No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

Bill: 117-hr-420
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-01-21
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality

Appropriations

Climate change and greenhouse gases

International law and treaties
Latest action: action_date: 2021-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the use of any funds to take action providing for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 420 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2021 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Pfluger , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Cloud , Mrs. Boebert , Mr. McClintock , Mr. Womack , Mr. Budd , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Mooney , Mr. Biggs , Mr. Buck , Mr. Cawthorn , Mr. Brooks , Mrs. McClain , Mr. Steube , Mr. Murphy of North Carolina , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Cline , Mr. Moore of Alabama , and Mr. Rouzer ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs A BILL To prohibit the use of funds to provide for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act . 2. Prohibition on use of funds to provide for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds are authorized to be appropriated, obligated, or expended to take any action to provide for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement. (b) Paris Agreement defined In this section, the term Paris Agreement means the decision by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015.