To limit the United States share of assessments for the United Nations regular budget.

Amends the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to bar the use of Department of State funds to pay the U.S. share of assessed contributions for the United Nations (UN) regular budget in an amount greater than the largest assessed contribution of any other permanent member country of the United Nations Security Council (currently, an amount greater than 22 percent of the total of all assessed contributions).

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 14 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 14

To limit the United States share of assessments for the United Nations 
                            regular budget.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2005

 Mr. Hayworth introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit the United States share of assessments for the United Nations 
                            regular budget.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON THE UNITED STATES SHARE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR 
              UNITED NATIONS REGULAR BUDGET.

    Section 11 of the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 
U.S.C. 287e-3) is amended by striking ``22 percent of the total of all 
assessed contributions for that budget'' and inserting ``the largest 
assessed contribution of any other permanent member country of the 
United Nations Security Council''.
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