§ 287e. — Authorization of appropriations; payment of expenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC287e]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XVI--UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
Sec. 287e. Authorization of appropriations; payment of expenses
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the
Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the
United States of its share of the expenses of the United Nations as
apportioned by the General Assembly in accordance with article 17 of the
Charter, and for all necessary salaries and expenses of the
representatives provided for in section 287 of this title, and of their
appropriate staffs, including personal services in the District of
Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and
chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; travel expenses
without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as
amended, subchapter I of chapter 57 and section 5731 of title 5 and,
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may
prescribe, travel expenses of families and transportation of effects of
United States representatives and other personnel in going to and
returning from their post of duty; allowances for living quarters,
including heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by section 5912 of title
5; cost-of-living allowances for personnel stationed abroad under such
rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe;
communications services; stenographic reporting, translating, and other
services, by contract; hire of passenger motor vehicles and other local
transportation; rent of offices; printing and binding without regard to
section 501 of title 44; allowances and expenses as provided in section
287r of this title, and allowances and expenses equivalent to those
provided in section 4085 of this title; the lease or rental (for periods
not exceeding ten years) of living quarters for the use of the
representatives provided for in section 287 of this title serving abroad
and of their appropriate staffs the cost of installation and use of
telephones in the same manner as telephone service is provided for use
of the Foreign Service pursuant to section 1348 of title 31, and unusual
expenses similar to those authorized by section 5913 of title 5,
incident to the operation and maintenance of such living quarters
abroad; and such other expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of
State; all without regard to section 5 of title 41.
(Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, Sec. 8, formerly Sec. 7, 59 Stat. 621,
renumbered and amended Oct. 10, 1949, ch. 660, Sec. 6, 63 Stat. 736;
Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title II, Sec. 202(2), title XI, Sec. 1106(a),
63 Stat. 954, 972; Pub. L. 86-707, title III, Sec. 311(b), Sept. 6,
1960, 74 Stat. 797; Pub. L. 96-465, title II, Sec. 2206(a)(2)(B), Oct.
17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2161; Pub. L. 97-241, title I, Sec. 119, Aug. 24,
1982, 96 Stat. 280; Pub. L. 100-459, title III, Sec. 304(a), Oct. 1,
1988, 102 Stat. 2207.)
References in Text
Article 17 of the Charter, referred to in text, is article 17 of the
United Nations Charter.
The civil-service laws, referred to in text, are set forth in Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, section
3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Codification
``Chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5''
substituted in text for ``the Classification Act of 1949'' on authority
of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first
section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
``Subchapter I of chapter 57 and section 5731 of title 5''
substituted in text for ``the Travel Expense Act of 1949, and section 10
of the Act of March 3, 1933, as amended [5 U.S.C. 73b]'' on authority of
Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first
section of which enacted Title 5.
``Section 5912 of title 5'' and ``section 5913 of title 5''
substituted in text for ``the Act approved June 26, 1930 (5 U.S.C.
118a)'' and ``section 22 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as
amended by section 311 of the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act
[5 U.S.C. 3039]'', respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89-554,
Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which
enacted Title 5.
``Section 501 of title 44'' substituted in text for ``section 11 of
the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)'' on authority of Pub. L. 90-
620, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, the first section of which
enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
``Section 1348 of title 31'' substituted in text for ``the Act of
August 23, 1912, as amended (31 U.S.C. 679)'' on authority of Pub. L.
97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of
which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
1988--Pub. L. 100-459 inserted ``serving abroad'' after ``use of the
representatives provided for in section 287 of this title'', inserted
``abroad'' after ``such living quarters'' and struck out at end ``Any
payments made by United States Government personnel for occupancy by
them of living quarters leased or rented under this section shall be
credited to the appropriation, fund, or account utilized by the
Secretary of State for such lease or rental or to the appropriation,
fund, or account currently available for such purpose.''
1982--Pub. L. 97-241 substituted ``use of the representatives
provided for in section 287 of this title and of their appropriate
staffs'' for ``use of the representative of the United States to the
United Nations referred to in subsection (a) of section 287 of this
title'' and inserted provision that payments made by United States
Government personnel for occupancy of living quarters leased or rented
be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account utilized for such
lease or rental or to the appropriation, fund, or account currently
available for such purpose.
