HR 2496 · 115th Congress · International Affairs

Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act

Introduced 2017-05-17· Sponsored by Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.(2017-05-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Defunding the Corrupt and Incompetent United Nations Act This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to provide contributions to the United Nations, the U.N. system, or U.N.-affiliated agencies until the President certifies to Congress that specified requirements are met, including that the U.N.: adopts a rule providing that, for its regular budget to be approved, not only must the currently required two-thirds of member states approve, but also a combination of member states whose assessed contributions make up at least 67% of the budget must approve; revises its pay structure so that salaries do not exceed equivalent U.S. civil service salaries; reinstates and conducts ongoing reviews to determine which of its mandates are outmoded and should be terminated; reinstates its Procurement Task Force; adopts reforms to make its Office of Internal Oversight Services and ethics office truly independent and strengthens whistleblower protections; and demonstrates that its peacekeepers are proactively protecting civilians and adopts changes to insure that troop contributing countries investigate and punish those found to have not followed their duties and/or to have committed…

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