,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ba1    
#bjbd,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself1 ,mrs4   
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,braun1 
,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4   
,scott of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,scott of  
,south ,carolina7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,foreign 
,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to withhold     
certain ,united ,nations funding until  
the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights     
,council mandates a body to investigate 
human rights abuses in the ,people's    
,republic of ,china1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,bystanders at  
the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights     
,council ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,findings  
,congress makes the following findings3 
7#a7 ,according to the ,united ,nations 
,system ,chief ,executives ,board for   
,coordination1 the ,united ,states      
,government contributed #ah1jie1def1ehg 

to the ,united ,nations system in #bjbb1
 the most recent year for which the     
,united ,nations has made data          
available4  7#b7 ,the ,united ,states is
 the single largest financial           
contributor to the ,united ,nations     
system4  7#c7 ,all ,united ,nations     
member states must certify that they    
will adhere to the ,united ,nations     
,charter1 ,chapter #a1 ,article #a1     
which states that the ,united ,nations  
will promote and encourage respect for  
human rights and for fundamental        
freedoms for all without distinction as 
to race1 sex1 language1 or religion4    
7#d7 ,the ,united ,nations ,human       
,rights ,council 7in this ,act referred 
to as the ,council7 is responsible for  
strengthening the promotion and         
protection of human rights around the   
globe and for addressing situations of  
human rights violations and making      
recommendations on them4  7#e7 ,the     
,council possesses the power to         
establish independent investigative     

bodies to respond to situations of      
serious violations of international     
humanitarian law and international human
 rights law4  7#f7 ,the ,council has    
never established an independent body to
 investigate the human rights abuses of 
the ,chinese ,communist ,party 7,,ccp7  
in the ,people's ,republic of ,china    
7,,prc74 ,the ,council's failure to     
establish a body to investigate the     
human rights abuses of the ,,ccp        
constitutes bystander behavior4  7#g7   
,following the ,council's #bjah         
,universal ,periodic ,review 7,,upr7 of 
,china1 ,former ,united ,nations ,high  
,commissioner for ,human ,rights        
,michelle ,bachelet wrote a letter to   
,former ,chinese ,minister of ,foreign  
,affairs ,wang ,yi welcoming his        
government's efforts to promote and     
protect human rights4  7#h7 ,the        
,council has established #ch            
investigative bodies since the ,council 
was created in #bjjf4  7#i7 ,the        
,council has established an independent 

investigative body to investigate       
,israel nine times4  7#aj7 ,the ,,ccp   
has committed a number of grave human   
rights violations1 including-- 7,a7 the 
forced labor of ethnic ,uyghur and other
 ,muslims in the ,xinjiang ,uyghur      
,autonomous ,region1 as detailed in the 
,uyghur ,human ,rights ,policy ,act of  
#bjbj 7,public ,law #aaf-ade72  7,b7    
mass arrests of pro-democracy advocates 
peacefully exercising their freedoms of 
assembly and expression in ,hong ,kong2 
and  7,c7 widespread censorship and     
detainment of citizens protesting       
draconian zero-,,covid restrictions4    
#c4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that-- 7#a7 the human     
rights abuses of the ,,ccp warrant      
investigation by the ,council2  7#b7 the
 ,council's failure to investigate the  
human rights abuses of the ,,ccp        
contradicts the purpose of the ,united  
,nations stated in the ,united ,nations 
,charter1 ,chapter #a1 ,article #a2 and 
7#c7 the ,united ,states should not     

provide funding for the ,council until  
it fulfills its stated responsibilities 
by establishing an independent          
investigative body to adequately examine
 the human rights abuses of the ,,ccp4  
#d4 ,withholding of ,united ,nations    
funding  7a7 ,annual ,united ,states    
contributions to regular budget of      
,united ,nations ,the ,secretary of     
,state shall withhold from annual       
,united ,states contributions to the    
regular budget of the ,united ,nations  
an amount equal to the amount the       
,secretary determines would be allocated
 by the ,united ,nations to support the 
,united ,nations ,human ,rights ,council
 until the ,secretary certifies to      
,congress that the ,united ,nations     
,human ,rights ,council has mandated a  
body to investigate human rights abuses 
in the ,people's ,republic of ,china4   
7b7 ,prohibition on voluntary           
contributions to budget of ,,unhrc ,the 
,secretary of ,state may not make       
voluntary contributions to the budget of

 the ,united ,nations ,human ,rights    
,council until the ,secretary certifies 
to ,congress that the ,united ,nations  
,human ,rights ,council has mandated a  
body to investigate human rights abuses 
in the ,people's ,republic of ,china4