119-s1521

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1521 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1521

To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to provide for a 
 prohibition on contributions to the United Nations related to 
 discrimination against Israel.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 30, 2025

 Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Budd, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lankford, 
 Mr. Graham, Mr. Crapo, Mr. McCormick, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
 Hagerty, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. 
 Hawley, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Justice, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Cornyn, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Moody, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
 on Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to provide for a 
 prohibition on contributions to the United Nations related to 
 discrimination against Israel.

 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 ``Stand with Israel Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS RELATED TO 
 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ISRAEL.

 The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

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SEC. 13. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS RELATING 
 TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ISRAEL.

 ``No funds made available to the Department of State or any other 
Federal department or agency may be made available for contributions to 
the United Nations or any of its funds, programs, specialized agencies, 
or other related entities that expels, downgrades or suspends 
membership, or otherwise restricts the participation of Israel such 
that it may not participate fully and equivalently with other Member 
States of the United Nations or the respective fund, program, 
specialized agency, or other related entity.''.
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