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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 3009
4-(Representatives J. Olson, Dockter, Heinert, Novak, M. Ruby)
5-(Senators Gerhardt, Kessel, Patten)
6-A concurrent resolution urging the federal government to take actions to enact trade policy that supports
7-business and workers of the United States while penalizing global polluters.
8-WHEREAS, Chinese government-owned industry is an arm of the Communist Party and strives to
9-increase its influence over the global economy by pursuing predatory, unfair trade practices designed to
10-steal intellectual property and destroy competition from the United States; and
11-WHEREAS, China is the greatest immediate obstacle to reducing global pollution and accounts for
12-one-third of global emissions, more than the rest of the developed world combined, while it subsidizes
13-its exports by not imposing or enforcing environmental and labor standards comparable to those in
14-other developed nations; and
15-WHEREAS, private sector innovation and American resources have led the United States to
16-eliminate more emissions than any other country in the last fifteen years; and
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2+Sixty-ninth
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5+Introduced by
6+Representatives J. Olson, Dockter, Heinert, Novak, M. Ruby
7+Senators Gerhardt, Kessel, Patten
8+A concurrent resolution urging the federal government to take actions to enact trade policy that
9+supports business and workers of the United States while penalizing global polluters.
10+WHEREAS, Chinese government-owned industry is an arm of the Communist Party and
11+strives to increase its influence over the global economy by pursuing predatory, unfair trade
12+practices designed to steal intellectual property and destroy competition from the United States;
13+and
14+WHEREAS, China is the greatest immediate obstacle to reducing global pollution and
15+accounts for one-third of global emissions, more than the rest of the developed world combined,
16+while it subsidizes its exports by not imposing or enforcing environmental and labor standards
17+comparable to those in other developed nations; and
18+WHEREAS, private sector innovation and American resources have led the United States
19+to eliminate more emissions than any other country in the last fifteen years; and
1720 WHEREAS, the United States' economy is 44 percent more carbon efficient than the world
1821 average; and
19-WHEREAS, goods produced in China and Russia generate 300 and 400 percent on average,
20-respectively, more in carbon emissions compared to equivalent goods produced in the United States;
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22-WHEREAS, 75 percent of the goods the United States imports are from higher-polluting countries,
23-and yet the United States is forced to compete with subsidized imports from China and elsewhere that
24-face few limits on how much they pollute; and
25-WHEREAS, regulatory policies have blocked resource development on public lands in North
26-Dakota, resulting in the United States importing over 80 percent of its critical minerals from foreign
27-sources, with China controlling 85 percent of global processing capacity, thus enriching China and
28-undermining domestic mineral production capabilities; and
29-WHEREAS, these federal environmental policies have harmed all North Dakotans by reducing
30-revenue by an estimated $1.2 billion to the state and royalties to mineral owners; and
31-WHEREAS, holding foreign polluters to the same standards as domestic producers would provide a
32-plethora of benefits to the state of North Dakota, including diversifying supply chains by reducing the
33-United States' dependence on imports from high-emitting producers like Russia and China, decreasing
34-global pollution by holding the biggest polluters accountable to western environmental standards, and
35-bolstering domestic manufacturing and generating well-paying jobs in rural areas;
36-NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH
37-DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
38-That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly urges the federal government to support trade policies
39-that hold high-polluting countries like China and Russia accountable for pollution and bolster domestic
40-extraction and production; and
41-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward a copy of this resolution to the
42-President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the H.C.R. NO. 3009 - PAGE 2
43-President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, and each member of the North Dakota
44-Congressional Delegation. H.C.R. NO. 3009 - PAGE 3
45-____________________________ ____________________________
46-Speaker of the House President of the Senate
47-____________________________ ____________________________
48-Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
49-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
50-at ________ o’clock ________M.
51-____________________________
52-Secretary of State
22+WHEREAS, goods produced in China and Russia generate 300 and 400 percent on
23+average, respectively, more in carbon emissions compared to equivalent goods produced in the
24+United States; and
25+WHEREAS, 75 percent of the goods the United States imports are from higher-polluting
26+countries, and yet the United States is forced to compete with subsidized imports from China
27+and elsewhere that face few limits on how much they pollute; and
28+WHEREAS, regulatory policies have blocked resource development on public lands in
29+North Dakota, resulting in the United States importing over 80 percent of its critical minerals
30+from foreign sources, with China controlling 85 percent of global processing capacity, thus
31+enriching China and undermining domestic mineral production capabilities; and
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60+WHEREAS, these federal environmental policies have harmed all North Dakotans by
61+reducing revenue by an estimated $1.2 billion to the state and royalties to mineral owners; and
62+WHEREAS, holding foreign polluters to the same standards as domestic producers would
63+provide a plethora of benefits to the state of North Dakota, including diversifying supply chains
64+by reducing the United States' dependence on imports from high-emitting producers like Russia
65+and China, decreasing global pollution by holding the biggest polluters accountable to western
66+environmental standards, and bolstering domestic manufacturing and generating well-paying
67+jobs in rural areas;
68+NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
69+NORTH DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN:
70+That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly urges the federal government to support trade
71+policies that hold high-polluting countries like China and Russia accountable for pollution and
72+bolster domestic extraction and production; and
73+BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward a copy of this resolution
74+to the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of
75+Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, and each member of
76+the North Dakota Congressional Delegation.
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