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Introduced February 12, 2025 by Warren Davidson · Last progress February 12, 2025
The bill pressures UN-voting adversaries by conditioning U.S. assistance and increases reporting transparency, but it risks weakening security cooperation, cutting humanitarian programs, and straining diplomacy by tying aid to a single voting metric.
U.S. taxpayers may see foreign aid redirected away from governments that vote against U.S. positions at the UN and toward partners more aligned with U.S. policy.
Congress, the public, and the State Department gain clearer conditions and a required report on exemptions, increasing transparency and accountability for foreign-aid decisions.
Foreign-aid recipients and U.S. security partners could lose Economic Support Fund, IMET, and FMF assistance, reducing U.S. leverage and disrupting security cooperation, training, and regional stability.
Vulnerable civilians in targeted countries could lose humanitarian and development assistance because the bill's broad definition of covered aid may restrict many programs.
Foreign governments that cast independent or humanitarian-motivated UN votes could be unfairly penalized, damaging diplomatic relationships and multilateral cooperation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Restricts U.S. assistance to countries that matched U.S. recorded UN votes less than 50% in the most recent General Assembly session, with limited State Department exemptions.
Bars most U.S. foreign assistance to any country that voted against U.S. positions in the most recent UN General Assembly session, defined as matching U.S. recorded votes less than 50% of the time (and for Security Council members, counting both Council and Assembly votes). The Secretary of State can grant a temporary exemption if a country undergoes a fundamental government/policy change that will end opposition, but must notify Congress and the exemption lasts only until the next statutory UN voting report. The rule applies to major assistance accounts including Economic Support Fund, IMET, Foreign Military Financing, and other monetary or in-kind aid, and takes effect when the next required UN voting report is submitted to Congress (the report due March 31, 2026).