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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 13, 2003
Withholds certain U.S. funds for: (1) U.S. contributions to any United Nations (UN) commission, organization, or affiliated agency that is chaired or presided over by a country that has been determined by the Secretary of State to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism until such time the President determines that the entity is no longer chaired or presided over by such country and such entity has established appropriate electoral reforms, including minimum standards for leadership positions and the elimination of automatic rotation of such positions; and (2) expenses for any U.S. delegation to any UN commission, organization, or affiliated agency until such time the President makes such determination.
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Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] · R–NY
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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