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116TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 116–42 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 9) TO DIRECT THE 

PRESIDENT TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE UNITED STATES TO MEET ITS 

NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

APRIL 29, 2019.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. MCGOVERN, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 329] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 329, by a record vote of 7 to 4, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 9, the Climate 

Action Now Act, under a structured rule. The resolution provides 

90 minutes of general debate on the bill with 60 minutes equally 

divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 

of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The resolution waives all 

points of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution 

waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The resolution makes in order only those amendments printed in this report. 

Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

specified in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and 

shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 

House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives all 

points of order against the amendments printed in this report. The 

resolution provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 9, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against provisions in H.R. 9, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. 

The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not aware of 

any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 59 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule. Defeated: 4–6 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... ...................

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 60 

Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 9 to make in 

order and provide the appropriate waivers to the following amendments: amendment #20, offered by Rep. Curtis (UT), which requires the President to include in a report to Congress how the 

United States nationally determined contribution (NDC) compares 

to the NDC of other nations, including China which is allowed to 

increase emissions for an additional 13 years under the Paris 

agreement; amendment #31, offered by Rep. Norman (SC), which 

ensures the bill does not take effect until the EPA Administrator 

certifies that China and India are reducing emissions at the same 

rate as the United States; and amendment #52, offered by Rep. 

Hern (OK), which adds the projected job loss numbers to the finding section of the bill. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 


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Rules Committee record vote No. 61 

Motion by Mr. Burgess to amend the rule to H.R. 9 to make in 

order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #11, offered by Rep. Burgess (TX), which includes findings that the 

United States should continue to encourage innovation and technological development to reduce emissions to meet its nationally defined contribution under the Paris Agreement; and which requires 

the President’s plan for the U.S. to meet its nationally determined 

contribution to include how the use of carbon-free nuclear power, 

renewable hydropower, clean-burning natural gas, and advanced 

carbon capture technologies will contribute to domestic and global 

emissions reductions. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 62 

Motion by Mr. Burgess to amend the rule to H.R. 9 to make in 

order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #12, offered by Rep. Burgess (TX), which requires the President’s plan to 

meet its nationally determined contribution to include how the use 

of carbon-free nuclear power will contribute to emissions reductions. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 63 

Motion by Mr. Burgess to amend the rule to H.R. 9 to make in 

order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #66, offered by Rep. Shimkus (IL), which states that this Act will not take 

effect until the Secretary of Energy certifies U.S. electricity rates 

and gasoline prices will not increase under the terms of the Paris 

Agreement. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 64 

Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 9 to make in 

order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #43, offered by Rep. Gosar (AZ), which includes findings stating that the 

President shall make a plan that describes how the government, 

taxpayers, workers, and industries will be affected by the Paris 

Agreement. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 65 

Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 9 to make in 

order and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #32, offered by Rep. Duncan (SC), which conditions H.R. 9 to take effect 

only if the Senate ratifies the Paris Agreement as a treaty. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 66 

Motion by Mr. Cole to amend the rule to H.R. 9 to make in order 

and provide the appropriate waivers to amendment #26, offered by 

Rep. Davis (IL), which includes the 2018 Farm Bill as an existing 

law relevant to achieving the stated target of reducing greenhouse 

gas emissions. As a result, adds report jurisdiction to House and 

Senate Agriculture Committees. Defeated: 4–7 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Yea 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Nay Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Yea 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Nay Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Yea 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Nay 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Nay 


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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Nay 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 67 

Motion by Mr. Perlmutter to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Hastings ..................................................... ................... Mr. Cole ........................................................... Nay 

Mrs. Torres ....................................................... ................... Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Perlmutter .................................................. Yea Mr. Burgess ..................................................... Nay 

Mr. Raskin ........................................................ Yea Mrs. Lesko ........................................................ Nay 

Ms. Scanlon ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Morelle ....................................................... Yea 

Ms. Shalala ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. DeSaulnier .................................................. Yea 

Mr. McGovern, Chairman ................................. Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. Deutch (FL), Chu (CA), Horsford (NV), Doggett (TX), DelBene 

