IV 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 743 
Expressing strong disapproval of the President’s formal notification to the 
United Nations of his intent to withdraw the United States from the 
Paris Agreement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 5, 2019 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, 
Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. PANETTA, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. CLARKE 
of New York, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. TONKO, 
Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. RUSH, Ms. MOORE, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. 
DELBENE, 
Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, 
Mrs. 
DAVIS
of 
California, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. BRENDAN F. 
BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 
WELCH, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Mr. HECK, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. LIPIN-
SKI, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. 
SABLAN, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, 
Mr. MORELLE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. COOPER, Mr. PRICE 
of North Carolina, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. CORREA, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. 
STANTON, Mr. CASE, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. MCEACHIN, 
Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. KILMER, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. KEATING, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. BEYER, 
Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
COSTA, Ms. BASS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. CRIST, Mr. COURTNEY, 
Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. SEAN 
PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. SOTO, Mr. DEFAZIO, Miss RICE 
of New York, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, 
Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. COX of California, Mr. KIND, Mrs. 
HAYES, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. CLAY, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. 
FRANKEL, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. RYAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 
Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. 
SCHRIER, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
SARBANES, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, 
Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. STEVENS, 
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Ms. HAALAND, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. KENNEDY, 
Mr. NEAL, Mr. NADLER, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
LOEBSACK, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BERA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
TITUS, Mr. SIRES, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. 
RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. 
WATERS, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. FUDGE, and Ms. SEWELL 
of Alabama) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing strong disapproval of the President’s formal noti-
fication to the United Nations of his intent to withdraw 
the United States from the Paris Agreement. 
Whereas global climate change is a threat to the United 
States national security, public health, national economy, 
and the legacy we will leave to our children; 
Whereas there is expert-level consensus within the Federal 
Government, from the intelligence community and De-
partment of Defense to the Department of Agriculture, 
Department of Transportation, and the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, that climate change is 
real, already affecting the United States, and poses a dire 
threat to our well-being and security if left unaddressed; 
Whereas on November 23, 2018, the U.S. Global Change Re-
search Program, a collaboration of thirteen Federal agen-
cies, released Volume II of its Fourth National Climate 
Assessment (NCA4) outlining the impact climate change 
will have on human and societal welfare, including re-
gion-specific effects, and issues affecting natural resource 
management, public health, emergency response, and 
other critical issues to national well-being; 
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Whereas NCA4 makes clear that communities around the 
country are already facing climate-driven impacts on 
human health such as extreme heat, expanded exposure 
to vector-borne diseases, poor air quality, and weather 
events that are displacing communities; 
Whereas NCA4 found that reducing greenhouse gas emis-
sions could, by the end of the century, result in thou-
sands of American lives saved and hundreds of billions of 
dollars in health-related economic benefits gained each 
year; 
Whereas NCA4 highlighted that already-aging United States 
infrastructure, from stormwater management to the elec-
trical grid, would be stretched to its limit in the face of 
Federal inaction toward combating climate change; 
Whereas on May 6, 2019, the United Nations Intergovern-
mental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Eco-
system Services (IPBES) released its updated Global As-
sessment, which found that around one million species, 1 
in 4, are at risk of extinction as a result of climate 
change; 
Whereas the IPBES Global Assessment found that the reduc-
tion in global biodiversity that is driven by climate 
changes threatens global food security, and the NCA4 
notes that climate change is expected to disrupt United 
States agricultural productivity and threaten domestic 
crop yields; 
Whereas the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Gon-
zalez stated at the opening of the United Nations Climate 
Change Conference COP25, that ‘‘choosing the path of 
hope is not the job of one person, one industry or one 
government alone . . . the only solution is rapid, ambi-
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