H. R. 1206 - PROHIBITION ON UNITED NATIONS TAXATION ACT OF 2001

Introduced January 3,2001 in the House by Mr. Sweeney [R-NY]) H.R. 198. Cosponsors

This bill calls to prohibit United States voluntary and assesses contributions to the United Nations if the United Nations imposes any tax or fee on United States persons or continues to promote proposals for such taxes or fees :

• The power to tax is an attribute of sovereignty. The United Nations does not have the attributes of sovereignty and is not a sovereign power.
• The United Nations had no legal authority to impose taxes on United States citizens.
• The United States may not pay any voluntary or assessed contribution to the United nations or any of its specialized affiliated agencies if the United Nations attempts to implement or impose any taxation or fee on any United States persons.
• The term 'taxation or fees on United States persons' includes any tax or fees assessed on United States persons on a per capita basis or on a transaction or user basis, including but not limited to any tax or fee on international air travel, foreign exchange transactions, the mails, or any extraction of natural resources.

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