H.R.7223 - "Commission of Inquiry" Elimination Act

March 24, 2022: "Mr. STEUBE (for himself, Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL
To provide for the abolition of certain United Nations groups, 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 ‘‘COI Elimination Act’’.

SEC. 2. ABOLITION AND RESTRICTION.
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States to—
(1) seek the abolition of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel; and
(2) combat systemic anti-Israel bias at the United Nations Human Rights Council and other international fora.

(b) ABOLITION OF CERTAIN UNITED NATIONS
GROUPS.—Subsection (b) of section 721 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, enacted by reference pursuant to section 1000(a)(7) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–113) (22 U.S.C. 287 note) is amended by striking ‘‘; and the Division on Public Information on the Question of Palestine’’ and inserting ‘‘; the Division on Public Information on the Question of Palestine; and the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel’’.

(c) RESTRICTION ON FUNDING.—Subsection (a) of section 114 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (22 U.S.C. 287e note) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.’’