No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 364 To prohibit the use of funds to provide for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement. 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Taxpayer Funding 4 for Paris Climate Agreement Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:32 Mar 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S364.IS S364 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 364 IS SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE FOR 1 THE UNITED STATES TO BECOME A PARTY TO 2 THE PARIS AGREEMENT. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 4 sion of law, no funds may be appropriated, obligated, or 5 expended to take any action to provide for the United 6 States to become a party to the Paris Agreement. 7 (b) PARIS AGREEMENT DEFINED.—In this section, 8 the term ‘‘Paris Agreement’’ means the decision by the 9 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations 10 Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, 11 France, adopted December 12, 2015. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:32 Mar 07, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S364.IS S364 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS