No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

Bill: 117-s-364
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-02-23
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality

Appropriations

Climate change and greenhouse gases

International law and treaties
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 364 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 23, 2021 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Tuberville , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , Mr. Barrasso , Mr. Marshall , Mr. Daines , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Cotton , Mr. Cruz , and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 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 may 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 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015.