United States Code

22 U.S.C. § 290

Acceptance of membership by the United States

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Bills that would change it 32

  • HR 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Amends its part · enacted · 119th Congress
  • HR 7006 Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 2296 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 5952 Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 3123 Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 1739 International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 1474 International Nuclear Energy Financing Act of 2025 Amends its part · introduced · 119th Congress
  • HR 1498 DEFUND Act of 2025 Repeals · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 669 DEFUND Act of 2025 Repeals · introduced · 119th Congress
  • S 3455 Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • S 3428 DEFUND Act of 2023 Repeals · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 6645 DEFUND Act of 2023 Repeals · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 692 To amend the International Financial Institutions Act to provide instructions with respect to the U.S. policy on co-financing arrangement... Amends its part · introduced · 118th Congress
  • HR 7776 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 Amends its part · enacted · 117th Congress
  • HRES 1512 Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 7776, with an amendment. Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 7806 American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2022 Repeals · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 6475 To amend the International Financial Institutions Act to instruct certain United States Executive Directors to vote against any assistanc... Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 6476 To amend the International Financial Institutions Act to provide instructions with respect to the U.S. policy on co-financing arrangement... Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 1605 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 Amends its part · enacted · 117th Congress
  • HR 6340 To establish the United States policy on Burma at the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group, and the Asian Development Bank, ... Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • S 3106 Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 5775 Sustainable International Financial Institutions Act of 2021 Amends its part · introduced · 117th Congress
  • HR 2500 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • S 1790 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 Amends its part · enacted · 116th Congress
  • HR 2514 Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 2513 Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 4367 Fight Illicit Finance through Technical Assistance Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 4084 Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions Act of 2019 Amends its part · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 204 American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2019 Repeals · introduced · 116th Congress
  • HR 3898 Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions Act Amends its part · introduced · 115th Congress
  • HR 193 American Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2017 Repeals · introduced · 115th Congress

The law today

From the official United States Code, current through Public Law 119-121.

The President is hereby authorized to accept membership for the United States in the World Health Organization (hereinafter referred to as the Organization), the constitution of which was adopted in New York on July 22, 1946, by the International Health Conference for the establishment of an International Health Organization, and deposited in the archives of the United Nations.
Official text at uscode.house.gov ↗