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  • H. R. 400 aims to stop the United States from giving money to the United Nations Human Rights Council. It requires the Secretary of State to withhold from the U.S.'s regular budget contribution to the United Nations an amount equal to the share that would go to this Council....

    Simple Explanation

    The bill says that the United States should stop giving money to a group at the United Nations that talks about human rights, and if they do stop, they don't have to pay it back later.

  • S. 313 aims to restrict how funds from the United States are given to the United Nations. Specifically, it blocks any voluntary or required contributions for aid in Afghanistan until the U.S. Secretary of State confirms that these funds are not used for cash shipments into...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill wants to make sure that money from the United States given to the United Nations isn't used in Afghanistan unless it's confirmed that the money isn't secretly being used in ways that help bad people. If someone finds out later that the money was used in a wrong way, they have to explain what happened to the big bosses in the government.