Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Direct the State Department to weigh countries' UN voting records and support for Taiwan when making assistance decisions.. Promised outcome: Tie U.S. assistance decisions to alignment with American interests and burden sharing.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Diaz-Balart described provisions in the House-passed FY27 NSRP appropriations bill that he chairs.
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our bill maintains the requirement for you, Mr. Secretary, to consider, prior to providing funds, the voting practices of other countries at the United Nations.
He commits to keeping a UN-voting-practices condition on foreign assistance funding decisions.
UN Voting and Burden Sharing: Directs the State Department to weigh countries’ UN voting records and support for Taiwan when making assistance decisions. The Department is further encouraged to take into account migration cooperation, opposition to U.S. adversaries, and allied burden sharing. Countries seeking American assistance should be expected to stand with American interests and shoulder their share of the responsibility.
The FY27 NSRP bill would direct State to weigh UN voting records and support for Taiwan in assistance decisions and encourage consideration of other burden-sharing factors.
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Sec. 7048 requires review of foreign governments' U.N. voting practices and withholds 10% of U.N. contributions pending reforms.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): House-passed SFOPS language preserved the UN voting-practices rider and a 10% UN contribution holdback.
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Latest action: Senate received the bill on January 15, 2026; House passed it 341-79 on January 14.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The rider advanced through the House but was only received in the Senate, so it was not enacted as of the latest recorded action.
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Law Number
Public Law 119-75
Date Approved
February 3, 2026
Full Title
An act making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Bill Number
H.R. 7148
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo confirms H.R. 7148 became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026, establishing enactment of the appropriations law carrying the relevant section.
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Sec. 7048. (a) United Nations Voting Practices.--
(1) <<NOTE: Review. Taiwan.>> In considering bilateral
assistance for a foreign government, the Secretary of State
should review, among other factors, the voting practices of such
government in the United Nations in relation to United States
strategic interests
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted FY2026 appropriations law contains Section 7048 requiring State Department review of a foreign government's UN voting practices when considering bilateral assistance.
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The legislation also states that the Secretary shall tie consideration of U.S. bilateral assistance to UN voting practices that align with U.S. interests, potentially leveraging foreign assistance in support of U.S. UN reform priorities.
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A CRS report published during the lookback window confirms the FY2026 NSRP appropriations law still includes the UN voting-practices linkage for bilateral assistance; no reversal was identified.
H.R. 8595 (EH) - An Act Making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo identifies the FY2027 NSRP appropriations bill as engrossed in the House on July 15, 2026, relevant to continued maintenance of the same requirement in the next fiscal-year cycle.
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Sec. 7048. (a) United Nations Voting Practices.--
(1) In considering bilateral assistance for a foreign
government, the Secretary of State should review, among other
factors, the voting practices of such government in the United
Nations in relation to United States strategic interests
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House-passed FY2027 NSRP bill again includes Section 7048 language maintaining the UN voting-practices review requirement, but this later effort was not needed to prove FY2026 delivery.
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Vote Question: On Passage
National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027
Vote Type: Yea-And-Nay
Status: Passed
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Clerk records that the House passed H.R. 8595, the FY2027 NSRP appropriations bill, on July 15, 2026; the same page records Diaz-Balart voting yea.
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Law Number
Public Law 119-75
Date Approved
February 3, 2026
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo confirms enactment of the FY2026 appropriations law carrying the relevant section.
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Sec. 7048. (a) United Nations Voting Practices.--
(1) <<NOTE: Review. Taiwan.>> In considering bilateral
assistance for a foreign government
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted law contains Section 7048, the UN voting-practices provision relevant to bilateral assistance decisions.
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The legislation also states that the Secretary shall tie consideration of U.S. bilateral assistance to UN voting practices
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A CRS report published within the lookback window describes the FY2026 enacted law as still linking bilateral assistance consideration to UN voting practices, with no identified reversal.
The FY26 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs appropriations bill – led by NSRP Subcommittee Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart – and signed into law
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House Appropriations subcommittee page confirms Diaz-Balart chaired the relevant subcommittee and led the FY2026 NSRP bill that was signed into law.
required UN voting records be assessed in deciding assistance to countries.
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Diaz-Balart's official press-release text, republished by LegiStorm during the lookback window, states the FY2026 NSRP bill is enacted law and includes the UN voting-records assistance condition.
Vote Question: On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House Clerk records the final House vote on H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, as passed; Diaz-Balart is listed as voting Yea.
Public state: unverifiedAs of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered.same_term
The promise was fulfilled. The House-passed FY2026 State and related programs bill, H.R. 7006, included Section 7048 requiring the Secretary of State to review foreign governments' United Nations voting practices when considering bilateral assistance. That language was later carried into the enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, H.R. 7148, which became Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026, and retained Section 7048 with the same operative requirement. Because Mario Diaz-Balart was serving in the House and chaired the appropriations subcommittee responsible for this bill area, he materially advanced the provision and can receive full credit within the same term.
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