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[CITE: 22USC2414a]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                   Part III--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 2414a. Annual report to Congress on voting practices at 
        United Nations
        

(a) In general

    Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary of State shall 
transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman 
of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a full and complete 
annual report which assesses for the preceding calendar year, with 
respect to each foreign country member of the United Nations, the voting 
practices of the governments of such countries at the United Nations, 
and which evaluates General Assembly and Security Council actions and 
the responsiveness of those governments to United States policy on 
issues of special importance to the United States.

(b) Information on voting practices in United Nations

    Such report shall include, with respect to voting practices and 
plenary actions in the United Nations during the preceding calendar 
year, information to be compiled and supplied by the Permanent 
Representative of the United States to the United Nations, consisting 
of--
        (1) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with 
    the Secretary of State, of the extent to which member countries 
    supported United States policy objectives at the United Nations;
        (2) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with 
    the Secretary of State, of actions taken by the United Nations by 
    consensus;
        (3) with respect to plenary votes of the United Nations General 
    Assembly--
            (A) a listing of all such votes on issues which directly 
        affected important United States interests and on which the 
        United States lobbied extensively and a brief description of the 
        issues involved in each such vote;
            (B) a listing of the votes described in subparagraph (A) 
        which provides a comparison of the vote cast by each member 
        country with the vote cast by the United States;
            (C) a country-by-country listing of votes described in 
        subparagraph (A); and
            (D) a listing of votes described in subparagraph (A) 
        displayed in terms of United Nations regional caucus groups;

        (4) a listing of all plenary votes cast by member countries of 
    the United Nations in the General Assembly which provides a 
    comparison of the votes cast by each member country with the vote 
    cast by the United States;
        (5) an analysis and discussion, prepared in consultation with 
    the Secretary of State, of the extent to which other members 
    supported United States policy objectives in the Security Council 
    and a separate listing of all Security Council votes of each member 
    country in comparison with the United States; and
        (6) a side-by-side comparison of agreement on important and 
    overall votes for each member country and the United States.

(c) Format

    Information required pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this section 
shall also be submitted, together with an explanation of the statistical 
methodology, in a format identical to that contained in chapter II of 
the Report to Congress on Voting Practices in the United Nations, dated 
March 14, 1988.

(d) Statement by Secretary of State

    Each report under subsection (a) of this section shall contain a 
statement by the Secretary of State discussing the measures which have 
been taken to inform United States diplomatic missions of United Nations 
General Assembly and Security Council activities.

(Pub. L. 101-246, title IV, Sec. 406, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 66.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of section 406 of Pub. L. 101-246. Subsec. (e) 
of section 406 of Pub. L. 101-246 repealed provisions contained in prior 
appropriation acts which had been formerly set out as this section. See 
Similar Provisions note below.
    Section was enacted as part of the appropriation act cited as the 
credit to this section, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 which comprises this chapter.


                           Similar Provisions

    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 101-167, title V, Sec. 527, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1223.
    Pub. L. 100-461, title V, Sec. 527, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2268-26; 
repealed by Pub. L. 101-167, title V, Sec. 527(e)(6), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 
Stat. 1224, and Pub. L. 101-246, title IV, Sec. 406(e)(5), Feb. 16, 
1990, 104 Stat. 67.
    Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(e) [title V, Sec. 528], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 
Stat. 1329-131, 1329-158; repealed by Pub. L. 101-167, title V, 
Sec. 527(e)(5), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1224, and Pub. L. 101-246, 
title IV, Sec. 406(e)(4), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 67.
    Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(f) [title V, Sec. 528], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 
Stat. 1783-213, 1783-230, and Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(f) [title V, 
Sec. 528], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-214, 3341-230; repealed by Pub. 
L. 101-167, title V, Sec. 527(e)(4), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1224, and 
Pub. L. 101-246, title IV, Sec. 406(e)(3), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 67.
    Pub. L. 99-190, Sec. 101(i) [title V, Sec. 529], Dec. 19, 1985, 99 
Stat. 1291, 1307; repealed by Pub. L. 101-167, title V, Sec. 527(e)(3), 
Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1224, and Pub. L. 101-246, title IV, 
Sec. 406(e)(2), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 67.
    Pub. L. 98-473, title I, Sec. 101(1) [title V, Sec. 530], Oct. 12, 
1984, 98 Stat. 1884, 1900; repealed by Pub. L. 101-167, title V, 
Sec. 527(e)(2), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1224.
    Pub. L. 98-151, Sec. 101(b)(1), Nov. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 967; 
repealed by Pub. L. 101-167, title V, Sec. 527(e)(1), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 
Stat. 1224, and Pub. L. 101-246, title IV, Sec. 406(e)(1), Feb. 16, 
1990, 104 Stat. 67.


  Requirement for Disclosure of Foreign Aid in Report of Secretary of 
                                  State

    Pub. L. 106-429, Sec. 101(a) [title V, Sec. 559], Nov. 6, 2000, 114 
Stat. 1900, 1900A-45, provided that:
    ``(a) Foreign Aid Reporting Requirement.--In addition to the voting 
practices of a foreign country, the report required to be submitted to 
Congress under section 406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, fiscal years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a[(a)]), shall include a 
side-by-side comparison of individual countries' overall support for the 
United States at the United Nations and the amount of United States 
assistance provided to such country in fiscal year 2000.
    ``(b) United States Assistance.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `United States assistance' has the meaning given the term in 
section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2291(e)(4)).''
    Similar provisions were contained in the following prior 
appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(2) [title V, Sec. 560], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-104.
    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(d) [title V, Sec. 562], Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-150, 2681-193.
    Pub. L. 105-118, title V, Sec. 563, Nov. 26, 1997, 111 Stat. 2427.
    Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(c) [title V, Sec. 580], 
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009-121, 3009-170.
