United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2005

H.R. 1092, the United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2005, would have required the U.S. government to withhold a portion of its financial contributions to the United Nations for fiscal years 2005 and 2006. These funds would only be released if the President certified that the UN was fully cooperating with investigations into allegations of corruption within its "Oil-for-Food" program in Iraq. For citizens, this bill represented an effort to use U.S. taxpayer dollars as leverage to ensure transparency and accountability in international organizations. While the bill was introduced and referred to committee, it did not advance further to become law.