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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 until certain conditions have been met.
Summary
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to seek or maintain U.S. membership in the World Health Organization or provide assessed or voluntary contributions until the Secretary of State certifies that the WHO has met eight specified conditions. These conditions include WHO reforms on humanitarian assistance, transparency, and accountability; establishment of WHO observer status for Taiwan; and agreements that WHO directives are not legally binding on U.S. citizens or states. The bill also conditions funding on the WHO ceasing engagement in certain non-health issues and ensuring supplies are not diverted to designated countries.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] (R-WY)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA)
- Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] (R-FL)
Actions (2)
- Feb 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · senate
- Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Scott of Florida, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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 until certain conditions have been met.
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 after the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the World Health Organization meets all of the conditions described in subsection (b).
(b) Conditions Described.—The conditions described in this subsection will be met when the World Health Organization—
(1) has adopted meaningful reforms to ensure that humanitarian assistance is not politicized and is being provided to those with the most need;
(2) is not under the control or significant malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party;
(3) is not involved in a coverup of the Chinese Communist Party’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic;
(4) grants observer status to Taiwan;
(5) is not diverting humanitarian or medical supplies to Iran, North Korea, or Syria;
(6) has established mechanisms to increase transparency and accountability in its operations and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse;
(7) 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; and
(8) has agreed, as a condition of membership by the United States in the World Health Organization, that 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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