Expressing the commitment of the Congress to the Paris Agreement.

Bill: 116-hconres-15
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2019-02-08
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality

Climate change and greenhouse gases

International law and treaties

International organizations and cooperation
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution reaffirms Congress's commitment to the Paris Agreement to combat climate change and states that the United States is still in the agreement and should not withdraw. </p>

tv_txt: IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 15 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 8, 2019 Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Beyer , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Cartwright , Mr. Case , Mr. Casten of Illinois , Ms. Judy Chu of California , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Courtney , Ms. DeGette , Ms. DelBene , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Hastings , Ms. Hill of California , Ms. Johnson of Texas , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Keating , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kilmer , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Levin of Michigan , Mr. Levin of California , Mr. Lowenthal , Mr. Malinowski , Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York , Ms. Meng , Ms. Moore , Mrs. Napolitano , Mr. McGovern , Mr. McNerney , Ms. Norton , Ms. Pingree , Mr. Peters , Ms. Porter , Mr. Price of North Carolina , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Rouda , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Sablan , Ms. Schakowsky , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Serrano , Mr. Tonko , Ms. Wasserman Schultz , Ms. Waters , Mrs. Watson Coleman , Mr. Welch , Ms. Wild , and Ms. Matsui ) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the commitment of the Congress to the Paris Agreement.

Whereas the challenge of climate change requires a global effort; Whereas the international community must work to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as prepare for the effects of climate change; Whereas the United States plays an indispensable role in global leadership; Whereas the Paris Agreement sets goals that are not only achievable but necessary in order to move towards a pathway to limit temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius; and Whereas the United States is stronger when joining with global efforts to address climate change: Now, therefore, be it

That Congress reaffirms its commitment to the Paris Agreement and that the United States is still in and should not withdraw.