House Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Counter China’s Influence at UN

Congressman Michael McCaul makes a point to delegates during the evening session of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on July 18, 2016. Dominick Reuter/AFP via Getty Images

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has introduced a new legislative proposal aimed at strengthening U.S. leadership at the United Nations, while countering malign influences from adversary countries such as China.

The bill, named the United Nations Transparency and Accountability Act of 2020 (H.R.7939), would empower the U.S. President to name countries found to engage in malign influence operations within the United Nations (UN) system as “malign global actors.”