H.R. 2115

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2115 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2115

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 as a developing 
country.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 14, 2025

Mr. Dunn of Florida (for himself, Mrs. Hinson, and Mr. Moolenaar) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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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 as 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. 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. 3. 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 its 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.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 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.
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