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This bill trades reduced U.S. spending and increased unilateral control over international commitments and federal properties for substantial losses in U.S. influence, international cooperation (especially on health and security), potential job and economic harms, diplomatic fallout, and legal and transition costs.
U.S. taxpayers will likely pay less in assessed and voluntary U.N. dues and in costs tied to hosting and supporting U.N. activities, reducing federal outlays.
Federal policymakers (President, Congress, executive agencies) regain clearer unilateral control over international commitments and flexibility to terminate or avoid U.N. obligations, increasing U.S. sovereignty in foreign-policy decisions.
Federal government will have greater direct control over U.S. federal properties and facilities previously used by U.N. bodies, allowing the U.S. to repurpose or secure those sites under full federal authority.
American taxpayers, businesses, and policymakers would lose U.S. influence in U.N. decision-making, weakening U.S. ability to shape international rules on security, trade, environment, and human rights that directly affect the U.S.
Public-health and humanitarian capacity available to Americans could be reduced because decreased U.S. engagement and funding would limit cooperation on disease surveillance, pandemic response, humanitarian aid, and development programs.
Diplomatic fallout and diminished cooperation with allies and partners could follow, risking retaliation, reduced intelligence- and information-sharing, and weaker coordination on crises—harmful to U.S. security and international problem-solving.
Based on analysis of 10 sections of legislative text.
Terminates U.S. membership in the UN and WHO, repeals authorizing statutes, bars related funding, ends peacekeeping participation, and strips UN immunities in the U.S.
Official title: To terminate membership by the United States in the United Nations, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 21, 2025 by Charles Roy · Last progress February 21, 2025
Terminates U.S. membership and participation in the United Nations system and the World Health Organization, repeals the domestic statutes that authorized that participation, and bars funding for assessed or voluntary U.S. contributions except to facilitate withdrawal. It also ends U.S. participation in UN peacekeeping, directs removal of diplomatic privileges and immunities for UN personnel on U.S. soil, closes the U.S. Mission to the UN, and prohibits the President from rejoining the UN or its agencies without explicit Senate advice and consent plus a reservation preserving the right to withdraw. The bill affects federal diplomatic operations, funding flows to multilateral organizations, U.S. involvement in international health and peace operations, and legal protections enjoyed by foreign UN staff and representatives on U.S. territory. It would have broad foreign-policy, public-health, and legal consequences and would be highly controversial domestically and internationally.