Sec. 704. Withholding of funds; refund of United States taxpayer dollars

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The Secretary of State shall withhold from the United States contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines would be or has been expended by the United Nations for any part of the Durban I or Durban II conferences, the Durban III meeting, their preparatory or follow-on activities, or any other part of the Durban process, including— the requested by United Nations General Assembly Resolution A.RES/65/240; public information campaign for the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action; the ; and group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards.

Until the Secretary of State submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification, on a case-by-case basis, that the requirements described in subsection

(d)have been satisfied, the United States shall withhold from the United States contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations an amount that is equal to the percentage of such contribution that the Secretary determines has been allocated by the United Nations for any conference, meeting, or other multilateral forum, or the preparatory or follow-on activities of any conference, meeting, or other multilateral forum, that is organized under the aegis or jurisdiction of the United Nations or of any United Nations Entity. Funds appropriated for use as a United States contribution to the regular budget of the United Nations but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to subsection

(a)shall immediately revert to the United States Treasury and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid to any United Nations Entity. Funds appropriated for use as a United States contribution to the regularly assessed biennial budget of the United Nations but withheld from obligation and expenditure pursuant to subsection

(b)may be obligated and expended for that purpose upon the certification described in subsection (d). Such funds shall revert to the United States Treasury if no such certification is made by the date that is one year after such appropriation, and shall not be considered arrears to be repaid to any United Nations Entity. The certification referred to in subsection

(b)is a certification made by the Secretary of State to the appropriate congressional committees concerning the following: The specified conference, meeting, or other multilateral forum did not reaffirm, call for the implementation of, or otherwise support the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action

(2001)or the outcome document of the Durban II conference

(2009)or the Durban III meeting (2011). The specified conference or forum was not used to single out the United States or the State of Israel for unfair or unbalanced criticism. The specified conference or forum was not used to propagate racism, racial discrimination, anti-Semitism, denial of the Holocaust, incitement to violence or genocide, xenophobia, or related intolerance. The specified conference or forum was not used to advocate for restrictions on the freedoms of speech, expression, religion, the press, assembly, or petition, or for restrictions on other fundamental human rights and freedoms. The leadership of the specified conference or forum does not include a Member State, or a representative from a Member State— subject to sanctions by the Security Council; under a Security Council-mandated investigation for human rights abuses; or the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, or other provision of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.