1980--Pub. L. 96-465 substituted reference to section 4085 of this
title for reference to section 1131 of this title.
1960--Pub. L. 86-707 substituted ``and unusual expenses similar to
those authorized by section 5913 of title 5, incident to the operation
and maintenance of such living quarters'' for ``and the allotment of
funds, similar to the allotment authorized by section 1132 of this
title, for unusual expenses incident to the operation and maintenance of
such living quarters, to be accounted for in accordance with section
1133 of this title.''
1949--Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification Act of 1949''
for ``Classification Act of 1923''.
Act Oct. 10, 1949, which renumbered section as section 8 of act Dec.
20, 1945, from section 7, authorized lease or rental, for periods not to
exceed 10 years, of a residence for our representative to the United
Nations, and clarified references to the civil service and
classification laws, subsistence allowances, and travel expense.
Effective Date of 1988 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 100-459 effective July 1, 1989, see section
304(c)(1) of Pub. L. 100-459, set out as an Effective Date of 1988
Amendment; Transition Provisions note under section 287e-1 of this
title.
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as
otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96-465, set out as an
Effective Date note under section 3901 of this title.
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966,
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
Annual Appropriations
Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in
various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a
note set out under section 269a of this title.
Taxation of Internet or International Currency Transactions
Pub. L. 107-77, title IV, Sec. 404, Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 789,
provided that: ``Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available for the United Nations may be used by the United Nations
for the promulgation or enforcement of any treaty, resolution, or
regulation authorizing the United Nations, or any of its specialized
agencies or affiliated organizations, to tax any aspect of the Internet
or international currency transactions.''
Similar provisions were contained in the following appropriation
acts:
Pub. L. 106-553, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title IV, Sec. 405], Dec. 21, 2000,
114 Stat. 2762, 2762A-96.
Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(1) [title IV, Sec. 406], Nov.
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-45.
Refund of Excess Contributions
Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title I, Sec. 113(e), Sept. 30, 2002, 116
Stat. 1359, provided that: ``The United States shall continue to insist
that the United Nations and its specialized and affiliated agencies
shall credit or refund to each member of the organization or agency
concerned its proportionate share of the amount by which the total
contributions to the organization or agency exceed the expenditures of
the regular assessed budget of the organization or agency.''
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior
authorization act:
Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title I,
Sec. 106(g)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-416.
Reduction in Appropriations for Contributions to International
Organizations If Official Status, Accreditation, or Recognition Is
Granted to Organization Seeking Legalization of Pedophilia
Pub. L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 102(g), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 389,
as amended by Pub. L. 103-415, Sec. 1(o), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4301,
provided that: ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds
authorized to be appropriated for the United Nations and its affiliated
agencies in `Contributions for International Organizations' shall be
reduced in the amount of $118,875,000 for fiscal year 1995, and for each
year thereafter, until the President certifies to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate that no United
Nations agency or United Nations affiliated agency grants any official
status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes
and condones or seeks the legalization of pedophilia, or which includes
as a subsidiary or member any such organization.''
[Functions of President under section 102(g) of Pub. L. 103-236, set
out above, delegated to Secretary of State by Memorandum of President of
the United States, July 26, 1994, 59 F.R. 40205, set out as a note under
section 2370a of this title.]
Membership of Palestine Liberation Organization in United Nations
Agencies
Pub. L. 101-246, title IV, Sec. 414, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 70,
provided that:
``(a) Prohibition.--No funds authorized to be appropriated by this
Act or any other Act shall be available for the United Nations or any
specialized agency thereof which accords the Palestine Liberation
Organization the same standing as member states.
``(b) Transfer or Reprogramming.--Funds subject to the prohibition
contained in subsection (a) which would be available for the United
Nations or any specialized agency thereof (but for that prohibition) are
authorized to remain available until expended and may be reprogrammed or
transferred to any other account of the Department of State or the
Agency for International Development to carry out the general purposes
for which such funds were authorized.''
Probable Exemptions to United Nations Employee Hiring Freeze
Pub. L. 100-204, title VII, Sec. 701, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1383,
as amended by Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 163, Oct. 28, 1991, 105
Stat. 676, provided that:
``(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
``(1) In April 1986, the Secretary-General of the United Nations
adopted a freeze on the hiring of personnel within the United
Nations Secretariat.
