[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6396]
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SA 3677. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PREVENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
FROM ISSUING ANY NEW GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
RULES OR REGULATIONS UNTIL CHINA, INDIA, AND
RUSSIA EACH ADHERE TO THE SAME EMISSION
REDUCTION TARGETS UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT AS
THE UNITED STATES.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
preventing the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing
any new greenhouse gas emission rules or regulations until
China, India, and Russia each adhere to the same emission
reduction targets under the decision by the 21st Conference
of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015
(commonly referred to as the ``Paris Agreement''), as the
targets required to be met by the United States under that
decision by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over either the period of the total of
fiscal years 2022 through 2026 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
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