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 inter-
national agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Na-
tions 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 regard-
ing 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 Cli-
mate Change, adopted in May 1992, entered into force 
in 1994; 
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•HRES 945 IH 
Whereas the 1997 Kyoto Protocol entered into force in 2005 
without United States ratification; 
Whereas greenhouse gas emissions from many of the devel-
oped 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 na-
tions 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 Eu-
rope’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 bind-
ing, verifiable, and enforceable targets on the United 
States, raising concerns about American sovereignty; 
Now, therefore be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
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•HRES 945 IH 
(1) the United States should not be a signatory 
to any protocol or other agreement regarding the 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change of 1992, at negotiations in Copenhagen in 
December 2009 or thereafter, which would— 
(A) result in significant harm to the econ-
omy of the United States; or 
(B) compromise American sovereignty by 
requiring the United States to submit to deci-
sions of international inspection, compliance, 
and enforcement mechanisms; and 
(2) the United States should demand in any 
such discussions or negotiations that any protocol or 
agreement must not mandate new commitments to 
limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the 
United States and other Annex I Developed Country 
Parties without binding, verifiable, and enforceable 
commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions for Developing Country Parties within the 
same compliance period. 
Æ 
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