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

Bill: 115-hr-733
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-30
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Foreign aid and international relief

Government information and archives

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires 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>The report shall include: (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. agency, and the identity of the recipient U.N. agency or body. The first report shall include information for the previous three fiscal years. OMB shall post a version of such report on a publicly available website.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 733 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 30, 2017 Mr. Brooks of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 United 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 its affiliated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal year. (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 each such agency or body from any source in such fiscal year. (3) For each such United States Government contribution— (A) the amount of each such contribution; (B) a description of each such contribution (including whether assessed or voluntary); (C) the department or agency of the United States Government responsible for each such contribution; (D) the purpose of each such contribution; and (E) the United Nations or its 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 Web site.