Introduced in House (01/03/2017)
American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017
This bill repeals the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 and other specified related laws.
The bill requires: (1) the President to terminate U.S. membership in the United Nations (U.N.), including any organ, specialized agency, commission, or other formally affiliated body; and (2) closure of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
The bill prohibits: (1) the authorization of funds for the U.S. assessed or voluntary contribution to the U.N., (2) the authorization of funds for any U.S. contribution to any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (3) the expenditure of funds to support the participation of U.S. Armed Forces as part of any U.N. military or peacekeeping operation, (4) U.S. Armed Forces from serving under U.N. command, and (5) diplomatic immunity for U.N. officers or employees.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/193
As much as I dislike the UN and its anti-American attitudes, this bill seems to me like kabuki theatre (designed as a poison pill to fail passage.)
It seems to me the bill should not withdraw us from the UN, but prohibit all funding except for that necessary for our ambassadors representation at the UN. Any additional funding should be required to get specific congressional approval, i.e. not a budgeted blank check. The US should not have to pay disproportionate UN dues, or pay for UN peacekeeping missions, and diplomatic immunities should be revoked.
In other words, no more free tickets. If other nations don’t like it, they can leave.