Michele Bachmann - The United Nations
Summary
Congresswoman Bachmann has not been vocal on the United Nations. She has co-sponsored the United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2007. The primary effect of this legislation would have been to shift funding for the UN from an automatic item to a voluntary item.
Sponsored and Cosponsored Legislation
United Nations Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2007 - Cosponsor
Sets forth U.S. policy with respect to: (1) shifting the funding mechanism for the regular budget of the United Nations from an assessed to a voluntary basis; (2) reform of U.N. peacekeeping operations; and (3) Security Council expansion. Withholds nonvoluntary U.S. contributions to the regular budget of the United Nations: (1) unless the Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 80% of the the total regular budget of the United Nations is apportioned on a voluntary basis; and (2) to a U.N. human rights treaty monitoring body or committee that was established by a convention or a covenant to which the United States is not party.