``(2) The conditions of the freeze were such that, as the terms
of office for the personnel expired, replacements would not be
recruited or hired to fill the vacant positions, with minor
exceptions.
``(3) The freeze was designed to reduce United Nations personnel
by 15 percent over three years, as recommended by the Group of High-
Level Intergovernmental Experts to Review the Efficiency of the
Administrative and Financial Functioning of the United Nations
(commonly referred to as the `Group of 18 Experts').
``(4) On May 5, 1987, the Secretary-General reported to the
Department of State that he was considering granting 156 exceptions
to the hiring freeze.
``(5) Of these 156 probable exceptions, 104 would be Soviet and
Soviet-bloc nationals currently employed in the United Nations
Secretariat--of 298 Soviet and Soviet-bloc nationals currently
employed in the United Nations Secretariat--who would be replaced
over the next 18 months.
``(6) According to a report from the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate on `Soviet Presence in the United Nations
Secretariat' (Senate Print 99-52, May 1985), approximately one-
fourth of the Soviets in the United Nations Secretariat are
intelligence officers, many more are co-opted by the Soviet
intelligence agencies, and all Soviets in the United Nations
Secretariat must respond to KGB requests for assistance.
``(7) Other United States intelligence authorities estimate that
as many as one-half of the Soviet and Soviet-bloc nationals in the
United Nations Secretariat are officers of the KGB or the GRU.
``(8) If the Secretary-General's probable exemptions are
adopted, the Soviet Union will be allowed to replace retiring Soviet
and Soviet-bloc personnel with new, highly skilled and well-trained
intelligence officers of the KGB or the GRU.
``(9) The Secretary-General's proposed exceptions would thus
provide the Soviet Union with the capability to rebuild its
intelligence apparatus within the United States, which was
devastated in recent years when the United States ordered severe
reductions in the size of the Soviet mission to the United Nations,
the Soviet Embassy in Washington, District of Columbia, and the
Soviet Consulate in San Francisco, California.
``(10) Article 100 of the United Nations Charter calls for the
establishment of an international civil service whose members are
neutral and loyal only to the United Nations.
``(11) Section 3 of Article 101 of the United Nations Charter
calls for the appointment of individuals who are professionally
qualified for the positions they are to fill and maintains that due
regard shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on as
wide a geographical basis as possible.
``(12) As of September 1985, 442 of 446 Soviet nationals
employed throughout the United Nations system are `seconded', that
is, serve on short, fixed-term contracts.
``(13) Through the abuse of short, fixed-term contracts, the
Soviet Union has maintained undue influence and control over major
offices of the United Nations Secretariat, thereby effectively using
the United Nations Secretariat in the conduct of its foreign
relations, in clear violation of Articles 100 and 101 of the United
Nations Charter.
``(14) The Secretary-General's proposed exceptions to the hiring
freeze (as described in paragraphs (1) through (5)) would continue
the gross violations of Articles 100 and 101 of the United Nations
Charter described in paragraph (13).
``(15) The Secretary-General's proposed exceptions to such
hiring freeze would be clearly inconsistent with the terms of the
United Nation's self-imposed reform program.
``(16) The United Nations has not yet achieved its reform goals
and there is no indication that the United Nations can afford to
make such large exceptions to such hiring freeze.
``(b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that--
``(1) the President should take all such actions necessary to
ensure compliance with the hiring freeze rule, including withholding
all assessed United States contributions to the United Nations, and
denying United States entry visas to Soviet and Soviet-bloc
applicants coming to the United States to replace Soviet and Soviet-
bloc nationals currently serving in the United Nations Secretariat;
``(2) the President, through the Department of State and the
United States mission to the United Nations, should express to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations the insistence of the
American people that the hiring freeze continue indefinitely, or
until the United Nations has complied with the Group of 18
recommendations and can thus afford to make exceptions to the
freeze;
``(3) the Secretary-General should revoke all exceptions to the
hiring freeze rule, excepting those member-nations which have 15 or
fewer nationals serving in the United Nations Secretariat, or those
positions not subject to geographical representation, such as those
of the general service category;
``(4) the long-term, flagrant violations of Articles 100 and 101
of the United Nations Charter and the abuse of secondment by the
Soviet Union and Soviet-bloc member-nations are reprehensible;
``(5) the United Nations should adopt the recommendations of the
Group of 18 (as referred to in subsection (a)(3)) that no member-
nation be allowed to have more than 50 percent of its nationals
employed under fixed-term contracts;
``(6) the Soviet Union is hereby condemned for--
``(A) its refusal to adhere to the principles of the United
Nations Charter calling for an international civil service,
``(B) its abuse of secondment, and
``(C) its absolute disregard of the solemn purpose of the
United Nations to be an international civil service; and
``(7) if the Soviet Union and the Soviet-bloc intend to remain
member-nations of the United Nations, they should adhere to Articles
100, 101, and all other principles of the United Nations Charter to
which every other member-nation must adhere.
