Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the "Paris Agreement" announced on December 12, 2015, at the 21st session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Latest action · Dec 18, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A concurrent resolution must be agreed to by both chambers, but it is not presented to the President and does not become law.
- IntroducedDec 18, 2015
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Paris Agreement on climate change, adopted in December 2015, should not be signed, ratified, acceded to, or adopted by the United States.
Cosponsors 30
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 18, 2015 to Apr 18, 2016; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Original | Dec 18, 2015 |
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Dec 18, 2015 |
| R-PA | Keith J. Rothfus | Original | Dec 18, 2015 |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Jan 5, 2016 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Jan 5, 2016 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Jan 5, 2016 | |
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| R-WV | Evan H. Jenkins | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Jan 6, 2016 | |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Jan 7, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Jan 7, 2016 | |
| R-MD | Andy Harris | Jan 8, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Brett Guthrie | Jan 8, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Jan 8, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Jan 8, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Bob Gibbs | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Feb 1, 2016 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Feb 4, 2016 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| R-OH | Brad R. Wenstrup | Apr 18, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 18, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2015Introduced in House
- Dec 18, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44609 | Climate Change: Frequently Asked Questions About the 2015 Paris Agreement Archived | Report | Jun 28, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the "Paris Agreement" announced on December 12, 2015, at the 21st session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
