H Res 945 in Congressional Session 111
Official Summary
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Bill Number : H Res 945 |
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Title : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to or negotiating any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
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SUMMARY AS OF: Text of LegislationRESOLUTIONExpressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to or negotiating any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Whereas the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in May 1992, entered into force in 1994; Whereas the 1997 Kyoto Protocol entered into force in 2005 without United States ratification; Whereas greenhouse gas emissions from many of the developed nation signatories to the Kyoto Protocol have failed to decline since the treaty was signed and indeed the emissions reduction performance of the United States as a nonparty exceeds that of many parties; Whereas greenhouse gas emissions from the developing nations exempted under Kyoto have risen dramatically since 1997, especially those from China, and are expected to continue growing at a pace seven times faster than those of the United States and other developed nations in the decades ahead; Whereas studies have found high costs associated with Europe�s attempt to reduce emissions under Kyoto, and also predicted high costs had the United States ratified and complied with its provisions; Whereas the emissions reduction targets in Kyoto expire in 2012 and proponents of successor treaty negotiations in Copenhagen have stated that post-2012 targets need to be more stringent and therefore costlier than those under Kyoto; and Whereas proponents of a successor treaty at Copenhagen have expressed the need to impose internationally binding, verifiable, and enforceable targets on the United States, raising concerns about American sovereignty; Now, therefore be it Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that-- (1) the United States should not be a signatory to any protocol or other agreement regarding the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of 1992, at negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009 or thereafter, which would-- (A) result in significant harm to the economy of the United States; or (B) compromise American sovereignty by requiring the United States to submit to decisions of international inspection, compliance, and enforcement mechanisms; and (2) the United States should demand in any such discussions or negotiations that any protocol or agreement must not mandate new commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the United States and other Annex I Developed Country Parties without binding, verifiable, and enforceable commitments to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions for Developing Country Parties within the same compliance period. |
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| Title : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to or negotiating any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. | |
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| Bill Number : H Res 945 |
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| Title : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the conditions for the United States becoming a signatory to or negotiating any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. |
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| Sponsor: Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] (introduced 12/3/2009) |
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ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 12/9/2009 Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] - 12/9/2009 Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 12/3/2009 Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. [MD-6] - 12/3/2009 Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 12/3/2009 Rep Bilirakis, Gus M. [FL-9] - 12/9/2009 Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 12/3/2009 Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 12/3/2009 Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] - 12/3/2009 Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 12/3/2009 Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] - 12/9/2009 Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 12/11/2009 Rep Chaffetz, Jason [UT-3] - 12/3/2009 Rep Coffman, Mike [CO-6] - 12/3/2009 Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 12/3/2009 Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] - 12/9/2009 Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 12/3/2009 Rep Fallin, Mary [OK-5] - 12/3/2009 Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 12/3/2009 Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 12/3/2009 Rep Garrett, Scott [NJ-5] - 12/3/2009 Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 12/3/2009 Rep Gohmert, Louie [TX-1] - 12/9/2009 Rep Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 12/9/2009 Rep Harper, Gregg [MS-3] - 12/3/2009 Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] - 12/9/2009 Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 12/8/2009 Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-52] - 12/9/2009 Rep Jordan, Jim [OH-4] - 12/9/2009 Rep King, Steve [IA-5] - 12/3/2009 Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] - 12/3/2009 Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-9] - 12/3/2009 Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. [WY] - 12/3/2009 Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 12/9/2009 Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11] - 12/3/2009 Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 12/3/2009 Rep Posey, Bill [FL-15] - 12/3/2009 Rep Roe, David P. [TN-1] - 12/9/2009 Rep Ryan, Paul [WI-1] - 12/9/2009 Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] - 12/9/2009 Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] - 12/3/2009 Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] - 12/9/2009 Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] - 12/8/2009 Rep Thompson, Glenn [PA-5] - 12/9/2009 Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4] - 12/16/2009 Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 12/3/2009 Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 12/9/2009 Rep Young, Don [AK] - 12/3/2009 |
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