A bill to provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.

Bill: 113-s-988
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-05-20
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Foreign aid and international relief

Government information and archives

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to report annually to Congress regarding all assessed and voluntary U.S. contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) and its affiliated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year. </p> <p>Requires the report to include the following: (1) the total amount of all assessed and voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. and its affiliated agencies and related bodies; (2) the approximate percentage of U.S. contributions to each such agency or body in a fiscal year when compared with all such contributions in that fiscal year; and (3) the amount, description, and purpose of each contribution, the identity of the donating U.S. department or agency, and the identity of the recipient U.N. agency or body.</p> <p>Requires the first report to include information for the previous three fiscal years.</p> <p>Requires OMB to post a version of such report on a publicly available Internet website.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 988 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 20, 2013 Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Vitter , Mr. Paul , Mr. Cornyn , Mr. Chambliss , Mr. Cruz , Ms. Ayotte , Mr. Coburn , Mr. Risch , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Crapo , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Hatch , Mr. Boozman , Mr. Grassley , Mr. Wicker , Mr. McConnell , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin , Mr. Sessions , and Mr. Barrasso ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.

1. Report on United States contributions to the United Nations (a) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report on all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the United States Government to the Untied Nations and its affiliated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year. (b) Content The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements: (1) The total amount of all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the United States Government to the United Nations and United Nations affiliated agencies and related bodies. (2) The approximate percentage of United States Government contributions to each United Nations 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 the contribution; (B) a description of the contribution (including whether assessed or voluntary); (C) the department or agency of the United States Government responsible for the contribution; (D) the purpose of the contribution; and (E) the United Nations or United Nations affiliated agency or related body receiving the contribution. (c) Scope of initial report The first report required under subsection (a) shall include the information required under this section for the previous three fiscal years. (d) Public availability of information Not later than 14 days after submitting a report required under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall post a public version of the report on a text-based, searchable, and publicly available Internet website.