``(c) Definition.--For the purposes of this section, the term
`Soviet-bloc' means the countries of Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,
East Germany, Hungary, Nicaragua, North Korea, Poland, and Romania.''
Housing Allowances of International Civil Servants
Pub. L. 100-204, title VII, Sec. 703, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1389,
provided that:
``(a) United States Policy.--It is the policy of the United States
to seek the implementation by the United Nations of the recommendation
by the International Civil Service Commission to deduct from the pay
(commonly referred to as a `rental deduction') of an international civil
servant the amount of any housing allowance or payment which is provided
by any member state to that international civil servant, in accordance
with Article 100 of the Charter of the United Nations and regulations
thereunder.
``(b) United States Ambassador to the United Nations.--The United
States Ambassador to the United Nations shall seek to promote the
adoption of the recommendation described in subsection (a).''
Reform in Budget Decision-Making Procedures of United Nations and its
Specialized Agencies
Pub. L. 103-236, title IV, Sec. 409(a)-(d), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat.
454, as amended by Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title IV, Sec. 405(b)(2),
Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1391, provided that:
``(a) Assessed Contributions.--For assessed contributions authorized
to be appropriated for `Assessed Contributions to International
Organizations' by this Act [108 Stat. 382, 388], the President may
withhold 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the United States
assessed contribution to the United Nations or to any of its specialized
agencies for any calendar year if the United Nations or any such agency
has failed to implement or to continue to implement consensus-based
decisionmaking procedures on budgetary matters which assure that
sufficient attention is paid to the views of the United States and other
member states that are the major financial contributors to such assessed
budgets.
``(b) Notice to Congress.--The President shall notify the Congress
when a decision is made to withhold any share of the United States
assessed contribution to the United Nations or its specialized agencies
pursuant to subsection (a) and shall notify the Congress when the
decision is made to pay any previously withheld assessed contribution. A
notification under this subsection shall include appropriate
consultation between the President (or the President's representative)
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs [now Committee on International
Relations] of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.
``(c) Contributions for Prior Years.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, payment of assessed contributions for prior years may be
made to the United Nations or any of its specialized agencies
notwithstanding subsection (a) if such payment would further United
States interests in that organization.
``[(d) Repealed. Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title IV, Sec. 405(b)(2),
Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1391.]''
[Functions of President under section 409 of Pub. L. 103-236, set
out above, delegated to Secretary of State by Memorandum of President of
the United States, July 26, 1994, 59 F.R. 40205, set out as a note under
section 2370a of this title.]
Similar provisions were contained in the following prior
authorization act:
Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 162(a)-(d), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat.
675; repealed by Pub. L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 139(21), title IV,
Sec. 409(e), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 399, 454, as amended by Pub. L.
103-415, Sec. 1(aa), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4302.
Pub. L. 101-246, title IV, Sec. 405, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 65,
provided that progress had been made in formulation and implementation
of budget reforms by United Nations and its specialized agencies but
that limitation on United States assessed contributions would continue
until President made specific determinations on continued implementation
of decisionmaking procedures on budget matters, elimination of abuse of
secondment in United Nations Secretariat, and reduction in staff of
United Nations Secretariat, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-138, title I,
Sec. 162(e), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 676.
Pub. L. 99-93, title I, Sec. 143, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 424, as
amended by Pub. L. 100-204, title VII, Sec. 702(b), Dec. 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 1386, provided for limitation on assessed contributions of United
States until reform in budget decisionmaking procedures of United
Nations and its specialized agencies had been formulated and implemented
as determined by President and reported to Congress, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 162(e), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 676.
