COI Elimination Act

Bill: 117-hr-7223
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2022-03-24
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>COI Elimination Act</strong></p> <p>This bill limits U.S. contributions to the United Nations pertaining to the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.</p> <p>Current law imposes a cap on the annual U.S. contribution to the U.N. budget. The bill lowers that cap by 25% of the amount budgeted for the commission.</p> <p>The bill also states that it shall be U.S. policy to seek the abolition of the commission and combat systemic anti-Israel bias in international bodies.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7223 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2022 Mr. Steube (for himself, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas , and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To provide for the abolition of certain United Nations groups, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COI Elimination Act . 2. Abolition and restriction (a) Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States to— (1) seek the abolition of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel; and (2) combat systemic anti-Israel bias at the United Nations Human Rights Council and other international fora. (b) Abolition of certain United Nations groups Subsection (b) of section 721 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, enacted by reference pursuant to section 1000(a)(7) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 ( Public Law 106–113 ) ( 22 U.S.C. 287 note) is amended by striking ; and the Division on Public Information on the Question of Palestine and inserting ; the Division on Public Information on the Question of Palestine; and the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel . (c) Restriction on funding Subsection (a) of section 114 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 ( 22 U.S.C. 287e note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (6), by striking and after the semicolon; (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. .