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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 211
To provide for the abolition of certain United Nations groups, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 9, 2023
Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. LAMBORN,
Mr. BUCK, Mr. PERRY, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr.
VALADAO, Mr. GROTHMAN, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To provide for the abolition of certain United Nations
groups, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘COI Elimination Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ABOLITION AND RESTRICTION.
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(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the
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United States to—
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(1) seek the abolition of the United Nations
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Independent International Commission of Inquiry on
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the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
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Jerusalem, and Israel; and
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(2) combat systemic anti-Israel bias at the
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United Nations Human Rights Council and other
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international fora.
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(b) ABOLITION
OF
CERTAIN
UNITED
NATIONS
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GROUPS.—Subsection (b) of section 721 of the Admiral
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James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Au-
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thorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, enacted by
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reference pursuant to section 1000(a)(7) of the Depart-
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ments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and
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Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law
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106–113) (22 U.S.C. 287 note) is amended by striking
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‘‘; and the Division on Public Information on the Question
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of Palestine’’ and inserting ‘‘; the Division on Public Infor-
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mation on the Question of Palestine; and the United Na-
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tions Independent International Commission of Inquiry on
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the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jeru-
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salem, and Israel’’.
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(c) RESTRICTION ON FUNDING.—Subsection (a) of
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section 114 of the Department of State Authorization Act,
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Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) is
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amended—
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(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ after
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the semicolon;
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(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and
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inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new
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paragraph:
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‘‘(8) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the
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United Nations Independent International Commis-
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sion of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Terri-
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tory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.’’.
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