Employees of the United Nations
Pub. L. 99-93, title I, Sec. 151, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 428,
provided that:
``(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act [Aug. 16, 1985], the Secretary of State shall
report to the Congress on whether, and the extent to which,
international civil servants employed by the United Nations, including
those seconded to the United Nations, are required to return all or part
of their salaries to their respective governments. The Secretary shall
also include in this report a description of the steps taken by the
Department of State and by the United States Representative to the
United Nations to correct this practice.
``(b) Report on Steps to Correct Practice.--The Secretary of State
shall determine and report to the Congress on whether substantial
progress has been made by June 1, 1986, in correcting the practice of
international civil servants employed by the United Nations being
required to return all or part of their salaries to their respective
governments.
``(c) Reduction in Contribution if Substantial Progess [sic] Not
Made.--If the Secretary of State determines pursuant to subsection (b)
that substantial progress has not been made in correcting this practice,
the United States shall thereafter reduce the amount of its annual
assessed contributions to the United Nations by the amount of that
contribution which is the United States proportionate share of the
salaries of those international civil servants employed by the United
Nations who are returning any portion of their salaries to their
respective governments.
``(d) National Taxation.--This section does not apply with respect
to payments made for purposes of national taxation in accordance with
formal treaty reservations concerning such taxation by a member state of
the United Nations.''
Restrictions Relating to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the
South West Africa People's Organization
Pub. L. 98-164, title I, Sec. 114, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1020, as
amended by Pub. L. 99-93, title I, Sec. 144, Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat.
424; Pub. L. 100-204, title VII, Sec. 705, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
1390, provided that:
``(a) Funds appropriated for any fiscal year for the Department of
State for `International Organizations and Conferences' may not be used
for payment by the United States, as its contribution toward the
assessed budget of the United Nations for any year, of any amount which
would cause the total amount paid by the United States as its assessed
contribution for that year to exceed the amount assessed as the United
States contribution for that year less--
``(1) 25 per centum of the amount budgeted for that year for the
Committee on the Exercise for the Inalienable Rights of the
Palestinian People (or any similar successor entity); and
``(2) 25 per centum of the amount budgeted for that year for the
Special Unit on Palestinian Rights (or any similar successor
entity);
``(3) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the
Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the
Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories (or any
similar successor entity);
``(4) 25 per centum of the amount budgeted for that year for
projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the
Palestine Liberation Organization or entities associated with it or
to the South West Africa People's Organization;
``(5) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the
Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination;
``(6) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for any other United
Nations agency or conference whose sole or partial purpose is to
implement the provisions of General Assembly Resolution 33/79; and
``(7) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the General
Assembly-approved $73,500,000 conference center to be constructed
for the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in the Ethiopian
capital of Addis Ababa.
``(b) Funds appropriated for any fiscal year for the Department of
State for `International Organizations and Conferences' may not be used
for payment by the United States, as its contribution toward the
assessed budget of any specialized agency of the United Nations for any
year, of any amount which would cause the total amount paid by the
United States as its assessed contribution for that year to exceed the
amount assessed as the United States contribution for that year less 25
per centum of the amount budgeted by such agency for that year for
projects whose primary purpose is to provide benefits to the Palestine
Liberation Organization or entities associated with it or to the South
West Africa People's Organization.
``(c) The President shall annually review the budgets of the United
Nations and its specialized agencies to determine which projects have
the primary purpose of providing benefits to the Palestine Liberation
Organization or to the South West Africa People's Organization. The
President shall report to the Congress on any such project for which a
portion of the United States assessed contribution is withheld and the
amount withheld.
``(d) Subsections (a)(3) and (b) shall not be construed as limiting
United States contributions to the United Nations or its specialized
agencies for projects whose primary purpose is to provide humanitarian,
educational, developmental, and other nonpolitical benefits.''
Annual Review for Projects Providing Political Benefits to Palestine
Liberation Organization; Report to Congress on Withholding of Assessed
Contribution
Section 104(c) of Pub. L. 97-241 provided that: ``The President
shall annually review the budgets of the United Nations and its
specialized agencies to determine which projects have the primary
purpose of providing political benefit to the Palestine Liberation
Organization. The President shall report to the Congress on any such
project for which a portion of the United States assessed contribution
is withheld and the amount withheld.''
