119-s680

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 680 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 680

 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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 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

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 A BILL

 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''.

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.
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