[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5303 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5303

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2024

  Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. 
Sullivan, Mr. Daines, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Ricketts, 
Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Wicker, 
Mrs. Capito, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Tillis, 
  Mr. Budd, Ms. Collins, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Hawley, Mr. 
  Lankford, Mr. Thune, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. Blackburn, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
   Hoeven, Mr. Moran, Mr. Boozman, and Mr. Marshall) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                           Foreign Relations

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                                 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.''.
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