[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1130-S1131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
        Justice, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Hagerty):
       S. 680. A bill to prohibit funding for the Montreal 
     Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the 
     United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change until 
     China is no longer defined as a developing country; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations.

  Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 680

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Ending China's Unfair 
     Advantage Act of 2025''.

     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

       In this Act:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.

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       (2) Montreal protocol.--The term ``Montreal Protocol'' 
     means the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
     Ozone Layer, done at Montreal September 16, 1987.
       (3) United nations framework convention on climate 
     change.--The term ``United Nations Framework Convention on 
     Climate Change'' means the United Nations Framework 
     Convention on Climate Change, adopted in Rio de Janeiro, 
     Brazil in June 1992.

     SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL 
                   ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYER 
                   UNTIL CHINA IS NO LONGER DEFINED AS A 
                   DEVELOPING COUNTRY.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal 
     funds may be obligated or expended to implement the Montreal 
     Protocol, including its protocols and amendments, or any fund 
     established under the Protocol, until the President certifies 
     to the appropriate congressional committees that the Parties 
     to the Montreal Protocol have amended their 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.

     SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS 
                   FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE UNTIL 
                   CHINA IS INCLUDED AMONG THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN 
                   ANNEX I OF THE CONVENTION.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal 
     funds may be obligated or expended to fund the operations and 
     meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on 
     Climate Change, including it protocols or agreements, or any 
     fund established under the Convention or its agreements, 
     until the President certifies to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that the Parties to the Framework 
     Convention have included the People's Republic of China in 
     Annex I of the Convention.
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