[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5037 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5037

   To prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that 
 Deplete the Ozone Layer until China is no longer defined a developing 
                                country.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2022

    Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
   Johnson, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Cornyn) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that 
 Deplete the Ozone Layer until China is no longer defined a developing 
                                country.

    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 ``Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act 
of 2022''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL ON 
              SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER UNTIL CHINA IS NO 
              LONGER DEFINED A DEVELOPING COUNTRY.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
Federal funds may be obligated or expended to implement the Montreal 
Protocol until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have amended their 
Decision I/12E, ``Clarification of terms and definitions: developing 
countries,'' made at the First Meeting of the Parties to remove the 
People's Republic of China.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Montreal protocol.--The term ``Montreal Protocol'' 
        means the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
        Ozone Layer, done at Montreal September 16, 1987.
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