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
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.