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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''United Nations Durban Review
Conference (Durban II) Funding Prohibition Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds as follows:
(1) On December 22, 2007, the United States and 45 other
member states of the United Nations voted not to support the
2009 United Nations Durban Review Conference (''Durban II
Conference''), a follow-up meeting to the 2001 United Nations
World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (''Durban I Conference'') in
Durban, South Africa;
(2) The Durban I Conference was used as a platform to
advance anti-Semitism and, consequently, the United States and
Israeli delegates walked out.
(3) The United States has taken strong steps to avoid
giving support to the Durban II Conference, including
implementing a policy of voting against the Durban II
Conference in the United Nations (including voting against
funding for the Durban II Conference) and forgoing
participation in preparatory meetings for the Durban II
Conference.
(4) The United States has pledged to boycott the Durban II
Conference if it appears to be a repeat of the Durban I
Conference.
(5) Canada's Multiculturalism Secretary of State, Jason
Kennedy, announced in January 2008 that Canada will not
participate in the Durban II Conference.
(6) Israel's Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni announced
that Israel will boycott the Durban II Conference unless it is
proven that it will not be used as a platform of further anti-
Israeli and anti-Semitic behavior.
(7) Pre-conference drafts for the Durban I Conference
condemned Israel for allegedly pursing a racist Zionist agenda
and committing crimes against humanity.
(8) An African-led effort at the Durban I Conference sought
to include a demand for reparations from the West for slavery.
(9) Conferees at the Durban I Conference tried to condemn
the United States for refusing to adopt certain United Nations
treaties.
(10) The United States cannot accept treaty requirements
that are incompatible with the United States Constitution.
(11) Former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell
gave the following statement after the Durban I Conference: ''I
know that you do not combat racism by conferences that produce
declarations containing hateful language, some of which is a
throwback to the days of 'Zionism equals racism;' or support
the idea that we have made too much of the Holocaust; or
suggest that apartheid exists in Israel; or that single out
only one country in the world--Israel--for censure and
abuse.''.
(12) The United Nations Human Rights Council is responsible
for organizing the Durban II Conference.
(13) The United Nations Human Rights Council has ignored
ongoing repression in Belarus, the People's Republic of China,
Cuba, North Korea, Zimbabwe, and other countries.
(14) The United Nations Human Rights Council has condemned
Israel 15 times in two years.
(15) The Preparatory Committee for the Durban II Conference
includes Libya, Cuba, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, and South Africa,
none of which has demonstrated consistent equality or respect
for human rights.
(16) Libya is the chair and Iran is the co-chair of the
Preparatory Committee for the Durban II Conference.
(17) Both Libya and Iran are strong supporters of the
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in the United
Nations Human Rights Council, which has historically been
hostile to Israel.
(18) Libya is a member of the League of Arab States, whose
Arab Charter on Human Rights calls for the elimination of
''Zionism''.
(19) United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/86
rejects the position that Zionism is racism or a form of racial
discrimination.
(20) In December 2007, the United States delegation to the
United Nations rejected the United Nations biennial budget for
2008-2009 due, in part, because of proposals to fund the Durban
II Conference.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES FUNDING FOR THE 2009 UNITED
NATIONS DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
(1) no funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
any Act may be made available to support the 2009 United
Nations Durban Review Conference (''Durban II Conference'') or
any other activity relating to the planning, preparation, or
implementation of a follow-up meeting to the 2001 United
Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination,
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (''Durban I Conference'') in
Durban, South Africa; and
(2) the United States shall withhold from its assessed
contributions to the United Nations regular budget, in
proportion to the United States assessment for the United
Nations regular budget, the amount allocated for the Durban II
Conference and any other activity relating to the planning,
preparation, or implementation of a follow-up meeting to the
Durban I Conference.
United Nations Durban Review Conference (Durban II) Funding Prohibition Act of 2008 - States that: (1) no funds may be made available to support the 2009 United Nations Durban Review Conference (Durban II Conference) or any other activity relating to the planning, preparation, or implementation of a follow-up meeting to the 2001 United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (Durban I Conference); and (2) the United States shall withhold from its assessed contributions to the U.N. regular budget the proportional amount allocated for the Durban II Conference and any other activity relating to the planning, preparation, or implementation of a follow-up meeting to the Durban I Conference.