(WA), Lewis (GA): Requires the President’s plan and updates to the 

plan to be submitted to any Committee deemed by the Speaker of 

the House and the Senate Majority Leader to have jurisdiction over 

the matters contained in the plan. (10 minutes) 

2. Espaillat (NY), McEachin (VA), Omar (MN), Jayapal (WA), 

Pressley (MA), Carbajal (CA), Cisneros (CA), Moore (WI): Includes 

findings addressing the importance of climate justice and environmental justice. (10 minutes) 

3. Omar (MN), Espaillat (NY), Jayapal (WA): Includes findings 

recognizing the importance of the Paris Climate Agreement’s Task 

Force addressing the impact of climate change on displacement and 

the global refugee crisis. (10 minutes) 

4. Houlahan (PA): Requires the President’s plan to meet the 

United States’ nationally determined contribution to include how 

the United States may encourage and assist other parties to the 

Agreement reach their reported goals. (10 minutes) 

5. Kuster (NH), Pappas (NH): Requires the administration 

produce a report examining the effect of the Paris Climate Agreement on clean energy job development in rural communities. (10 

minutes) 

6. Torres, Norma (CA), Cisneros (CA), Rouda (CA), Gomez (CA), 

Porter (CA): Prevents the President from using the plan mandated 

in this act to preclude states or cities from taking more ambitious 

actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (10 minutes) 

7. Shalala (FL): Includes findings that the Paris Agreement recognizes the importance of addressing and minimizing sea level rise, 

saltwater intrusion, and flooding. (10 minutes) 

8. DeSaulnier (CA): Requires a National Academy of Sciences report on the consequences of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement 

for the United States’ global economic competitiveness. (10 minutes) 

9. Jackson Lee (TX), Hayes (CT), Moulton (MA): Adds a finding 

noting that the Paris Agreement is an example of multilateral, 

international cooperation needed to overcome challenges facing the 

international community. (10 minutes) 


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10. Gosar (AZ): Includes findings that the Paris Agreement is a 

treaty and should be treated as such. Before instituting anything 

within the agreement, the Senate must vote on the agreement as 

a treaty. (10 minutes) 

11. Gosar (AZ): Strikes Section 3- Prohibition on use of funds to 

advance the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement. (10 minutes) 

12. Case (HI): Includes finding recognizing the role of oceans in 

the global climate system and international actions being taken to 

include oceans in the Paris Agreement’s nationally determined contributions. (10 minutes) 

13. Bost (IL): Requires the President’s public plan to be posted 

online to the Federal Register and allow an opportunity for public 

comment before the plan is submitted to Congress. (10 minutes) 

14. Meng (NY): Includes findings that recognizes the fundamental priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger, 

and the particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the 

adverse impacts of climate change. (10 minutes) 

15. Gonza ́lez-Colo ́n, Jenniffer (PR), Plaskett (VI), Radewagen 

(AS), San Nicolas (GU): Directs GAO to complete a study and submit a report to Congress on the impact of the President’s plan on 

the U.S. territories, including the potential positive and negative 

impacts on their economies, taking into consideration their unique 

energy needs and systems and the climate change vulnerabilities 

faced by communities in these jurisdictions. (10 minutes) 

16. Boyle (PA): Includes findings stating that the Paris Agreement recognizes that adaptation is a key component of the global 

response to climate change. (10 minutes) 

17. Panetta (CA): Adds a new finding stating, ‘‘American leadership encouraged widespread international participation in the Paris 

Agreement.’’ (10 minutes) 

18. Rouda (CA), Schneider (IL): Includes findings recognizing 

that American cities, States, and businesses are stepping up and 

pledging to meet the Paris Agreement goals in the wake of absent 

and uncertain United States Federal leadership. (10 minutes) 

19. Porter (CA): Includes findings that recognize the importance 

of clean energy technology development for the implementation of 

mitigation and adaptation actions of the agreements under the 

Paris Climate Accord. (10 minutes) 

20. Lee, Susie (NV): Recognizes that Article 8 of the Paris Agreement states the importance of addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, such as drought 

conditions and water scarcity. (10 minutes) 

