,i #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #efdi ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #ah1 #bjad ,ms4 ,ros-,lehtinen 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,perry1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 and ,mr4 ,de,santis7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to promote transparency1 accountability1 and reform within the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council ,accountability ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,since its establishment in #bjjf1 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council has failed to meaningfully promote the protection of internationally recognized human rights4 7#b7 ,the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council suffers from fundamental and severe structural flaws since it draws its members from the ,united ,nations ,general ,assembly without any substantive membership criteria1 with the perverse result that a number of the world's worst human rights abusers are members of the council4 7#c7 ,for example1 more than half of the members of the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council are rated ,not ,free or only ,partly ,free by ,freedom ,house in its #bjad ,freedom in the ,world report4 ,only a minority of members were rated ,free4 7#d7 ,current membership on the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council includes some of the world's worst violators1 including ,china1 ,congo1 ,cuba1 ,kazakhstan1 ,pakistan1 ,russia1 ,saudi ,arabia1 ,venezuela1 ,vietnam1 and others4 7#e7 ,the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council's agenda contains a permanent item for criticism of the democratic1 ,jewish ,state of ,israel1 but no permanent items criticizing any other state or non-state actor4 7#f7 ,since #bjjf1 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council has a largely disproportionate number of resolutions focused on criticizing ,israel4 7#g7 ,since #bjjf1 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council has held #bb special sessions to address dire and critical humanitarian crises throughout the world1 with #g focused on criticizing ,israel1 more than any other two nations combined1 despite the fact that the ,united ,nations currently has declared four of the world's humanitarian crises 7,syria1 ,iraq1 ,south ,sudan and the ,central ,african ,republic7 a ,level #c1 its highest designation4 7#h7 ,on ,july #bc1 #bjad1 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council adopted a resolution to investigate purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in ,gaza and the ,west ,bank4 ,the resolution contained over #a1gjj words criticizing ,israel for supposed human rights violations in ,gaza1 yet does not mention ,hamas1 the designated foreign terrorist organization responsible for using ,palestinian children1 women1 and men as human shields and launching thousands of rockets indiscriminately into ,israeli civilian populations1 even once4 7#i7 ,the ,july #bc1 #bjad1 resolution passed with #bi votes in favor1 #ag abstentions and the ,united ,states as the lone dissenting vote4 7#aj7 ,on ,august #aa1 #bjad1 the ,united ,nations named ,professor ,william ,schabas to lead a panel of inquiry in accordance to the ,july #bc1 #bjad1 resolution4 7#aa7 ,schabas has made public statements in the past that should have precluded him from heading the panel as an unbiased participant1 and should recuse himself4 ,among his incendiary and biased remarks1 ,schabas has stated ,actually1 my favourite would be ,netanyahu within the dock of the ,international ,criminal ,court1 in #bjab1 indicating a clear conflict of interests and lack of impartiality4 7#ab7 ,in #bjjf1 the ,george ,w4 ,bush ,administration voted against the resolution that created the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council in the ,united ,nations ,general ,assembly over concerns about the ,council's reforms and its ability to advocate for human rights and decided to not seek a seat on the ,council4 7#ac7 ,in ,june #bjjh1 citing its skepticism regarding the function of the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council in terms of fulfilling its mandate and its imbalanced approach and ,israel bashing agenda1 the ,bush ,administration announced it would limit its engagement with the ,council4 7#ad7 ,in #bjjh1 the ,bush ,administration announced it would withhold ,united ,states funding to the ,united ,nations regular budget equivalent to the ,united ,states share of the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council budget4 7#ae7 ,in ,march #bjji1 reversing the previous ,administration's policy1 the ,obama ,administration announced that the ,united ,states would run for a seat on the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council1 and won a seat in ,may #bjji4 7#af7 ,united ,states membership in the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council has not led to reform of its fundamental flaws nor diminished the ,council's virulently anti-,israel behavior4 ,the ,council has passed over two dozen resolutions criticizing ,israel since the ,united ,states joined in #bjji1 and the world's worst violators continue to get a pass4 #c4 ,limitations relating to ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council membership and funding 7a7 ,in general ,for each and every fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 until the ,secretary of ,state submits to ,congress a certification for such fiscal year that the requirements described in subsection 7b7 have been satisfied-- 7#a7 the ,secretary of ,state shall withhold from a ,united ,states contribution for such fiscal year to the regular budget of the ,united ,nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that the ,secretary determines would be allocated by the ,united ,nations to support the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council2 7#b7 the ,secretary of ,state shall not make a voluntary contribution to the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council2 and 7#c7 the ,united ,states shall not run for a seat on the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council4 7b7 ,certification ,the certification referred to in subsection 7a7 is a certification of the ,secretary of ,state to ,congress that-- 7#a7 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council's mandate from the ,united ,nations ,general ,assembly explicitly and effectively prohibits candidacy for membership on the ,council of a ,united ,nations ,member ,state that-- 7,a7 is subject to sanctions by the ,united ,nations ,security ,council2 and 7,b7 is under a ,united ,nations ,security ,council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses2 7#b7 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council does not include a ,united ,nations ,member ,state that-- 7,a7 is subject to sanctions by the ,united ,nations ,security ,council2 7,b7 is under a ,united ,nations ,security ,council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses2 7,c7 the ,secretary of ,state has determined1 for purposes of section #f7;j7 of the ,export ,administration ,act of #aigi 7as continued in effect pursuant to the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act71 section #dj of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act1 section #fbj;,a of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa1 or other provision of law1 is a country the government of which has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism2 or 7,d7 the ,president has designated as a ,country of ,particular ,concern for ,religious ,freedom under section #djb7;b7 of the ,international ,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih2 and 7#c7 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council's agenda or program of work does not include a permanent item with regard to the ,state of ,israel4 7c7 ,special procedures ,for each and every fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,state shall withhold from a ,united ,states contribution for such fiscal year to the regular budget of the ,united ,nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that the ,secretary determines would be allocated by the ,united ,nations to support the ,united ,nations ,special ,rapporteur on the situation of human rights in ,palestinian territories occupied since #aifg1 and any other ,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council ,special ,procedures used to display bias against the ,united ,states or the ,state of ,israel or to provide support for any ,united ,nations ,member ,state that-- 7#a7 is subject to sanctions by the ,united ,nations ,security ,council2 7#b7 is under a ,united ,nations ,security ,council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses2 7#c7 the ,secretary of ,state has determined1 for purposes of section #f7;j7 of the ,export ,administration ,act of #aigi 7as continued in effect pursuant to the ,international ,emergency ,economic ,powers ,act71 section #dj of the ,arms ,export ,control ,act1 section #fbj;,a of the ,foreign ,assistance ,act of #aifa1 or other provision of law1 is a country the government of which has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism2 or 7#d7 the ,president has designated as a ,country of ,particular ,concern for ,religious ,freedom under section #djb7;b7 of the ,international ,religious ,freedom ,act of #aiih4 7d7 ,reversion of funds ,funds appropriated for use as a ,united ,states contribution to the ,united ,nations but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to this section shall immediately revert to the ,united ,states ,treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid to any ,united ,nations entity4