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United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2025
To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries that oppose the position of the United States in the United Nations.
Summary
The United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2025 prohibits U.S. assistance to countries that vote against the United States' position in the United Nations, based on UN General Assembly voting records and (for Security Council members) Security Council voting records. A country is considered to have opposed the U.S. position if it votes the same as the U.S. less than 50 percent of the time in the most recent UN session. The Secretary of State may exempt a country if there has been a fundamental change in government and policies that will result in future alignment with the U.S., though exemptions expire upon submission of the next annual UN voting report. U.S. assistance covered includes economic support, military education and training, foreign military financing, and other monetary or physical assistance. The law takes effect upon submission of the UN voting report due March 31, 2026.
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- Feb 12, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Feb 12, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 12, 2025
Mr. Davidson (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Biggs of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit United States assistance to foreign countries that oppose the position of the United States in the United Nations.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “United Nations Voting Accountability Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT OPPOSE THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE UNITED NATIONS.
(a) Prohibition.—United States assistance may not be provided to a country that opposed the position of the United States in the United Nations.
(b) Exemption Due to Change in Government.—
(1) In general.—The Secretary of State may exempt a country from the prohibition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that since the beginning of the most recent session of the General Assembly—
(A) there has been a fundamental change in the leadership and policies of the government of a country to which the prohibition in such subsection applies; and
(B) as a result of such change, the government of such country will no longer oppose the position of the United States in the United Nations.
(2) Duration of exemption.—An exemption under paragraph
(1) shall be effective only until submission of the next report required under section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a) that is submitted after the Secretary of State makes such an exemption.
(3) Notification and discussion.—The Secretary of State shall notify Congress with respect to an exemption made under paragraph (1), together with a discussion of the basis for the Secretary’s determination with respect to each such exemption.
(c) Definitions.—As used in this Act—
(1) the term “opposed the position of the United States” means, in the case of a country, that the country’s recorded votes in the United Nations General Assembly during the most recent session of the General Assembly and, in the case of a country which is a member of the United Nations Security Council, the country’s recorded votes both in the Security Council and the General Assembly during the most recent session of the General Assembly, were the same as the position of the United States less than 50 percent of the time, using for this purpose a comparison of the recorded vote cast by each member country with the recorded vote cast by the United States, as described in the annual report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991;
(2) the term “most recent session of the General Assembly” means the most recently completed plenary session of the General Assembly for which a comparison of the vote cast by each member country with the vote cast by the United States is described in the most recent report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991; and
(3) the term “United States assistance” means assistance under—
(A) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the economic support fund);
(B) chapter 5 of part II of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.; relating to international military education and training);
(C) the “Foreign Military Financing Program” account under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763); and
(D) any other monetary or physical assistance.
(d) Effective Date.—This Act shall take effect upon the date of the submission to Congress of the report required under section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, that is required to be submitted by March 31, 2026. <all>
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