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To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
llllllllll Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. VITTER, Mr. PAUL, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. CRUZ, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. COBURN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. ENZI, Mr. HATCH, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. WICKER, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. BARRASSO) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on llllllllll

A BILL
To provide for an accounting of total United States contributions to the United Nations. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4 5
SECTION 1. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.--Not later than 90 days after the

6 date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 7 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 8 shall submit to Congress a report on all assessed and vol-

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2 1 untary contributions, including in-kind, of the United 2 States Government to the Untied Nations and its affili3 ated agencies and related bodies during the previous fiscal 4 year. 5 (b) CONTENT.--The report required under subsection

6 (a) shall include the following elements: 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 (1) The total amount of all assessed and voluntary contributions, including in-kind, of the United States Government to the United Nations and United Nations affiliated agencies and related bodies. (2) The approximate percentage of United States Government contributions to each United Nations affiliated agency or body in such fiscal year when compared with all contributions to such agency or body from any source in such fiscal year. (3) For each such contribution-- (A) the amount of the contribution; (B) a description of the contribution (including whether assessed or voluntary); (C) the department or agency of the United States Government responsible for the contribution; (D) the purpose of the contribution; and

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3 1 2 3 4 (E) the United Nations or United Nations affiliated agency or related body receiving the contribution. (c) SCOPE
OF

INITIAL REPORT.--The first report re-

5 quired under subsection (a) shall include the information 6 required under this section for the previous three fiscal 7 years. 8 (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF

INFORMATION.--Not

9 later than 14 days after submitting a report required 10 under subsection (a), the Director of the Office of Man11 agement and Budget shall post a public version of the re12 port on a text-based, searchable, and publicly available 13 Internet website.