Limiting Contributions to the United Nations and Affiliated Organizations that Accord the Palestine Liberation Organization the Same Standing as Member States Act

Bill: 114-s-2930
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2016-05-12
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases

Department of State

Executive agency funding and structure

International law and treaties

International organizations and cooperation

Middle East

Palestinians

Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-05-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Limiting Contributions to the United Nations and Affiliated Organizations that Accord the Palestine Liberation Organization the Same Standing as Member States Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of State to ensure that the use of federal funding supporting the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the Green Climate Fund, complies with applicable federal law, including: </p> <ul> <li>provisions of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 authorizing appropriations for the U.S. annual payment to the U.N. and for necessary salaries and expenses of U.S. representatives to the U.N.,</li> <li>provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 prohibiting making funds authorized under such Act available to the U.N. or any specialized agency that accords the Palestine Liberation Organization the same standing as member states, and </li> <li> provisions of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 prohibiting contributions to the U.N. or to any affiliated U.N. organization that grants full state membership to a group that does not have internationally recognized attributes of statehood.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2930 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 12, 2016 Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Barrasso , and Mr. Inhofe ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations A BILL To ensure that Federal funding for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change complies with applicable statutory limitations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Limiting Contributions to the United Nations and Affiliated Organizations that Accord the Palestine Liberation Organization the Same Standing as Member States Act . 2. Funding limitation The Secretary of State shall ensure that the use of any Federal funding to support the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the Green Climate Fund, complies with applicable Federal law, including— (1) section 8 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 ( 22 U.S.C. 287e ); (2) section 414 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 ( Public Law 101–246 ); and (3) section 410 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 ( Public Law 103–236 ).