I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3131 To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 9, 2023 Mr. ARRINGTON (for himself, Mr. ESTES, and Mr. PFLUGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organiza- tion. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3131.IH H3131 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3131 IH SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO SEEK 1 MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGA- 2 NIZATION OR TO PROVIDE ASSESSED OR VOL- 3 UNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD 4 HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 6 sion of law, no funds available to any Federal department 7 or agency may be used to seek membership by the United 8 States in the World Health Organization or to provide as- 9 sessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Or- 10 ganization until such time as the Secretary of State cer- 11 tifies to Congress that the World Health Organization 12 meets the conditions described in subsection (b). 13 (b) CONDITIONS DESCRIBED.—The conditions de- 14 scribed in this subsection are the following: 15 (1) The World Health Organization has adopt- 16 ed meaningful reforms to ensure that humanitarian 17 assistance is not politicized and is to be provided to 18 those with the most need. 19 (2) The World Health Organization is not 20 under the control or significant malign influence of 21 the Chinese Communist Party. 22 (3) The World Health Organization is not in- 23 volved in a coverup of the Chinese Communist Par- 24 ty’s response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3131.IH H3131 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3131 IH (4) The World Health Organization grants ob- 1 server status to Taiwan. 2 (5) The World Health Organization does not di- 3 vert humanitarian or medical supplies to Iran, North 4 Korea, or Syria. 5 (6) The World Health Organization has put in 6 place mechanisms to increase transparency and ac- 7 countability in its operations and eliminate waste, 8 fraud, and abuse. 9 (7) The World Health Organization has ceased 10 all funding for, engagement in, and messaging with 11 respect to certain controversial and politically 12 charged issues that are non-germane to the World 13 Health Organization’s directive, including— 14 (A) so-called ‘‘gender identity’’ and harm- 15 ful rhetoric relating to ‘‘gender affirming care’’; 16 (B) climate change; and 17 (C) access to abortion. 18 (8) The World Health Organization has agreed 19 that as a condition of membership by the United 20 States in the World Health Organization, no direc- 21 tive issued by the World Health Organization may 22 be considered to be legally binding on any United 23 States citizen or individual State. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:54 May 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3131.IH H3131 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS