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Promoting Equality and Accountability at the United Nations Act of 2017

H.R. 2232 · 115th Congress · Apr 28, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

To ensure accountability at the United Nations and its specialized agencies and to promote reform and limit anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias at the United Nations.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Promoting Equality and Accountability at the United Nations Act of 2017”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act:
(1)
Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A)
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives; and
(B)
the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
(2)
Foreign terrorist organization— The term foreign terrorist organization means an organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
(3)
Employee— The term employee means an individual who is employed in the general services, professional staff, or senior management of the United Nations, including consultants, contractors, and subcontractors.
(4)
General assembly— The term General Assembly means the General Assembly of the United Nations.
(5)
Member state— The term Member State means a Member State of the United Nations. Such term is synonymous with the term country.
(6)
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of State.
(7)
Secretary-general— The term Secretary-General means the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
(8)
Security council— The term Security Council means the Security Council of the United Nations.
(9)
United nations entity— The term United Nations entity means any United Nations agency, commission, conference, council, court, department, forum, fund, institute, office, organization, partnership, program, subsidiary body, tribunal, trust, university or academic body, related organization or subsidiary body, wherever located, that flies the United Nations flag or is authorized to use the United Nations logo.
(10)
United states contribution— The term United States contribution means an assessed or voluntary contribution, whether financial, in-kind, or otherwise, from the United States Federal Government to a United Nations entity, including contributions passed through other entities for ultimate use by a United Nations entity.