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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3131 
To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the World Health 
Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the 
World Health Organization. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 9, 2023 
Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. ESTES, and Mr. PFLUGER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the 
World Health Organization or to provide assessed or 
voluntary contributions to the World Health Organiza-
tion. 
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. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO SEEK 
MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGA-
NIZATION OR TO PROVIDE ASSESSED OR VOL-
UNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD 
HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no funds available to any Federal department 
or agency may be used to seek membership by the United 
States in the World Health Organization or to provide as-
sessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Or-
ganization until such time as the Secretary of State cer-
tifies to Congress that the World Health Organization 
meets the conditions described in subsection (b). 
(b) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The conditions de-
scribed in this subsection are the following: 
(1) The World Health Organization has adopt-
ed meaningful reforms to ensure that humanitarian 
assistance is not politicized and is to be provided to 
those with the most need. 
(2) The World Health Organization is not 
under the control or significant malign influence of 
the Chinese Communist Party. 
(3) The World Health Organization is not in-
volved in a coverup of the Chinese Communist Par-
ty’s response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
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(4) The World Health Organization grants ob-
server status to Taiwan. 
(5) The World Health Organization does not di-
vert humanitarian or medical supplies to Iran, North 
Korea, or Syria. 
(6) The World Health Organization has put in 
place mechanisms to increase transparency and ac-
countability in its operations and eliminate waste, 
fraud, and abuse. 
(7) The World Health Organization has ceased 
all funding for, engagement in, and messaging with 
respect to certain controversial and politically 
charged issues that are non-germane to the World 
Health Organization’s directive, including— 
(A) so-called ‘‘gender identity’’ and harm-
ful rhetoric relating to ‘‘gender affirming care’’; 
(B) climate change; and 
(C) access to abortion. 
(8) The World Health Organization has agreed 
that as a condition of membership by the United 
States in the World Health Organization, no direc-
tive issued by the World Health Organization may 
be considered to be legally binding on any United 
States citizen or individual State. 
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