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US HB600
Bill
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jodey Arrington
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AI Summary
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Prohibits all federal funds from being used to seek U.S. membership in the World Health Organization or to provide any assessed or voluntary contributions to the WHO
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Secretary of State must certify to Congress that the WHO meets 8 specific conditions before funding can resume
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Requires WHO to adopt reforms ensuring humanitarian assistance is not politicized, is free from Chinese Communist Party control or influence, and is not covering up China's COVID-19 response
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Mandates WHO grant observer status to Taiwan and cease diverting humanitarian or medical supplies to Iran, North Korea, or Syria
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Requires WHO to stop all funding and messaging on "gender identity," "gender affirming care," climate change, and abortion access, and agree that no WHO directive would be legally binding on U.S. citizens or individual states
Legislative Description
WHO is Accountable Act
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
1/22/2025