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Union Calendar No. 21 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 9 

[Report No. 116–41, Parts I and II] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. HOYER, Mr. PALLONE, 

Mr. ENGEL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. NEAL, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. NADLER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. BONAMICI, 

Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. NEGUSE, 

Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 

BEYER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. PORTER, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. 

SOTO, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 

MALINOWSKI, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. CRIST, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. 

ROUDA, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. CUMMINGS, 

Mr. WELCH, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. HIGGINS of New 

York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. THOMPSON of 

California, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. KILMER, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. BLUNT

ROCHESTER, Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mrs. DAVIS of 

California, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. LARSEN of 

Washington, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. DEAN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. 

LEVIN of Michigan, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. 

HAALAND, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SCHRIER, and Ms. KUSTER of New 

Hampshire) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 


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Additional sponsors: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. PINGREE, Mrs. HAYES, 

Mr. KEATING, Mr. SARBANES, Mrs. DINGELL, Miss RICE of New York, 

Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. PAPPAS, 

Mr. VARGAS, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. HECK, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. BERA, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. 

VEASEY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. 

SCHRADER, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, 

Mr. LEWIS, Ms. DELAURO, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. MENG, Ms. CLARK of 

Massachusetts, Mr. CA ́RDENAS, Mrs. MURPHY, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, 

Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. RUSH, Ms. WILD, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. 

CASE, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. 

MOULTON, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. 

KIND, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. 

STANTON, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. STEVENS, 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Mr. 

TRONE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. BASS, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. HIMES, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. SIRES, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. 

BUTTERFIELD, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. 

PRESSLEY, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. CRAIG, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. LAWSON of 

Florida, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. KIM, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. JACKSON LEE, 

Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. COSTA, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 

EVANS, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 

SPEIER, Mr. ALLRED, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. AGUILAR, Ms. 

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. 

MCBATH, Mr. CROW, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. VELA, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of 

Illinois, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. COX of California, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Ms. OCASIOCORTEZ, Mr. GOMEZ, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. RYAN, 

Ms. MOORE, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. 

ESCOBAR, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. SERRANO, 

Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. WATERS, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. 

PASCRELL, Mrs. AXNE, and Mr. CORREA


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Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

APRIL 18, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; committed to the 

Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 

to be printed 


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A BILL 

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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Climate Action Now 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) In Paris, on December 12, 2015, parties to 

9 the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli10 mate Change (UNFCCC) reached a landmark agree11 ment to combat climate change and to accelerate 

12 and intensify the actions and investments needed for 

13 a sustainable low carbon future. 

14 (2) The Paris Agreement’s central aim is to 

15 strengthen the global response to the threat of cli16 mate change by keeping a global temperature rise 

17 well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial lev18 els and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature in19 crease even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. 

20 (3) The Paris Agreement requires all parties to 

21 put forward their best efforts through nationally de22 termined contributions (NDCs) and to strengthen 

23 these efforts in the years ahead. 

24 (4) The Paris Agreement further requires each 

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1 tion every 5 years, with each successive nationally 

2 determined contribution representing a progression 

3 beyond the previous nationally determined contribu4 tion, and reflecting the party’s highest possible am5 bition. 

6 (5) The United States communicated its nation7 ally determined contribution to achieve an economy8 wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 

9 by 26 to 28 percent below its 2005 level in 2025 and 

10 to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by 28 

11 percent. 

12 (6) A number of existing laws, regulations, and 

13 other mandatory measures in the United States are 

14 relevant to achieving this target, including the Clean 

15 Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), the Energy Policy 

16 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486), and the Energy 

17 Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 

18 110–140). 

19 (7) On June 1, 2017, President Trump an20 nounced his intention to withdraw the United States 

21 from the Paris Agreement, which would leave the 

22 United States as the only UNFCCC member state 

23 that is not a signatory to the Paris Agreement. 

24 (8) Under the terms of the Paris Agreement, 

25 the earliest possible effective withdrawal date by the 


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1 United States is November 4, 2020. However, the 

2 United States is still obligated to maintain certain 

3 commitments under the Paris Agreement, such as 

4 continuing to report its emissions to the United Na5 tions. 

6 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ADVANCE THE 

7 WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 

8 THE PARIS AGREEMENT. 

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds 

10 are authorized to be appropriated, obligated, or expended 

11 to take any action to advance the withdrawal of the United 

12 States from the Paris Agreement. 

13 SEC. 4. PLAN FOR THE UNITED STATES TO MEET ITS NA14 TIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTION 

15 UNDER THE PARIS AGREEMENT. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall de18 velop and submit to the appropriate congressional commit19 tees and make available to the public a plan for the United 

20 States to meet its nationally determined contribution 

21 under the Paris Agreement that describes— 

22 (1) how the United States will achieve an econ23 omy-wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas 

24 emissions by 26 to 28 percent below its 2005 level 

25 by 2025; and 


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1 (2) how the United States will use the Paris 

2 Agreement’s transparency provisions to confirm that 

3 other parties to the Agreement with major econo4 mies are fulfilling their announced contributions to 

5 the Agreement. 

6 (b) UPDATES TO PLAN.—Not later than one year 

7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 

8 thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees and make available to the public 

10 an updated plan under subsection (a). 

11 (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE12 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres13 sional committees’’ means— 

14 (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

15 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

16 of Representatives; and 

17 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 

18 Committee on Environment and Public Works, and 

19 the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of 

20 the Senate. 

21 SEC. 5. PARIS AGREEMENT DEFINED. 

22 In this Act, the term ‘‘Paris Agreement’’ means the 

23 decision by the United Nations Framework Convention on 

24 Climate Change’s 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, 

25 France, adopted December 12, 2015. 


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Union Calendar No. 21 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 9 

[Report No. 116–41, Parts I and II] 

A BILL 

To direct the President to develop a plan for the 

other purposes. contribution under the Paris Agreement, and for United States to meet its nationally determined 

APRIL 18, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

APRIL 18, 2019 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce; 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 


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