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Introduced February 21, 2025 by Charles Roy · Last progress February 21, 2025
The bill trades reduced U.S. financial obligations and greater domestic control over UN‑related arrangements for significant loss of international influence, weakened global health and humanitarian cooperation, diplomatic fallout, and potentially substantial transition costs that could harm U.S. interests and partners.
Taxpayers: the bill would stop assessed and many voluntary U.S. contributions to the UN and related bodies (including WHO), reducing federal outlays tied to UN membership.
U.S. federal and military personnel (including servicemembers): the U.S. would no longer assign or be obligated to deploy personnel to UN posts or peacekeeping, reducing overseas deployment and personnel obligations.
Federal government and local/state authorities: the bill clarifies and reduces longstanding statutory UN implementation obligations and can return control/jurisdiction over the former UN headquarters site to the U.S., increasing legal clarity and sovereignty over federal property.
All Americans (taxpayers, businesses, government): the U.S. would lose substantial influence in international decision‑making (security, sanctions, trade, climate, human rights), reducing its ability to shape global rules and increasing long‑term strategic and economic risks.
Patients, hospitals, state health agencies and the public: curtailing WHO participation and funding would reduce U.S. access to global disease surveillance, coordination, and emergency response, weakening domestic public-health preparedness.
People in crisis, low-income populations, refugees and humanitarian partners: withdrawing from the UN and ending funding would disrupt humanitarian, development, and peacekeeping programs, reducing aid and assistance delivered through UN channels.
Based on analysis of 10 sections of legislative text.
Directs the U.S. to withdraw from and stop funding the United Nations and affiliated bodies, close the U.S. UN mission, bar UN immunities and peacekeeping, and repeal WHO statutory authorization.
Requires the United States to withdraw from the United Nations and all affiliated bodies, repeal the domestic laws that authorized U.S. participation, and close the U.S. Mission to the UN. It bars any U.S. funding for assessed or voluntary UN contributions (except limited funds Congress may provide to carry out withdrawal), prohibits U.S. participation in UN peacekeeping, strips UN personnel of diplomatic privileges and immunities in the U.S., and ends U.S. statutory participation in the World Health Organization and other UN agreements. Also prevents the President from rejoining the UN or its bodies without prior Senate advice and consent and requires any Senate ratification to include a reservation preserving a U.S. right to withdraw. The bill does not set explicit deadlines for withdrawal or detailed funding amounts, but it directs immediate termination of participation and legal authorizations that enabled U.S. membership.