[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 376 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 376

    To require the advice and consent to ratification of the Paris 
Agreement by the United States Senate before any action may be taken to 
  carry out the goals of the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 2021

Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Good of Virginia, 
    Mr. Budd, Mr. Mooney, Ms. Herrell, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. 
Pfluger, Mr. Cline, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. LaMalfa) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the advice and consent to ratification of the Paris 
Agreement by the United States Senate before any action may be taken to 
  carry out the goals of the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Paris Agreement Constitutional 
Treaty Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATY OBLIGATIONS.

    No action may be taken to carry out the goals of the Paris 
Agreement, including any action, agenda, agreement, platform, or plan, 
unless the Senate first adopts a resolution of advice and consent to 
ratification of the Paris Agreement.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ADVANCE THE PARIS AGREEMENT.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law and section 2, no funds 
are authorized to be appropriated, obligated, or expended to take any 
action to advance the Paris Agreement.

SEC. 4. PARIS AGREEMENT DEFINED.

    In this Act, the term ``Paris Agreement'' means the decision by the 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change's 21st Conference 
of Parties in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015.
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