119-hr1243

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1243 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 1243

 To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries that oppose 
 the position of the United States in the United Nations.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 February 12, 2025

 Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Biggs of 
 Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 A BILL

 To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries that oppose 
 the position of the United States in the United Nations.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``United Nations Voting Accountability 
Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT OPPOSE THE POSITION 
 OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE UNITED NATIONS.

    (a) Prohibition.--United States assistance may not be provided to a 
country that opposed the position of the United States in the United 
Nations.

    (b) Exemption Due to Change in Government.--

    (1) In general.--The Secretary of State may exempt a 
 country from the prohibition described in subsection

    (a) if the 
 Secretary determines that since the beginning of the most 
 recent session of the General Assembly--
        (A) there has been a fundamental change in the 
 leadership and policies of the government of a country 
 to which the prohibition in such subsection applies; 
 and
        (B) as a result of such change, the government of 
 such country will no longer oppose the position of the 
 United States in the United Nations.

    (2) Duration of exemption.--An exemption under paragraph

    (1) shall be effective only until submission of the next report 
 required under 

section 406 of the Foreign Relations 
 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a) 
 that is submitted after the Secretary of State makes such an 
 exemption.

    (3) Notification and discussion.--The Secretary of State 
 shall notify Congress with respect to an exemption made under 
 paragraph

    (1) , together with a discussion of the basis for the 
 Secretary's determination with respect to each such exemption.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-As used in this Act--

    (1) the term ``opposed the position of the United States'' 
 means, in the case of a country, that the country's recorded 
 votes in the United Nations General Assembly during the most 
 recent session of the General Assembly and, in the case of a 
 country which is a member of the United Nations Security 
 Council, the country's recorded votes both in the Security 
 Council and the General Assembly during the most recent session 
 of the General Assembly, were the same as the position of the 
 United States less than 50 percent of the time, using for this 
 purpose a comparison of the recorded vote cast by each member 
 country with the recorded vote cast by the United States, as 
 described in the annual report submitted to Congress pursuant 
 to 

section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
 Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991;

    (2) the term ``most recent session of the General 
 Assembly'' means the most recently completed plenary session of 
 the General Assembly for which a comparison of the vote cast by 
 each member country with the vote cast by the United States is 
 described in the most recent report submitted to Congress 
 pursuant to 

section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
 Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991; and

    (3) the term ``United States assistance'' means assistance 
 under--
        (A) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the 
 economic support fund);
        (B) chapter 5 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
 2347 et seq.; relating to international military 
 education and training);
            (C) the ``Foreign Military Financing Program'' 
 account under 

section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
 (22 U.S.C. 2763); and
            (D) any other monetary or physical assistance.
            (d) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect upon the date of 
the submission to Congress of the report required under 

section 406 of 
the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, 
that is required to be submitted by March 31, 2026.
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