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To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to provide for a prohibition on contributions to the United Nations related to discrimination against Israel.
Summary
This bill prohibits the United States from contributing federal funds to the United Nations or its agencies, funds, programs, or related entities if they expel, downgrade, or suspend Israel's membership, or otherwise restrict Israel's participation in a way that prevents it from participating fully and equally with other UN Member States. The bill effectively ties U.S. funding to UN treatment of Israel.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
26 cosponsors
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME)
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR)
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] (R-MO)
- Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] (R-ND)
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK)
- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA)
- Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] (R-SD)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to James E. Risch’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- ALPHA SERVICES LLC $10,000
- 1ST FINANCIAL BANK USA $6,600
- CIVIC SERVICE INC. $6,600
- SINCLAIR COMPANIES $6,600
- SOROBAN CAPITAL PARTNERS LP $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for James E. Risch → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Apr 30, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Apr 30, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 30, 2025
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Budd, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Graham, Mr. Crapo, Mr. McCormick, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Justice, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mrs. Moody, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
A BILL
To amend the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 to provide for a prohibition on contributions to the United Nations related to discrimination against Israel.
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 “Stand with Israel Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS RELATED TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ISRAEL.
The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
“SEC. 13. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ISRAEL.
“No funds made available to the Department of State or any other Federal department or agency may be made available for contributions to the United Nations or any of its funds, programs, specialized agencies, or other related entities that expels, downgrades or suspends membership, or otherwise restricts the participation of Israel such that it may not participate fully and equivalently with other Member States of the United Nations or the respective fund, program, specialized agency, or other related entity.”. <all>
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