119-s313

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 313 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 313

 To restrict United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the 
 United Nations, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 January 29, 2025

 Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Cotton, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
 Scott of Florida, Mr. Cruz, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Scott 
of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
 and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

 To restrict United States voluntary and assessed contributions to the 
 United Nations, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Stop Funding Global Terrorists Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON FUNDING FOR UNITED NATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The United States may not make any voluntary or 
assessed contributions to the United Nations for assistance in 
Afghanistan until the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that--

    (1) no United States funds are used in cash shipments by 
 the United Nations into Afghanistan;

    (2) no specially designated global terrorist organization 
 receives funds as a result of such cash shipments; and

    (3) no foreign terrorist organization receives funds as a 
 result of such cash shipments.

    (b) Revocation.--If, after making a certification pursuant to 
subsection

    (a) , the Secretary determines that such certification is 
inaccurate, the Secretary shall--

    (1) revoke such certification; and

    (2) provide to the appropriate congressional committees--
        (A) a notification of such revocation; and
        (B) a detailed justification for such revocation.
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
 ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
        (A) Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
        (B) Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee 
 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

    (2) Foreign terrorist organization.--The term ``foreign 
 terrorist organization'' means an organization that has been 
 designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary 
 of State, pursuant to 

section 219 of the Immigration and 
 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).

    (3) Specially designated global terrorist organization.--
 The term ``specially designated global terrorist organization'' 
 means an organization that has been designated as a specially 
 designated global terrorist pursuant to Executive Order 13224 
 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and 
 prohibiting transactions with persons who commit, threaten to 
 commit, or support terrorism).
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