,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dedf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #i1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,booker 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,durbin1 ,mr4 ,leahy1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1
 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 ,ms4
 ,hirono1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mr4 ,reed1 and
 ,mrs4 ,feinstein7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for  
the prompt payment of ,united ,states   
assessed contributions to international 
organizations1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,abiding by ,united ,states     
,commitments ,act of #bjbj4  #b4        
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3 7#a7 ,,covid-#ai has killed   
,united ,states citizens at six times   
the average rate of other high-income   
countries4  7#b7 ,the ,united ,states   
records eight times the number of       
infections of other high-income         
countries4  7#c7 ,united ,states        

citizens are barred from entering dozens
 of countries1 including allies1 due to 
the ,administration's inability to      
contain the spread of ,,covid-#ai in the
 ,united ,states4  7#d7 ,on ,june #be1  
#bjbj1 the ,senate unanimously passed   
,senate ,resolution #egi1 recognizing   
historic ,united ,states leadership and 
international achievements to address   
global health threats1 encouraging the  
international community to remain       
committed to preventing the further     
spread of ,,covid-#ai1 and urging the   
,united ,states to participate in and   
support global efforts to address       
,,covid-#ai4  #c4 ,sense of ,congress   
,it is the sense of ,congress that--    
7#a7 the ,united ,states should         
participate in global public-private    
efforts to develop1 manufacture1 and    
equitably distribute a vaccine for      
,,covid-#ai1 including in the           
,,covid-#ai ,vaccines ,global ,access   
7,,covax7 ,facility1 which aims to speed
 vaccine development1 mitigate risk1    

secure doses for all countries1 and     
distribute them to the most high-risk   
segment of each population2 and  7#b7   
the suspension of ,united ,states       
support for the ,world ,health          
,organization 7,,who7 and other efforts 
to discredit the ,,who are deeply       
concerning and will have an adverse     
impact on efforts to address the        
,,covid-#ai pandemic4  #d4 ,payment of  
,united ,states assessed contributions  
to international organizations  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #ij days after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,state shall use      
amounts appropriated or otherwise made  
available to the ,department of ,state  
for fiscal year #bjbj in any            
appropriations ,act under the heading   
,contributions to ,international        
,organizations to pay the full fiscal   
year #bjbj ,united ,states assessment   
for each international organization     
funded under that heading4  7b7 ,world  
,health ,organization ,of the amounts   

appropriated or otherwise made available
 to the ,department of ,state for fiscal
 year #bjbj for ,contributions to       
,international ,organizations1          
#aah1idi1jjj shall be made available not
 later than #fj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act for the ,world   
,health ,organization for ,,covid-#ai   
response4 ,such funds may not be made   
available for advance payment to        
withdraw the ,united ,states from the   
,world ,health ,organization4