House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
To withhold United States contributions to the United Nations until the United Nations formally retracts the final report of the "United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 12, 2011
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 12, 2011 — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1501.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALSH of Illinois, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2605):Article I, Section 8, Clause 14 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 66 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1501, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1501
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
43 cosponsors — 43 Republicans
0 of 43 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Burton (R-IN), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), J. Forbes (R-VA), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Christopher Gibson (R-NY), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Sam Graves (R-MO), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Randy Hultgren (R-IL), Bill Johnson (R-OH), John Kline (R-MN), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Billy Long (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), David McKinley (R-WV), Sue Myrick (R-NC), Mike Pence (R-IN) and 13 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 3594 (112th) Second Amendment Protection Act of 2011
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.