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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.
Summary
This bill would prohibit federal agencies from using funds to seek U.S. membership in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the WHO until the Secretary of State certifies that the WHO has met eight specified conditions. The conditions require the WHO to adopt humanitarian reforms, operate without control or malign influence from the Chinese Communist Party, not be involved in a coverup of China's COVID-19 response, grant observer status to Taiwan, not divert supplies to Iran, North Korea, or Syria, increase transparency and accountability, cease involvement in certain policy areas, and agree that WHO directives are not legally binding on U.S. citizens or states. Until all conditions are certified as met, the bill would effectively halt U.S. funding to and participation in the WHO.
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Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jodey C. Arrington’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHARTER BROKERAGE LLC $28,800
- SIMFLO $19,800
- GRAIL $18,200
- NORTHSTAR ANESTHESIA $13,200
- CITY BANK $13,200
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Actions (2)
- Jan 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- Jan 22, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2025
Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Estes, and Mr. Steube) 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 Organization.
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 is Accountable Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION OR TO PROVIDE ASSESSED OR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.
(a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to any Federal department or agency may be used to seek membership by the United States in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization until such time as the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the World Health Organization meets the conditions described in subsection (b).
(b) Conditions Described.—The conditions described in this subsection are the following:
(1) The World Health Organization has adopted meaningful reforms to ensure that humanitarian assistance is not politicized and is to be provided to those with the most need.
(2) The World Health Organization is not under the control or significant malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
(3) The World Health Organization is not involved in a coverup of the Chinese Communist Party’s response to the COVID- 19 pandemic.
(4) The World Health Organization grants observer status to Taiwan.
(5) The World Health Organization does not divert humanitarian or medical supplies to Iran, North Korea, or Syria.
(6) The World Health Organization has put in place mechanisms to increase transparency and accountability in its operations and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.
(7) The World Health Organization has ceased all funding for, engagement in, and messaging with respect to certain controversial and politically charged issues that are non- germane to the World Health Organization’s directive, including—
(A) so-called “gender identity” and harmful rhetoric relating to “gender affirming care”;
(B) climate change; and
(C) access to abortion.
(8) The World Health Organization has agreed that as a condition of membership by the United States in the World Health Organization, no directive issued by the World Health Organization may be considered to be legally binding on any United States citizen or individual State. <all>
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