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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 329 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding an agreement reached at the 

United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris in December 2015. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 7, 2015 

Mr. INHOFE (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mrs. CAPITO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding an agreement 

reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Paris in December 2015. 

Whereas, on May 9, 1992, the Senate gave the advice and 

consent of the Senate regarding the United Nations 

Framework Convention on Climate Change, with annexes, done at New York May 9, 1992, and entered into 

force March 21, 1994 (referred to in this preamble as the 

‘‘Convention’’), a treaty that was intended to address the 

global emissions of greenhouse gases; 

Whereas the Convention was ratified under the express limitation ‘‘that a decision by the Conference of the Parties 

to adopt targets and timetables would have to be submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent.’’; 


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Whereas after the Convention entered into force, parties 

began negotiating a subsidiary agreement to contain 

binding greenhouse gas emissions reductions, which resulted in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations 

Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at 

Kyoto on December 10, 1997; 

Whereas the United States is not a party to the Kyoto Protocol; 

Whereas the Clinton Administration did not submit the 

Kyoto Protocol to the Senate for the advice and consent 

of the Senate; 

Whereas, on July 25, 1997, the Senate agreed to S. Res. 98 

of the 105th Congress by a vote of 95 to 0; and 

Whereas the parties to the Convention operating under the 

Durban Platform for Enhanced Action will convene in 

Paris in December 2015 to replace the Kyoto Protocol 

with ‘‘a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed 

outcome with legal force’’ aimed at limiting greenhouse 

gas emissions: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That — 

2 (1) it is the sense of the Senate that any pro3 tocol, amendment, extension, or other agreement re4 lating to the United Nations Framework Convention 

5 on Climate Change, with annexes, done at New York 

6 May 9, 1992, and entered into force March 21, 

7 1994, shall have no force or effect in the United 

8 States and no funds shall be authorized in support 

9 of that protocol, amendment, extension, or other 

10 agreement, including for the Green Climate Fund, 


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1 until that protocol, amendment, extension, or other 

2 agreement has been submitted to Senate for advice 

3 and consent, if that protocol, amendment, extension, 

4 or other agreement— 

5 (A) fulfills mitigation commitments 

6 through existing and future regulations that 

7 would put our national industries at a disadvan8 tage compared to the industries of developing 

9 countries; 

10 (B) includes a financial commitment that 

11 will not go into effect without subsequent con12 gressional legislation or authorization; 

13 (C) represents an agreement to be overseen 

14 by an international administrative entity cov15 ering a wide range of topics, including mitiga16 tion, adaptation, finance, technology transfer, 

17 capacity building, transparency, implementa18 tion, and compliance; or 

19 (D) establishes a mechanism to assess con20 tributions or commitments for future compli21 ance; and 

22 (2) the Senate directs the Secretary of the Sen23 ate to transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to 

24 the President. 

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