February 20, 2025
Mr. Barrasso (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Justice, Mr. Lee, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
To prohibit funding for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change until China is no longer defined a developing country.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Ending China's Unfair Advantage Act of 2025
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Sec. 2. Definitions
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees
The term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A)
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(B)
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(C)
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(D)
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Montreal Protocol
The term Montreal Protocol means the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal September 16, 1987.
(3) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The term United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, adopted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 1992.
Sec. 3. Prohibition on use of funds for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer until China is no longer defined as a developing country
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to implement the Montreal Protocol, including its protocols and amendments, or any fund established under the Protocol, until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Parties to the Montreal Protocol have amended their Decision I/12E, Clarification of terms and definitions: developing countries,
made at the First Meeting of the Parties to remove the People's Republic of China.
Sec. 4. Prohibition on use of funds for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change until China is included among the countries listed in Annex I of the Convention
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended to fund the operations and meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including it protocols or agreements, or any fund established under the Convention or its agreements, until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Parties to the Framework Convention have included the People’s Republic of China in Annex I of the Convention.