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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2115 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Ozone Layer and the United Nations Framework Convention on |
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| 7 | 7 | | Climate Change until China is no longer defined as a developing country. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH14, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. D |
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| 11 | 11 | | UNNof Florida (for himself, Mrs. HINSON, and Mr. MOOLENAAR) intro- |
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| 12 | 12 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign |
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| 13 | 13 | | Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for |
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| 14 | 14 | | a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for |
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| 15 | 15 | | consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- |
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| 16 | 16 | | mittee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances |
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| 19 | 19 | | that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the United Nations |
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| 20 | 20 | | Framework Convention on Climate Change until China |
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| 21 | 21 | | is no longer defined as a developing country. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending China’s Unfair 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Advantage Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HR 2115 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE MON-1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | TREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DE-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | PLETE THE OZONE LAYER UNTIL CHINA IS 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | NO LONGER DEFINED AS A DEVELOPING 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | COUNTRY. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | eral funds may be obligated or expended to implement the 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Montreal Protocol, including its protocols and amend-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ments, or any fund established under the Protocol, until 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the President certifies to the appropriate congressional 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | committees that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | amended their Decision I/12E, ‘‘Clarification of terms and 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | definitions: developing countries,’’ made at the First Meet-13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ing of the Parties to remove the People’s Republic of 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | China. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE UNITED 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLI-17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | MATE CHANGE UNTIL CHINA IS INCLUDED 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | AMONG THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX I 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | OF THE CONVENTION. 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Fed-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | eral funds may be obligated or expended to fund the oper-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ations and meetings of the United Nations Framework 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Convention on Climate Change, including its protocols or 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | agreements, or any fund established under the Convention 25 |
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| 55 | 55 | | or its agreements, until the President certifies to the ap-26 |
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| 58 | 58 | | •HR 2115 IH |
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| 59 | 59 | | propriate congressional committees that the Parties to the 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Framework Convention have included the People’s Repub-2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | lic of China in Annex I of the Convention. 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | In this Act: 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (1) A |
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| 65 | 65 | | PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | mittees’’ means— 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and the Committee on Appropriations of the 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Senate; and 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the Committee on Appropriations of the House 13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of Representatives. 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (2) M |
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| 75 | 75 | | ONTREAL PROTOCOL .—The term ‘‘Mon-15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | treal Protocol’’ means the Montreal Protocol on Sub-16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | stances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Mon-17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | treal September 16, 1987. 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (3) U |
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| 80 | 80 | | NITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVEN -19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | TION ON CLIMATE CHANGE .—The term ‘‘United Na-20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tions Framework Convention on Climate Change’’ 21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | means the United Nations Framework Convention 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | on Climate Change, adopted in Rio de Janeiro, 23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Brazil in June 1992. 24 |
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