SCONRES 25 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should submit the Paris climate change agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent.

Introduced Nov 19, 2015 Originated Senate Sponsor Mike Lee R-UT

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Latest action · Nov 19, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8166-8167)

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 19, 2015
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached
  3. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of Congress that:

  • the President should submit to the Senate for advice and consent the climate change agreement proposed for adoption at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-21), and
  • Congress should refuse to consider any budget resolutions and appropriations language that include funding for the Green Climate Fund until COP-21 emissions commitments are submitted to the Senate.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2015 to Dec 7, 2015; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NEBen SasseOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-LABill CassidyOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-LADavid VitterOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-KYRand PaulOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-MORoy BluntOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-TXTed CruzOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-MSThad CochranOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-NCThom TillisOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-SCTim ScottOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-ARTom CottonOriginalNov 19, 2015
R-ARJohn BoozmanDec 1, 2015
R-NDJohn HoevenDec 1, 2015
R-IDJames E. RischDec 7, 2015

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateForeign Relations Committee
Referred Nov 19, 2015

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2015Introduced in Senate
  2. Nov 19, 2015Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8166-8167)

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S8230Roger F. Wicker R-MSDec 1, 2015
HouseDebate and remarks H8635Bill Johnson R-OH, Mike Kelly R-PANov 30, 2015
SenateText printed S8166—Nov 19, 2015

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R44609Climate Change: Frequently Asked Questions About the 2015 Paris Agreement ArchivedReportJun 28, 2017

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HCONRES 97Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should submit to the Senate for advice and consent the climate change agreement proposed for adoption at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Paris, France from November 30 to December 11, 2015.Identical billNov 19, 2015

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should submit the Paris climate change agreement to the Senate for its advice and consent.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2015Introduced in Senate

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