Paris Climate Accord Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-466
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2021-01-25
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality

Appropriations

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Congressional oversight

International law and treaties

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Paris Climate Accord Accountability 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 unless the Senate provides its advice and consent to ratification of the agreement.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 466 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 25, 2021 Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Hagedorn , Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania , Mr. Tiffany , Mr. Steil , Mr. Guest , Mr. Balderson , Mr. Meijer , and Mr. Armstrong ) 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 Paris Climate Accord Accountability Act . 2. Prohibition on use of funds to provide for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement 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 unless the Senate provides its advice and consent to ratification of the Paris Agreement. 3. Paris Agreement defined In this Act, 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.