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The bill halts U.S. funding and gives the President authority to end WHO commitments to assert fiscal and executive control, but does so at the cost of weakening international public-health coordination, surveillance, and U.S. influence—raising significant health, economic, and diplomatic risks for Americans.
Taxpayers: Federal agencies must immediately stop sending U.S. funds to the WHO, reducing U.S. contributions and federal spending on that organization.
Federal employees and the executive branch: Grants the President clear authority to terminate treaty obligations related to WHO membership, creating immediate administrative clarity and control over U.S. engagement.
Hospitals, state and local public health agencies, and patients (including seniors and people with chronic conditions) will lose access to WHO technical guidance and coordination, weakening U.S. ability to respond to international and cross-border disease outbreaks.
Public health and national security officials and taxpayers: Withdrawing from WHO will reduce disease surveillance and international information-sharing, potentially delaying detection of emerging threats that affect Americans.
U.S. businesses, state governments, and taxpayers: The U.S. will lose influence over international health standards and vaccine approvals, limiting its ability to shape rules that affect U.S. markets and public health programs.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires withdrawal from the WHO constitution, bars federal funding for U.S. participation in WHO or successors, and repeals the 1948 statute authorizing membership.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs · Last progress January 3, 2025
Requires the President to withdraw the United States from the Constitution of the World Health Organization and bars federal departments and agencies from using any funds to provide for U.S. participation in the WHO or any successor organization. Also repeals the 1948 statute that authorized U.S. membership and participation in the WHO.