I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7220 
To require the Secretary of State to publish a quarterly assessment regarding 
the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 6, 2018 
Mr. MCEACHIN (for himself and Mr. SCHNEIDER) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of State to publish a quarterly 
assessment regarding the Paris Agreement, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Produce All Relevant 
Information to Safeguard Climate Act’’ or the ‘‘PARIS 
Climate Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the policy of the United States should re-
flect and respond to the findings of the Fourth Na-
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tional Climate Assessment, which states that ‘‘the 
warming trend observed over the past century can 
only be explained by the effects that human activi-
ties, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, have 
had on the climate’’, that ‘‘the evidence of human- 
caused climate change is overwhelming’’, that ‘‘cli-
mate-related threats to Americans’ physical, social, 
and economic well-being are rising’’, and that ‘‘with-
out substantial and sustained reductions in global 
greenhouse gas emissions . . . annual losses in some 
economic sectors are projected to reach hundreds of 
billions of dollars by the end of the century’’, in 
some scenarios reducing gross domestic product by 
as much as 10 percent; 
(2) the President and Congress, in formulating 
a policy response to the findings of the National Cli-
mate Assessment, should fully address all of the 
threats contemplated in such Assessment, including 
the increasing frequency of heat waves, floods, 
wildfires, and other extreme weather events, increas-
ing scarcity of water, expanded territory for certain 
infectious diseases, and diminishing air quality, and 
should be mindful of low-income communities, com-
munities of color, or other vulnerable populations 
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that are disproportionately impacted by climate 
change; and 
(3) in order to best minimize or prevent the 
harms of which the National Climate Assessment 
warns, the Federal Government must join with other 
governments in a concerted global effort to swiftly 
curtail greenhouse gas and meet the goals estab-
lished by the Paris Agreement. 
SEC. 3. QUARTERLY ASSESSMENTS REGARDING THE PARIS 
AGREEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly thereafter, 
the Secretary of State shall publish on a publicly available 
website of the Department of State and submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees an assessment that ad-
dresses each of the following matters regarding the Paris 
Agreement: 
(1) How many parties to the Paris Agreement 
have formally indicated an intent to withdraw from 
such Agreement. 
(2) Whether the Department has a reasonable 
expectation that any of the parties referred to in 
paragraph (1) may pursue withdrawal from the 
Paris Agreement in the next year, and if so, an iden-
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tification of such parties and the motives for such 
withdrawal. 
(3) Whether the United States has established 
specific terms for re-engagement with the Paris 
Agreement, per stated Administration policy at the 
United 
Nations 
(C.N.464.2017.TREATIES– 
XXVII.7.d) on August 4, 2017. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) in the House of Representatives— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Affairs; 
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services; 
(iii) the Committee on Natural Re-
sources; 
(iv) the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology; and 
(v) the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce; and 
(B) in the Senate— 
(i) the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions; 
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services; 
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(iii) the Committee on the Environ-
ment and Public Works; 
(iv) the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions; and 
(v) the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources. 
(2) PARIS
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Paris 
Agreement’’ means the United Nations Framework 
Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of 
Parties in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 
2015. 
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