[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S7346]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 290--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT ANY 
PROTOCOL TO, OR OTHER AGREEMENT REGARDING, THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK 
  CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE OF 1992, NEGOTIATED AT THE 2015 UNITED 
NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN PARIS WILL BE CONSIDERED A TREATY 
             REQUIRING THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE

  Mr. PAUL (for himself and Mr. Roberts) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 290

       Whereas the 105th Congress passed S. Res. 98, which 
     required the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework 
     Convention on Climate Change of 1992 to receive Senate advice 
     and consent prior to ratification: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that any 
     protocol to, or other agreement regarding, the United Nations 
     Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, negotiated at 
     the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris 
     will be considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent 
     of the Senate.

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