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AL HJR113
Joint Resolution
Status
5/20/2024
Primary Sponsor
Mack Butler
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HJR113 Summary
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Urges Alabama's U.S. representatives and senators to permanently end taxpayer funding of the World Health Organization, which the resolution characterizes as corrupt and unaccountable despite receiving $200-$600 million annually from the United States over the past decade.
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Encourages the President and foreign policy officials to reject any new international health policies, laws, conventions, or regulations—including amendments to International Health Regulations or a Pandemic Preparedness Treaty—that would empower the WHO.
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Criticizes the WHO for alleged mismanagement, sexual abuse cover-ups, placing authoritarian regime representatives on its executive board, and complicity with China in concealing COVID-19 information and origins.
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Expresses concern that proposed WHO "One Health" mandates would override national sovereignty in energy, agriculture, climate, and public health sectors, empower authoritarian regimes, and threaten western liberal democracy.
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Asserts that the United States should rely on its own Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for domestic and international public health issues rather than deferring to international entities.
Legislative Description
United States Government, urges to disassociate with World Health Organization
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Last Action
Enacted
5/20/2024