[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 176 (Monday, December 7, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8439]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 329--EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING AN 
AGREEMENT REACHED AT THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE HELD 
                       IN PARIS IN DECEMBER 2015

  Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Manchin, and Mrs. Capito) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
on Foreign Relations:

                              S. Res. 329

       Whereas on May 9, 1992, the Senate gave the advice and 
     consent of the Senate regarding the United Nations Framework 
     Convention on Climate Change, with annexes, done at New York 
     May 9, 1992, and entered into force March 21, 1994 (referred 
     to in this preamble as the ``Convention''), a treaty that was 
     intended to address the global emissions of greenhouse gases;
       Whereas the Convention was ratified under the express 
     limitation ``that a decision by the Conference of the Parties 
     to adopt targets and timetables would have to be submitted to 
     the Senate for its advice and consent.'';
       Whereas after the Convention entered into force, parties 
     began negotiating a subsidiary agreement to contain binding 
     greenhouse gas emissions reductions, which resulted in the 
     Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on 
     Climate Change, done at Kyoto on December 10, 1997;
       Whereas the United States is not a party to the Kyoto 
     Protocol;
       Whereas the Clinton Administration did not submit the Kyoto 
     Protocol to the Senate for the advice and consent of the 
     Senate;
       Whereas on July 25, 1997, the Senate agreed to S. Res. 98 
     of the 105th Congress by a vote of 95 to 0; and
       Whereas the parties to the Convention operating under the 
     Durban Platform for Enhanced Action will convene in Paris in 
     December 2015 to replace the Kyoto Protocol with ``a 
     protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with 
     legal force'' aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That --
       (1) it is the sense of the Senate that any protocol, 
     amendment, extension, or other agreement relating to the 
     United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, with 
     annexes, done at New York May 9, 1992, and entered into force 
     March 21, 1994, shall have no force or effect in the United 
     States and no funds shall be authorized in support of that 
     protocol, amendment, extension, or other agreement, including 
     for the Green Climate Fund, until that protocol, amendment, 
     extension, or other agreement has been submitted to Senate 
     for advice and consent, if that protocol, amendment, 
     extension, or other agreement--
       (A) fulfills mitigation commitments through existing and 
     future regulations that would put our national industries at 
     a disadvantage compared to the industries of developing 
     countries;
       (B) includes a financial commitment that will not go into 
     effect without subsequent congressional legislation or 
     authorization;
       (C) represents an agreement to be overseen by an 
     international administrative entity covering a wide range of 
     topics, including mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology 
     transfer, capacity building, transparency, implementation, 
     and compliance; or
       (D) establishes a mechanism to assess contributions or 
     commitments for future compliance; and
       (2) the Senate directs the Secretary of the Senate to 
     transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     President.

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