117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To require the advice and consent to ratification of the Paris Agreement by the United States Senate before any action may be taken to carry out the goals of the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes.
January 21, 2021
Mrs. Boebert (for herself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mr. Budd, Mr. Mooney, Ms. Herrell, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Pfluger, Mr. Cline, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. LaMalfa) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
To require the advice and consent to ratification of the Paris Agreement by the United States Senate before any action may be taken to carry out the goals of the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Paris Agreement Constitutional Treaty Act”.
No action may be taken to carry out the goals of the Paris Agreement, including any action, agenda, agreement, platform, or plan, unless the Senate first adopts a resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the Paris Agreement.
SEC. 3. Prohibition on use of funds to advance the Paris Agreement.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and section 2, no funds are authorized to be appropriated, obligated, or expended to take any action to advance the Paris Agreement.
SEC. 4. Paris Agreement defined.
In this Act, the term “Paris Agreement” means the decision by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015.