[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 420 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 420

To prohibit the use of funds to provide for the United States to become 
                    a party to the Paris Agreement.


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                    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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of funds to provide for the United States to become 
                    a party to the Paris Agreement.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Taxpayer Funding for Paris 
Climate Agreement Act''.

SEC. 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.
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