[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3053 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3053

To prohibit contributions to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2023

     Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Norman, and Mr. Perry) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit contributions to the United Nations Green Climate Fund, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``No Taxpayer Funding for United 
Nations Green Climate Fund Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of State--
            (1) shall withhold from mandatory United States 
        contributions to the United Nations, in each fiscal year, an 
        amount that represents the same proportion to the total United 
        States contribution to the United Nations as the proportion of 
        the United Nations budget for such fiscal year that will be 
        made available to the United Nations Green Climate fund in that 
        fiscal year; and
            (2) may not make any voluntary contribution to the United 
        Nations Green Climate Fund.
    (b) Automatic Rescission.--Amounts withheld from contributions 
pursuant to the prohibition under subsection (a)--
            (1) shall, on the date on which the balance of such United 
        States contribution to the United Nations is made, be 
        rescinded; and
            (2) may not be considered, on or after such date, to be 
        arrears to be repaid to the United Nations or to any entity of 
        the United Nations.
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