United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011
Latest action · Feb 9, 2011 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 259 - 169 (Roll no. 28).
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011 - States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) direct the United Nations (U.N.) to return to the United States a specified amount overpaid into the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund (TEF) as of December 31, 2009; (2) use U.S. influence to press the U.N. to reform its TEF assessment procedures to reduce the discrepancies between TEF income and expenditures; and (3) annually instruct the U.N. to return to the United States any TEF surplus funds payable to the United States.
Withholds such amount from the U.S. contribution to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the U.N. until the Secretary of State certifies to Congress that the U.N. has returned such amount to the United States.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 28 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Failed259–169 | Feb 9, 2011 |
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2011 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2011Ms. Ros-Lehtinen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 9, 2011Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H563-569; text of measure as introduced: CR H563)
- Feb 9, 2011DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 519.
- Feb 9, 2011At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Feb 9, 2011Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H570)
- Feb 9, 2011Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 259 - 169 (Roll no. 28).
- Feb 8, 2011Introduced in House
- Feb 8, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E197 | Betty McCollum D-MN | Feb 10, 2011 |
| House | Debate and remarks H563–H570Text printed H563Recorded votes H570enactCost estimates H567 | Bennie G. Thompson D-MS, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Connie Mack R-FL, Dan Burton R-IN, David Rivera R-FL, Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Edward R. Royce R-CA, Gary L. Ackerman D-NY, Howard L. Berman D-CA, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R-FL, Jeff Duncan R-SC, Jim McDermott D-WA, Keith Ellison D-MN, Peter T. King R-NY, Robert E. Andrews D-NJ, Ted Poe R-TX, Yvette D. Clarke D-NY | Feb 9, 2011 |
| House | Lists H551–H553H.R. 519-565 | — | Feb 8, 2011 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 9, 2011H.R. 519, United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 8, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H551.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To secure the return to the United States the $179 million overpaid into the United Nations Tax Equalization Fund as of December 31, 2009, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- United Nations Tax Equalization Refund Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
