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This bill trades reduced U.S. financial and legal obligations to the UN/WHO and greater domestic control (and taxpayer savings) for significantly reduced international cooperation—raising public‑health, national‑security, economic, and programmatic risks and causing job losses and transition costs.
Taxpayers (broad U.S. public) would pay less in international contributions because the bill ends assessed/voluntary U.S. payments to UN bodies and WHO and curtails peacekeeping payments, freeing federal funds for domestic priorities or deficit reduction.
Federal and local authorities regain unilateral control over U.S. properties, privileges, and legal jurisdiction previously governed by UN agreements (including ending certain immunities), increasing U.S. control over property use and legal accountability on U.S. soil.
U.S. service members would have reduced obligations to serve under UN command and the U.S. could cut peacekeeping contributions, lowering the likelihood of U.S. personnel serving under multinational UN command and reducing related costs.
All Americans face higher public-health risks because withdrawal reduces U.S. access to WHO guidance, surveillance, and multilateral outbreak response coordination, weakening pandemic preparedness and response.
All Americans’ national security and diplomatic interests are weakened because leaving the UN reduces U.S. influence over sanctions, peacekeeping, intelligence-sharing, and multilateral responses to crises.
U.S. citizens abroad, recipients of aid, and humanitarian partners could lose access to UN-run health, humanitarian, and dispute-resolution programs, reducing assistance and protections that indirectly benefit Americans.
Based on analysis of 10 sections of legislative text.
Terminates U.S. membership in the UN and affiliated bodies, repeals implementing statutes (including WHO authority), bans UN payments and peacekeeping participation, and strips UN privileges in the U.S.
Introduced February 20, 2025 by Mike Lee · Last progress February 20, 2025
Directs the United States to end its membership and participation in the United Nations and all affiliated organs and agencies, repeals domestic laws that authorized U.S. participation (including the Headquarters Agreement and the law authorizing WHO membership), and closes the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. It also bars U.S. funding for UN contributions (except limited funds to facilitate withdrawal), forbids U.S. participation in UN peacekeeping, strips diplomatic immunities and privileges from UN personnel in the U.S., prohibits UN use of U.S. government property, and requires Senate advice-and-consent (with a reservation to allow withdrawal) for any future U.S. membership agreements.