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WHO Withdrawal Act

To direct the President to withdraw the United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Latest action (Jan 3, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Referred to
Foreign Affairs Committee
Policy area
International Affairs
Issues
Foreign Policy
Legislative subjects (6)
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadForeign aid and international reliefInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsWorld health

Summary

The WHO Withdrawal Act directs the President to withdraw the United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization effective upon enactment. The bill also prohibits any federal department or agency from using funds to provide for United States participation in the World Health Organization or any successor organization. The bill repeals the Act of June 14, 1948, which authorized U.S. membership and participation in the World Health Organization and appropriations for that purpose. If enacted, the legislation would terminate U.S. membership in the WHO and end federal funding for the organization.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
22 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Andy Biggs’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • 21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE $7,500
  • ULINE $6,600
  • TW LEWIS COMPANY $6,600
  • LEE BENSON $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Andy Biggs → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
  2. Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3839 — EO 14155 Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 69%
  • HR 401 — No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act · Introduced Jan 14, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 764 — Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act · Introduced Jan 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HRES 68 — Expressing strong disapproval of the President's announcement to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. · Introduced Jan 24, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 511 — AMERICANS Act · Introduced Jan 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 4195 — the Foreign Service Voluntary Early Retirement Authority Act of 2025 · Introduced Jun 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jan 3, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Burlison, Ms. Hageman, Mr. Massie, Mr. Crane, Mr. Moolenaar, Ms. Mace, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Norman, Mr. Ogles, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. McCormick, and Mrs. Harshbarger) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To direct the President to withdraw the United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization, and for other purposes.

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 “WHO Withdrawal Act”.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act—

(1) the President shall withdraw the United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization (62 Stat. 2679; 14 U.N.T.S 186); and

(2) no funds available to any Federal department or agency may used to provide for the participation of the United States in the World Health Organization or any successor organization.

SEC. 3. REPEAL OF THE ACT OF JUNE 14, 1948.

The Act of June 14, 1948 (Public Law 806-43; 62 Stat. 441; 22 U.S.C. 290 et seq.), providing for membership and participation by the United States in the World Health Organization and authorizing an appropriation therefor, is repealed. <all>

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