HR 420 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

Introduced Jan 21, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Chip Roy R-TX

Latest action · Jan 21, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 21, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

This bill prohibits the use of any funds to take action providing for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2021 to Mar 26, 2021; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-TX	August Pfluger	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-AL	Barry Moore	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-VA	Ben Cline	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-NC	David Rouzer	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-NC	Gregory F. Murphy	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-MI	Lisa C. McClain	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-NC	Madison Cawthorn	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-TX	Michael Cloud	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-TX	Roger Williams	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-AR	Steve Womack	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-NC	Ted Budd	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube	Original	Jan 21, 2021
R-NC	Dan Bishop		Jan 25, 2021
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Jan 25, 2021
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Jan 25, 2021
R-ID	Russ Fulcher		Jan 25, 2021
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Feb 2, 2021
R-WY	Liz Cheney		Feb 2, 2021
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Feb 2, 2021
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Feb 2, 2021
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Feb 11, 2021
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls		Feb 11, 2021
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Mar 26, 2021

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 Jan 21, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House
Jan 21, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution--to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 12, January 21, 2021, page H225.

Related bills 3

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 364	No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act	Related bill	Feb 23, 2021
HR 419	No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act	Related bill	Jan 21, 2021
HR 466	Paris Climate Accord Accountability Act	Related bill	Jan 25, 2021

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To prohibit the use of funds to provide for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 21, 2021Introduced in House

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