,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,mr4 ,gohmert introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit ,united ,states    
assistance to foreign countries that    
oppose the position of the ,united      
,states in the ,united ,nations4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,united ,nations ,voting            
,accountability ,act of #bjai4  #b4     
,prohibition on assistance to countries 
that oppose the position of the ,united 
,states in the ,united ,nations  7a7    
,prohibition ,united ,states assistance 
may not be provided to a country that   
opposed the position of the ,united     
,states in the ,united ,nations4  7b7   
,exemption due to change in government  
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of     
,state may exempt a country from the    
prohibition described in subsection 7a7 
if the ,secretary determines that since 

the beginning of the most recent session
 of the ,general ,assembly--  7,a7 there
 has been a fundamental change in the   
leadership and policies of the          
government of a country to which the    
prohibition in such subsection applies2 
and  7,b7 as a result of such change1   
the government of such country will no  
longer oppose the position of the       
,united ,states in the ,united ,nations4
  7#b7 ,duration of exemption ,an       
exemption under paragraph 7#a7 shall be 
effective only until submission of the  
next report required under section #djf 
of the ,foreign ,relations              
,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,years     
#aiij and #aiia 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bdad;a7 
that is submitted after the ,secretary  
of ,state makes such an exemption4  7#c7
 ,notification and discussion ,the      
,secretary of ,state shall notify       
,congress with respect to an exemption  
made under paragraph 7#a71 together with
 a discussion of the basis for the      
,secretary's determination with respect 

to each such exemption4  7c7 ,exemption 
for national security interests ,the    
,president may exempt a country from the
 prohibition described in subsection 7a7
 if the ,president determines that such 
exemption is in the national security   
interests of the ,united ,states and    
transmits to ,congress a written        
statement explaining such national      
security interest4  7d7 ,definitions ,as
 used in this ,act-- 7#a7 the term      
opposed the position of the ,united     
,states means1 in the case of a country1
 that the country's recorded votes in   
the ,united ,nations ,general ,assembly 
during the most recent session of the   
,general ,assembly and1 in the case of a
 country which is a member of the       
,united ,nations ,security ,council1 the
 country's recorded votes both in the   
,security ,council and the ,general     
,assembly during the most recent session
 of the ,general ,assembly1 were the    
same as the position of the ,united     
,states less than #ej percent of the    

time1 using for this purpose a          
comparison of the recorded vote cast by 
each member country with the recorded   
vote cast by the ,united ,states1 as    
described in the annual report submitted
 to ,congress pursuant to section #djf  
of the ,foreign ,relations              
,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,years     
#aiij and #aiia2  7#b7 the term most    
recent session of the ,general ,assembly
 means the most recently completed      
plenary session of the ,general         
,assembly for which a comparison of the 
vote cast by each member country with   
the vote cast by the ,united ,states is 
described in the most recent report     
submitted to ,congress pursuant to      
section #djf of the ,foreign ,relations 
,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,years     
#aiij and #aiia2 and  7#c7 the term     
,united ,states assistance means        
assistance under-- 7,a7 chapter #d of   
part ,,ii of the ,foreign ,assistance   
,act of #aifa 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcdf et   
seq42 relating to the economic support  

fund72  7,b7 chapter #e of part ,,ii of 
such ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bcdg et seq42 
relating to international military      
education and training72  7,c7 the      
,foreign ,military ,financing ,program  
account under section #bc of the ,arms  
,export ,control ,act 7#bb ,u4,s4,c4    
#bgfc72 and  7,d7 any other monetary or 
physical assistance4  7e7 ,effective    
date ,this ,act shall take effect upon  
the date of the submission to ,congress 
of the report required under section    
#djf of the ,foreign ,relations         
,authorization ,act1 ,fiscal ,years     
#aiij and #aiia1 that is required to be 
submitted by ,march #ca1 #bjai4