I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9447 
To prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete 
the Ozone Layer and the United Nations Framework Convention on 
Climate Change until China is no longer defined as a developing country. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 
Mr. DUNN of Florida (for himself, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, and 
Mr. CLINE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances 
that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change until China 
is no longer defined as a developing country. 
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 ‘‘Ending China’s Unfair 
Advantage Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE MON-
TREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DE-
PLETE THE OZONE LAYER UNTIL CHINA IS 
NO LONGER DEFINED AS A DEVELOPING 
COUNTRY. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral funds may be obligated or expended to implement the 
Montreal Protocol, including its protocols and amend-
ments, or any fund established under the Protocol, until 
the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have 
amended their Decision I/12E, ‘‘Clarification of terms and 
definitions: developing countries,’’ made at the First Meet-
ing of the Parties to remove the People’s Republic of 
China. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE UNITED 
NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLI-
MATE CHANGE UNTIL CHINA IS INCLUDED 
AMONG THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX I 
OF THE CONVENTION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-
eral funds may be obligated or expended to fund the oper-
ations and meetings of the United Nations Framework 
Convention on Climate Change, including it protocols or 
agreements, or any fund established under the Convention 
or its agreements, until the President certifies to the ap-
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propriate congressional committees that the Parties to the 
Framework Convention have included the People’s Repub-
lic of China in Annex I of the Convention. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) MONTREAL PROTOCOL.—The term ‘‘Mon-
treal Protocol’’ means the Montreal Protocol on Sub-
stances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Mon-
treal September 16, 1987. 
(3) UNITED
NATIONS
FRAMEWORK
CONVEN-
TION ON CLIMATE CHANGE.—The term ‘‘United Na-
tions Framework Convention on Climate Change’’ 
means the United Nations Framework Convention 
on Climate Change, adopted in Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil in June 1992. 
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