[Functions of the President under section 104(c) of Pub. L. 97-241,
set out as a note above, delegated to the Secretary of State, see Ex.
Ord. No. 12374, July 28, 1982, 47 F.R. 32903, as amended by Ex. Ord. No.
12408, Feb. 23, 1983, 48 F.R. 8035.]
Limit on Payments to United Nations and Affiliated Agencies
Pub. L. 103-236, title IV, Sec. 404(b)(1), (2), Apr. 30, 1994, 108
Stat. 447, as amended by Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title IV, Sec. 402(a),
Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1388, provided that:
``(1) Fiscal years 1994 and 1995.--Funds authorized to be
appropriated for `Contributions for International Peacekeeping
Activities' for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 shall not be available for
the payment of the United States assessed contribution for a United
Nations peacekeeping operation in an amount which is greater than 30.4
percent of the total of all assessed contributions for that operation,
notwithstanding the last sentence of the paragraph headed `Contributions
to International Organizations' in Public Law 92-544, as amended by
section 203 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976
(22 U.S.C. 287e note).
``(2) Subsequent fiscal years.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), funds
authorized to be appropriated for `Contributions for International
Peacekeeping Activities' for any fiscal year after fiscal year 1995
shall not be available for the payment of the United States assessed
contribution for a United Nations peacekeeping operation in an
amount which is greater than 25 percent of the total of all assessed
contributions for that operation.
``(B) Reduction in united states share of assessed
contributions.--Notwithstanding the percentage limitation contained
in subparagraph (A), the United States share of assessed
contributions for each United Nations peacekeeping operation during
the following periods is authorized to be as follows:
``(i) For assessments made during calendar year 2001, 28.15
percent.
``(ii) For assessments made during calendar year 2002, 27.90
percent.
``(iii) For assessments made during calendar year 2003,
27.40 percent.
``(iv) For assessments made during calendar year 2004, 27.40
percent.''
Pub. L. 103-236, title IV, Sec. 410, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 454,
provided that: ``The United States shall not make any voluntary or
assessed contribution--
``(1) to any affiliated organization of the United Nations which
grants full membership as a state to any organization or group that
does not have the internationally recognized attributes of
statehood, or
``(2) to the United Nations, if the United Nations grants full
membership as a state in the United Nations to any organization or
group that does not have the internationally recognized attributes
of statehood,
during any period in which such membership is effective.''
Pub. L. 92-544, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1110, as
amended by Pub. L. 94-141, title II, Sec. 203, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat.
762; Pub. L. 103-236, title IV, Sec. 404(b)(3), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat.
447; Pub. L. 107-228, div. A, title IV, Sec. 402(b), Sept. 30, 2002, 116
Stat. 1389, provided that: ``Subject to section 404(b)(2) of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 [Pub. L. 103-
236] (22 U.S.C. 287e note), after December 31, 1973, no appropriation is
authorized and no payment shall be made to the United Nations or any
affiliated agency in excess of 25 per centum of the total annual
assessment of such organization. Subject to section 404(b)(2) of the
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22
U.S.C. 287e note), appropriations are authorized and contributions and
payments may be made to the following organizations and activities
notwithstanding that such contributions and payments are in excess of 25
per centum of the total annual assessment of the respective organization
or 33\1/3\ per centum of the budget for the respective activity: the
International Atomic Energy Agency, the joint financing program of the
International Civil Aviation Organization, and contributions for
international peacekeeping activities conducted by or under the auspices
of the United Nations or through multilateral agreements.''
United States Assessed Contribution to the United Nations
Pub. L. 92-226, pt. IV, Sec. 410, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 36,
provided that: ``The Congress strongly urges the President to undertake
such negotiations as may be necessary to implement that portion of the
recommendations of the Report of the President's Commission for the
Observance of the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the United Nations (known
as the `Lodge Commission') which proposes that the portion of the
regular assessed costs to be paid by the United States to the United
Nations be reduced so that the United States is assessed in each year
not more than 25 per centum of such costs assessed all members of the
United Nations for that year.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 287d-1, 289b, 2673 of this
title.
