PARIS Act

To ensure transparency with Congress and the American people by requiring that the President report to Congress on a nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement prior to the submission of the nationally determined contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat and to provide that nothing in the Paris Agreement may be used to establish or demonstrate the existence of a violation of United States law or an offense against the law of nations in United States courts, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may cited as the Protecting American Resources, Innovation, and Sovereignty Act PARIS Act 2. Rules of construction relating to Paris Agreement (a) Relating to Paris Agreement Nothing in the Paris Agreement may be used to establish or demonstrate the existence of a violation of United States law or an offense against the law of nations in United States courts, including— (1) to establish standing, a cause of action, or a source of damages as a matter of law; or (2) to demonstrate whether an action by a Federal agency is arbitrary or capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law. (b) Relating to this Act Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to modify or limit any obligation of the United States pursuant to an international treaty that was ratified by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 3. Actions to establish or revise United States nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement (a) In general Any action to establish or revise the United States nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement shall have force and effect only if— (1) before the President submits the nationally determined contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, the President submits to Congress a report that— (A) describes the proposed action; (B) includes a plan for the United States to meet its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement that details— (i) a complete description of measures under the authority of the Federal Government necessary to achieve the United States nationally determined contribution, including new or revised regulations, new or revised authorities that require congressional actions, and new or revised financial incentives; and (ii) how the United States will use the Paris Agreement’s transparency provisions to confirm that other parties to the Agreement, including all major emitters, are fulfilling their announced contributions to the Agreement; (C) describes how the United States nationally determined contribution will impact the level of total global emissions, based on the most recent available global emissions data, and how the United States nationally determined contribution in the aggregate with the nationally determined contributions of other countries submitted under the Paris Agreement will result in a reduction of global emissions below 2005 levels by 2036 or by the date that is 15 years after the submission of the United States nationally determined contribution, whichever occurs later; (D) if any measure described in subparagraph (B)(i) results in increased costs of energy produced or consumed in the United States or increased costs to manufacture or produce goods or resources in the United States, includes specific policy measures that will prevent— (i) job displacement that would result as a result of any such measure; (ii) reduced global competitiveness of goods and resources manufactured or produced in the United States as a result of any such measure; and (iii) leaked emissions, including new or increased lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that will occur outside of the United States, as a result of any such measure; (E) includes a specific timeline for implementing the specific policy measures described in subparagraph (D) in a manner that such measures are fully implemented and in effect prior to or simultaneously with implementation and effectiveness of the measures described in subparagraph (B)(i) in order to ensure there is no period of time when domestic jobs and manufacturing will be negatively impacted by such measures described in subparagraph (B)(i); and (F) contains a determination of the President that the proposed action is in the national interest of the United States; and (2) during the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the report is submitted under paragraph (1), a joint resolution of disapproval described in subsection (b) with respect to the proposed action is not enacted into law. (b) Joint resolution of disapproval (1) In general In this subsection, the term joint resolution of disapproval (A) the title of which is as follows: A joint resolution disapproving the action of the President to establish or revise the United States nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement. (B) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: Congress disapproves of the action of the President to establish or revise the United States nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement as proposed by the President in the report submitted to Congress under section 3(a)(1) of the Protecting American Resources, Innovation, and Sovereignty Act on __ relating to __. (2) Congressional procedures A joint resolution of disapproval shall be considered in the House of Representatives and the Senate in accordance with paragraphs (3) through (5) of section 135(e) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2160e(e) 4. Definitions In this Act: (1) Major emitter The term major emitter (2) Paris Agreement The term Paris Agreement

Summary: Protecting American Resources, Innovation, and Sovereignty Act or the PARIS Act This bill requires the President to submit a report to Congress prior to taking certain actions under the Paris Agreement, and it gives Congress the authority to block such actions. The bill also prohibits any legal cause of action in U.S. courts pursuant to the Paris Agreement. Prior to establishing or revising a climate change-related action (referred to under the agreement as a nationally determined contribution or NDC), the President must submit a detailed report to Congress that includes information such as how the NDC will impact the level of total global emissions. If any action proposed in this report results in increased costs of energy or manufacturing, the report must include specific policy measures to prevent (1) job displacement, (2) reduced global competitiveness of U.S. goods, and (3) leaked emissions that may occur as a result of the proposed action. Congress may block the NDC by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval within 60 days of the President submitting this report.