the IAEA or the 
Department of Nuclear Safety and Security of 
the IAEA. 
(2) 
COMMITTEE
ON
SAFEGUARDS
AND 
VERIFICATION.—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 ensure that the Com-
mittee on Safeguards and Verification established in 
2005 shall develop and seek to put into force a 
workplan of concrete measures that will— 
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(A) improve the ability of the IAEA to 
monitor and enforce compliance by Member 
States of the IAEA with the Nuclear Non-
proliferation Treaty and the Statute of the 
International Atomic Energy Agency; and 
(B) enhance the ability of the IAEA, be-
yond the verification mechanisms and authori-
ties contained in the Additional Protocol to the 
Safeguards Agreements between the IAEA and 
Member States of the IAEA, to detect with a 
high degree of confidence undeclared nuclear 
activities by a Member State. 
(3) PENALTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE IAEA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The President shall di-
rect the United States Permanent Representa-
tive to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and in-
fluence of the United States at the IAEA to en-
sure that a Member State of the IAEA that is 
under investigation for a breach of or non-
compliance with its IAEA obligations or the 
purposes and principles of the Charter of the 
United Nations has its privileges suspended, in-
cluding— 
(i) limiting its ability to vote on its 
case; 
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(ii) being prevented from receiving 
any technical assistance; and 
(iii) being prevented from hosting 
meetings. 
(B) TERMINATION
OF
PENALTIES.—The 
penalties specified under subparagraph (A) 
shall be terminated when such investigation is 
concluded and such Member State is no longer 
in such breach or noncompliance. 
(4) PENALTIES
WITH
RESPECT
TO
THE
NU-
CLEAR
NONPROLIFERATION
TREATY.—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 en-
sure that a Member State of the IAEA that is found 
to be in breach of, in noncompliance with, or has 
withdrawn from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 
shall return to the IAEA all nuclear materials and 
technology received from the IAEA, any Member 
State of the IAEA, or any Member State of the Nu-
clear Nonproliferation Treaty. 
(b) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS.— 
(1) VOLUNTARY
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Voluntary 
contributions of the United States to the IAEA 
should primarily be used to fund activities relating 
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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 have 
newly established nuclear programs or are initi-
ating nuclear programs; 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-
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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 
(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. 
(c) 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-
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ber State of the IAEA that has not signed and rati-
fied 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 
(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). 
(d) 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 
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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 and 
subject to the penalties described in subsection 
(a)(3). 
(e) NUCLEAR PROGRAM OF IRAN.— 
(1) UNITED
STATES
ACTION.—The President 
shall direct the United States Permanent Represent-
ative to the IAEA to use the voice, vote, and influ-
ence of the United States at the IAEA to make 
every effort to ensure the adoption of a resolution by 
the IAEA Board of Governors that, in addition to 
the restrictions already imposed, makes Iran ineli-
gible to receive any nuclear material, technology, 
equipment, or assistance from any IAEA Member 
State and ineligible for any IAEA assistance not re-
lated to safeguards inspections or nuclear security 
until the IAEA Board of Governors determines that 
Iran— 
(A) is providing full access to IAEA in-
spectors to its nuclear-related facilities; 
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(B) has fully implemented and is in com-
pliance with the Additional Protocol; and 
(C) has permanently ceased and disman-
tled all activities and programs related to nu-
clear-enrichment and reprocessing. 
(2) PENALTIES.—If an IAEA Member State is 
determined to have violated the prohibition on as-
sistance to Iran described in paragraph (1) before 
the IAEA Board of Governors determines that Iran 
has satisfied the conditions described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (C) of such paragraph, such 
Member State shall be subject to the penalties de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3), shall be ineligible to re-
ceive nuclear material, technology, equipment, or as-
sistance from any IAEA Member State, and shall be 
ineligible to receive any IAEA assistance not related 
to safeguards inspections or nuclear security until 
such time as the IAEA Board of Governors makes 
such determination with respect to Iran. 
(f) 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. 
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SEC. 502. 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 VI—PEACEKEEPING 
SEC. 601. 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 nearly 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 Nations peacekeeping has been severely tar-
nished by operational failures and unconscionable 
acts of misconduct; 
(2) in response to such failures, in 2000 and 
2005, respectively, the Secretary General charged 
the high-level Panel on United Nations Peace Oper-
ations, led by former Foreign Minister of Algeria 
Lakhdar Brahimi, and his Special Advisor on the 
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Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, His 
Royal Highness Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein 
of Jordan, to provide honest assessments of the 
United Nations’ shortcomings and make rec-
ommendations that would help restore the con-
fidence of the international community in United 
Nations peacekeeping operations; 
(3) audits of procurement practices in the De-
partment of Peacekeeping Operations, conducted by 
the Office of Internal Oversight Services, also have 
uncovered ‘‘significant’’ corruption schemes, includ-
ing a 2007 audit of peacekeeping contracts valued at 
$1.4 billion, of which more than $614 million, or 
44%, were subject to corruption; 
(4) despite the fact that the United Nations has 
had more than eight years to implement the reforms 
contained in the Brahimi Report, nearly four 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 repeatedly have ex-
pressed their commitment ‘‘to implementing funda-
mental, systematic changes as a matter of urgency,’’ 
a number of critical reforms continue to be blocked 
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or delayed by Members States who arguably benefit 
from maintenance of the status quo; 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. 602. 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, an independent audit of each such 
operation, with a view toward ‘‘right-sizing’’ op-
erations and ensuring that such operations are 
cost effective, should be conducted and its find-
ings reported to the Security Council. 
(B) 
PROCUREMENT
AND
TRANS-
PARENCY.—A modern logistics system and 
transparent, streamlined procurement proce-
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dures should be established within the United 
Nations Department of Field Support to ensure 
that all peacekeeping missions are resourced ap-
propriately and in a timely fashion while indi-
vidual accountability for waste, fraud and abuse 
within United Nations peacekeeping missions is 
established and uniformly enforced. 
(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: 
(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 
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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-
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 
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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-
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. 
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(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-
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; 
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nal activity by an individual of such Mem-
ber State; 
(iv) report to the Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations on the outcome 
of any such investigation; 
(v) undertake to conduct on-site court 
martial proceedings, where practical and 
appropriate, relating to allegations of mis-
conduct alleged against an individual of 
such Member State; and 
(vi) assume responsibility for the pro-
vision of appropriate assistance to a victim 
of misconduct committed by an individual 
of such Member State. 
(G) A professional and independent inves-
tigative and audit function has been established 
within the United Nations Department of 
Peacekeeping Operations and the OIOS to mon-
itor United Nations peacekeeping operations. 
Æ 
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