Sec. 223. Prohibition on use of funds to seek membership in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds available to any Federal department or agency may be used to seek membership by the United States in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization until such time as the President certifies to Congress that the World Health Organization meets the conditions described in subsection (b). The conditions described in this subsection are the following: The World Health Organization has adopted meaningful reforms to ensure that humanitarian assistance is not politicized and is to be provided to those with the most need.
The World Health Organization is not under the control or significant malign influence of the Chinese Communist Party. The World Health Organization is not involved in a coverup of the Chinese Communist Party’s response to the COVID–19 pandemic. The World Health Organization grants observer status to Taiwan. The World Health Organization does not divert humanitarian or medical supplies to Iran, North Korea, or Syria. The World Health Organization has put in place mechanisms to increase transparency and accountability in its operations and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.