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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2099
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2013
Mr. Brooks of Alabama
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Foreign
Affairs
A BILL
To provide for an accounting of total United States
contributions to the United Nations.
1.
Report on United States
contributions to the United Nations
(a)
In
general
Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a
report on all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the
United States Government to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies and
related bodies during the previous fiscal year.
(b)
Content
The
report required under subsection (a) shall include the following
elements:
(1) The total amount
of all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the United
States Government to the United Nations and its affiliated agencies and related
bodies during the previous fiscal year.
(2) The approximate
percentage of United States Government contributions to each United Nations
affiliated agency or body in such fiscal year when compared with all
contributions to each such agency or body from any source in such fiscal
year.
(3) For each such
United States Government contribution—
(A) the amount of each
such contribution;
(B) a description of
each such contribution (including whether assessed or voluntary);
(C) the department or
agency of the United States Government responsible for each such
contribution;
(D) the purpose of
each such contribution; and
(E) the United Nations
or its affiliated agency or related body receiving the contribution.
(c)
Scope of initial
report
The first report required under subsection (a) shall
include the information required under this section for the previous three
fiscal years.
(d)
Public
availability of information
Not later than 14 days after
submitting a report required under subsection (a), the Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall post a public version of the report on a
text-based, searchable, and publicly available Internet Web site.