21. Kim (NJ): Requires the President to include how the Paris 

Agreement’s loss and damage provisions would affect infrastructure 

resiliency in the United States given the expected impacts of climate change. (10 minutes) 

22. Fletcher (TX): States that noting in this Act may be construed to require or prohibit the inclusion of a specific energy technology or technologies in the president’s plan. (10 minutes) 

23. Pressley (MA): Adds findings on the interconnection between 

climate change and health. (10 minutes) 

24. Schrier (WA): Ensures that voluntary agricultural practices 

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25. Neguse (CO): Provides a rule of construction that nothing in 

this Act would require or prohibit the President from including in 

his plan recommendations to support integration of human-caused 

climate change into school curriculums. (10 minutes) 

26. Van Drew (NJ): Adds to the findings the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with 

the adverse effects of climate change. (10 minutes) 

27. Levin, Mike (CA): Includes findings recognizing that addressing climate change and providing affordable energy to consumers 

are not mutually exclusive. (10 minutes) 

28. Crow (CO): Includes findings that recognize the Department 

of Defense’s goal to procure renewable energy across military installations, branches, and operations to drive greenhouse gas reductions and support resilience efforts in the face of a changing climate. (10 minutes) 

29. Cox (CA): Requires the President’s plan to take into consideration populations, regions, industries, and constituencies affected, 

including American jobs, consumer energy costs, and the ability to 

develop and deploy new technologies. (10 minutes) 

30. Krishnamoorthi (IL): Includes findings that essential in 

achieving the nationally determined contribution target is a thriving clean energy industry in the United States, which currently 

employs over 500,000 Americans. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEUTCH OF

FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 8, line 16, strike ‘‘and’’. 

Page 8, line 20, strike the period at the end and insert ‘‘; and’’. 

Page 8, after line 20, insert the following: 

(3)(A) any other committee of the House of Representatives 

determined by the Speaker of the House of Representatives to 

have jurisdiction over matters contained in the plan under subsection (a); and 

(B) any other committee of the Senate determined by the 

majority leader of the Senate to have jurisdiction over matters 

contained in the plan under subsection (a). 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ESPAILLAT

OF NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, after line 19, insert the following: 

(3) The Paris Agreement acknowledges that all ‘‘Parties 

should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, 

promote and consider their respective obligations on human 

rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, 

local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities 

and people in vulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and 

intergenerational equity’’. 

(4) The Paris Agreement notes the importance of ‘‘climate 

justice’’ when mitigating and adapting to climate change and 


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recognizes ‘‘the need for an effective and progressive response 

to the urgent threat of climate change’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE OMAR OF

MINNESOTA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, add the following: 

(9) The Paris Agreement further requires that parties 

‘‘should strengthen their cooperation on enhancing action on 

adaptation, taking into account the Cancun Adaptation Framework’’, which includes ‘‘measures to enhance understanding, 

coordination and cooperation with regard to climate change induced displacement, migration and planned relocation, where 

appropriate, at the national, regional and international levels’’. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HOULAHAN

OF PENNSYLVANIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, line 25, strike ‘‘and’’. 

Page 8, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ‘‘; and’’. 

Page 8, after line 5, insert the following: 

(3) how the United States may use multilateral and bilateral 

diplomatic tools, in addition to the expert committee established under Article 15 of the Paris Agreement, to encourage 

and assist other parties to the Agreement to fulfill their announced contributions. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KUSTER OF

NEW HAMPSHIRE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 8, after line 20, insert the following new section (and redesignate the subsequent section accordingly): 

SEC. 5. REPORT. 

Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 

Act, the President shall produce a report that examines the effect 

of the Paris Agreement on clean energy job development in rural 

communities. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TORRES OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of section 4, add the following subsection: 

(d) STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit States and cities from taking more ambitious actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions than the actions described in the plan developed and updated under this section. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHALALA

OF FLORIDA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, insert the following: 

(9) Article 8 of the Paris Agreement states that ‘‘Parties recognize the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing 

loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate 


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change, including extreme weather events and slow onset 

events’’, such as sea level rise, saltwater intrusion, and flooding. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

DESAULNIER OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR

10 MINUTES

Page 8, after line 20, insert the following new section (and redesignate the subsequent section accordingly): 

SEC. 5. REPORT. 

Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 

Act, the President shall enter into a contract with the National 

Academy of Sciences to produce a report that examines the potential impacts of a withdrawal by the United States from the Paris 

Agreement on the global economic competitiveness of the United 

States economy and on workers in the United States. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, add the following: 

(9) The Paris Agreement is an example of multilateral, international cooperation needed to overcome challenges facing the 

international community, such as reducing emissions, promoting economic growth, and deploying clean energy technologies. 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, insert the following: 

(9) The Paris Agreement is a treaty and should be treated 

as a treaty. Therefore, before any action can be taken to execute the goals in the Paris Agreement, the Senate should approve a resolution of advice and consent to ratification of the 

Paris Agreement. 

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 3 (and redesignate the subsequent sections accordingly). 

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CASE OF

HAWAII OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 6, after line 5, insert the following new paragraph: 

(5) The Paris Agreement recognizes that the ocean ecosystems covering more than 70 percent of the Earth’s surface 

have an integral role in climate balance. Seventy percent of nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement 

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cused on the inclusion of ocean action in nationally determined 

contributions through the Because the Ocean Initiative. 

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOST OF

ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 8, after line 20, insert the following new subsection: 

(d) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The President shall— 

(1) in making the plan under subsection (a), and updates 

under subsection (b), available to the public, and before submitting such plan and updates to the appropriate congressional 

committees— 

(A) publish the plan or update, as applicable, in the Federal Register; and 

(B) provide a period of at least 90 days for public comment; and 

(2) after each such period for public comment, continue to 

make the proposed plan or update, as well as the comments received, available to the public on regulations.gov (or any successor website). 

14. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MENG OF

NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, insert the following paragraph: 

(9) The Paris Agreement recognizes ‘‘the fundamental priority of safeguarding food security and ending hunger, and the 

particular vulnerabilities of food production systems to the adverse impacts of climate change.’’. 

15. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́ N OF PUERTO RICO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the bill, add the following new section: 

SEC. 6. STUDY AND REPORT. 

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 

Comptroller General of the United States shall complete a study 

and submit a report to the Congress on the impact of the plan 

under subsection (a) on the United States territories, including the 

potential positive and negative impacts on their economies, taking 

into consideration their unique energy needs and systems and the 

climate change vulnerabilities faced by communities in these jurisdictions. 

16. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BOYLE OF

PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, insert the following: 

(9) The Paris Agreement recognizes that adaptation is a 

global challenge faced by all with local, subnational, national, 

regional and international dimensions, and that it is a key 

component of and makes a contribution to the long-term global 


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response to climate change to protect people, livelihoods, and 

ecosystems. 

17. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PANETTA

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of section 2, add the following new paragraph: 

(9) American leadership encouraged widespread international participation in the Paris Agreement. 

18. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROUDA OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, insert the following paragraph: 

(9) American cities, States, and businesses are stepping up 

and pledging to meet the Paris Agreement goals in the wake 

of absent and uncertain United States Federal leadership. 

19. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PORTER

OF CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, insert the following: 

(9) Article 10 of the Paris Agreement states that ‘‘Parties, 

noting the importance of technology for the implementation of 

mitigation and adaptation actions under this Agreement and 

recognizing existing technology deployment and dissemination 

efforts, shall strengthen cooperative action on technology development and transfer.’’. 

20. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LEE OF

NEVADA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, after line 5, insert the following paragraph: 

(9) Article 8 of the Paris Agreement states that ‘‘Parties recognize the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing 

loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate 

change, including extreme weather events and slow onset 

events’’ such as drought conditions and water scarcity. 

21. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KIM OF

NEW JERSEY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 7, line 25, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a semicolon. 

Page 8, line 5, strike ‘‘Agreement.’’ and insert ‘‘Agreement; and’’. 

