United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2005

The United Nations Oil-for-Food Accountability Act of 2005 proposed withholding a portion of U.S. financial contributions to the United Nations for the 2006 and 2007 fiscal years. These funds would only be released if the President certified that the UN was fully cooperating with investigations into its "Oil-for-Food" program, which had faced allegations of corruption and mismanagement. For citizens, this bill represented an effort to use U.S. taxpayer dollars as leverage to ensure transparency and accountability in how international aid programs are managed.