Defunding United Nations Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-249
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2017-01-04
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations

Executive agency funding and structure

Foreign aid and international relief

International organizations and cooperation

United Nations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-01-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Defunding United Nations Act of 2017</b> </p> <p>This bill prohibits funds made available to any federal agency for FY2017 and subsequent fiscal years from being used to make U.S. voluntary contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations or any U.N. agency.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 249 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 4, 2017 Mr. Babin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit United States voluntary contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations or any United Nations agency, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Defunding United Nations Act of 2017 . 2. Prohibition on United States voluntary contributions to the United Nations and United Nations agencies (a) In general No funds made available to any Federal department or agency may be used to make United States voluntary contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations or any United Nations agency. (b) Effective date Subsection (a) applies with respect to funds made available for fiscal year 2017 and subsequent fiscal years.