[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4918]
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  SA 5518. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Mr. Lee) proposed an amendment 
to the resolution of ratification to Treaty Doc. 117-1, Amendment to 
the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the 
``Montreal Protocol''), adopted at Kigali on October 15, 2016, by the 
Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the 
``Kigali Amendment''); as follows:

       In section 1, in the section heading, strike 
     ``declaration'' and insert ``declarations and a condition''.
       In section 1, strike ``declaration of section 2'' and 
     insert ``declarations of section 2 and the condition of 
     section 3''.
       In section 2, in the section heading, strike 
     ``declaration'' and insert ``declarations''.
       In section 2, strike ``following declaration'' and all that 
     follows through the period at the end and insert the 
     following: ``following declarations:
       (1) The Kigali amendment is not self-executing.
       (2) The People's Republic of China is not a developing 
     country, and the United Nations and other intergovernmental 
     organizations should not treat the People's Republic of China 
     as such.
       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. CONDITION.

       The advice and consent of the Senate under section 1 is 
     subject to the following condition: Prior to the Thirty-Fifth 
     Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, the 
     Secretary of State shall transmit to the Secretariat of the 
     Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer a 
     proposal to amend 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.
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