IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 945 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions 

for the United States becoming a signatory to or negotiating any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 3, 2009 

Mr. LAMBORN (for himself, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. MCCOTTER, Ms. 

FOXX, Mr. LATTA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. HARPER, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. LUMMIS, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. 

BRADY of Texas, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. POSEY, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. 

CULBERSON, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 

BISHOP of Utah, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BROUN

of Georgia, Mr. COLE, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. COFFMAN of 

Colorado, and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a 

signatory to or negotiating any international agreement 

on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations 

Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

Whereas the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in May 1992, entered into force 

in 1994; 


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Whereas the 1997 Kyoto Protocol entered into force in 2005 

without United States ratification; 

Whereas greenhouse gas emissions from many of the developed nation signatories to the Kyoto Protocol have failed 

to decline since the treaty was signed and indeed the 

emissions reduction performance of the United States as 

a nonparty exceeds that of many parties; 

Whereas greenhouse gas emissions from the developing nations exempted under Kyoto have risen dramatically since 

1997, especially those from China, and are expected to 

continue growing at a pace seven times faster than those 

of the United States and other developed nations in the 

decades ahead; 

Whereas studies have found high costs associated with Europe’s attempt to reduce emissions under Kyoto, and also 

predicted high costs had the United States ratified and 

complied with its provisions; 

Whereas the emissions reduction targets in Kyoto expire in 

2012 and proponents of successor treaty negotiations in 

Copenhagen have stated that post-2012 targets need to 

be more stringent and therefore costlier than those under 

Kyoto; and 

Whereas proponents of a successor treaty at Copenhagen 

have expressed the need to impose internationally binding, verifiable, and enforceable targets on the United 

States, raising concerns about American sovereignty; 

Now, therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that— 


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1 (1) the United States should not be a signatory 

2 to any protocol or other agreement regarding the 

3 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 

4 Change of 1992, at negotiations in Copenhagen in 

5 December 2009 or thereafter, which would— 

6 (A) result in significant harm to the econ7 omy of the United States; or 

8 (B) compromise American sovereignty by 

9 requiring the United States to submit to deci10 sions of international inspection, compliance, 

11 and enforcement mechanisms; and 

12 (2) the United States should demand in any 

13 such discussions or negotiations that any protocol or 

14 agreement must not mandate new commitments to 

15 limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the 

16 United States and other Annex I Developed Country 

17 Parties without binding, verifiable, and enforceable 

18 commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas 

19 emissions for Developing Country Parties within the 

20 same compliance period. 

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