[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2781 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2781

  To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2023

 Mr. Perry (for himself, Mr. Roy, Mr. Ogles, Mrs. Boebert, Mrs. Miller 
 of Illinois, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
and Mr. Biggs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 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. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE UNITED NATIONS 
              FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

    The President shall--
            (1) not later than 5 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, provide written notification to the Depository of 
        the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done 
        at Rio de Janeiro, June 3-14, 1992, of the withdrawal of the 
        United States from the Convention effective on the date that it 
        is 1 year after the date of receipt by the Depository of such 
        notification of withdrawal in accordance with Article 25 of the 
        Convention; and
            (2) on the effective date described in this section, 
        withdraw the United States from the United Nations Framework 
        Convention on Climate Change.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    No funds authorized or appropriated by any Act may be used to 
support, directly or indirectly, any efforts on the part of any United 
States Government official to take steps to carry out the obligations 
of the United States under the United Nations Framework Convention on 
Climate Change on or after the effective date described in section 1.
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