Page 8, after line 5, insert the following paragraph: 

(3) how the Paris Agreement’s loss and damage provisions 

would affect infrastructure resiliency in the United States. 

22. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FLETCHER

OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(d) TECHNOLOGY NEUTRAL.—Nothing in this Act may be construed to require or prohibit the inclusion of a specific energy technology or technologies in the plan required by this section. 

23. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PRESSLEY

OF MASSACHUSETTS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 5, after line 19, insert the following paragraph: 

(3) The Paris Agreement specifies the need for a strong global response to climate change and when taking action, the need 

to respect, promote, and safeguard the right to health now and 

for future generations. 

24. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SCHRIER

OF WASHINGTON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 8, after line 20, insert the following new subsection: 

(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section may be construed to require or prohibit the President from including or considering voluntary agricultural practices to be undertaken by farmers and ranchers, thereby contributing to the development of soil 

organic matter, increasing carbon sequestration, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and contributing to meeting the goals and 

ambitions of the Paris Agreement. 

25. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NEGUSE

OF COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(c) EDUCATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The plan under this section shall be consistent with Article 12 of the Paris Agreement, which states 

‘‘Parties shall cooperate in taking measures, as appropriate, to 

enhance climate change education, training, public awareness, 

public participation and public access to information, recognizing the importance of these steps with respect to enhancing 

actions under this Agreement.’’. 

(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act may be 

construed to require or prohibit the President from including 

in the plan under this section, consistent with the prohibition 

described in section 438 of the General Education Provisions 

Act (20 U.S.C. 1232a), recommendations to support State and 

local educational agencies, in integrating instruction on 

human-caused climate change and the societal, environmental, 

and economic effects of such climate change into curricula 

taught in elementary and secondary schools under the control 

of such State and local educational agencies, in order to meet 

the goals and ambitions of the Paris Agreement to ensure climate education and awareness in schools. 


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26. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE VAN

DREW OF NEW JERSEY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

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redesignate the subsequent paragraph accordingly): 

(8) Article 8 of the Paris Agreement notes Parties recognize 

the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss 

and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate 

change, including extreme weather events and slow onset 

events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the 

risk of loss and damage such as strong winds from hurricanes 

and tropical storms, and flooding from storm surges and heavy 

rain, that inflict losses on various sectors of the United States 

economy. 

27. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LEVIN OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(9) The Paris Agreement has driven innovation in developing 

cleaner, more reliable, and more affordable forms of energy, 

demonstrating that addressing climate change and providing 

affordable energy to American consumers are not mutually exclusive. The Paris Agreement encouraged the United States to 

develop a Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization, 

which was submitted on November 16, 2016. The Mid-Century 

Strategy for Deep Decarbonization stated that ‘‘energy efficiency improvements enable the energy system to provide the 

services we need with fewer resources and emissions. Over the 

past several years, the United States has demonstrated that 

programs and standards to improve the energy efficiency of 

buildings, appliances and vehicles can cost-effectively cut carbon pollution and lower energy bills, while maintaining significant support from U.S. industry and consumers.’’. 

28. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CROW OF

COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(9) In its nationally determined contribution, the United 

States notes that pursuant to Executive Order 13693 (2015), 

the Federal Government has committed to reduce emissions 40 

percent below 2005 levels by 2025, and reaffirmed the Department of Defense’s goal to procure renewable energy across military installations and operations ‘‘to drive national greenhouse 

gas reductions and support preparations for the impacts of climate change’’. 

29. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE COX OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

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(3) how the plan takes into consideration populations, regions, industries, and constituencies that could be affected by 

nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement, 

and the failure to meet such contribution, including but not 

limited to— 

(A) American jobs, wage, and pay; 

(B) the cost of energy, such as electricity and gasoline, 

for consumers; and 

(C) the ability to develop and deploy new, innovative, domestically-produced technologies. 

30. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

KRISHNAMOORTHI OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR

10 MINUTES

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(7) Essential in achieving this target is a thriving clean energy industry in the United States, which currently employs 

over 500,000 Americans. 

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