119-s774

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 774 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 774

 To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the World Health 
 Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the 
 World Health Organization until certain conditions have been met.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 27, 2025

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Scott of Florida, and 
 Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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 A BILL

 To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the World Health 
 Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the 
 World Health Organization until certain conditions have been met.

 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 ``WHO is Accountable Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD 
 HEALTH ORGANIZATION OR TO PROVIDE ASSESSED OR VOLUNTARY 
 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
funds available to any Federal department or agency may be used to seek 
membership by the United States in the World Health Organization or to 
provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health 
Organization until after the Secretary of State certifies to Congress 
that the World Health Organization meets all of the conditions 
described in subsection

    (b) .

    (b) Conditions Described.--The conditions described in this 
subsection will be met when the World Health Organization--

    (1) has adopted meaningful reforms to ensure that 
 humanitarian assistance is not politicized and is being 
 provided to those with the most need;

    (2) is not under the control or significant malign 
 influence of the Chinese Communist Party;

    (3) is not involved in a coverup of the Chinese Communist 
 Party's response to the COVID-19 pandemic;

    (4) grants observer status to Taiwan;

    (5) is not diverting humanitarian or medical supplies to 
 Iran, North Korea, or Syria;

    (6) has established mechanisms to increase transparency and 
 accountability in its operations and eliminate waste, fraud, 
 and abuse;

    (7) has ceased all funding for, engagement in, and 
 messaging with respect to certain controversial and politically 
 charged issues that are non-germane to the World Health 
 Organization's directive, including--
        (A) so-called ``gender identity'' and harmful 
 rhetoric relating to ``gender affirming care'';
        (B) climate change; and
            (C) access to abortion; and

    (8) has agreed, as a condition of membership by the United 
 States in the World Health Organization, that no directive 
 issued by the World Health Organization may be considered to be 
 legally binding on any United States citizen or individual 
 State.
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