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G:\M\15VMCKINL\MCKINL_004.XML [-114HC105] (Original Signature of Member) H. CON. RES. 115t1hstCSOeNssGioRnESS ExpressinfgrotmhethseenPsearoisf CAognrgeeremssentth,aatdtohpeteUdniinteDd eScteamtebsersh2o0u1l5d. withdraw IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr.reMfecrKreindltoeythseubCmomittmeditttehee ofnollowing concurrent resolution; which was CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should withdraw from the Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015. Whereas the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli mate Change (in this resolution referred to as the "Con vention"), adopted in May 1992, entered into force in 1994 and is being implemented; Whereas the Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, is another attempt by the Convention's "Conference of Par ties" to globally address climate change, similar to the Kyoto Protocol, the Durban Platform, the Copenhagen Accord, and the Cancn Agreements, all of which have failed to meaningfully slow global carbon emissions; g:\VHLC\051517\051517.062 .xml May 15, 2017 (11:29 a.m.) (64572112) Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00157571-00001 G:\M\15VMCKINL\MCKINL_004.XML 2 Whereas the Paris Agreement does not contain binding spe cific targets, compliance mechanisms, enforcement provi sions, penalties, or rewards; Whereas the Paris Agreement fails to consider adequately economies that would be negatively impacted by measures to respond to climate change, including those found with in the United States, as addressed in Article 4, Para graph 10 of the Convention; Whereas the Paris Agreement, has not been submitted to the United States Senate for review and ratification; Whereas the Paris Agreement could result in serious harm to the United States economy, including significant job loss, increased energy and consumer costs, risks to grid reli ability, or any combination thereof; Whereas by using the free market the United States has sig nificantly reduced carbon dioxide emissions to the lowest they have been in 15 years, and the United States en ergy-related carbon dioxide emissions are projected to re main below 2005 levels through 2040, while such emis sions in the developing world are projected to grow to 120 percent above 2005 levels by 2040; Whereas the People's Republic of China is the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide and, in accordance with the 2014 agreement with the Obama Administration, intends to increase its coal consumption until 2030; Whereas the Republic of India announced that, notwith standing the Paris Agreement, it will continue its reliance on coal and plans to double the nation's coal output with in the next 5 years; Whereas, according to an October 2015 MIT Technology Re view report, increased coal consumption in the Republic g:\VHLC\051517\051517.062 .xml May 15, 2017 (11:29 a.m.) (64572112) Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00157571-00002 G:\M\15VMCKINL\MCKINL_004.XML 3 of India will negate any global efforts to limit carbon di oxide, regardless of anything that the United States does to decrease its emissions; and Whereas the emissions reduction goals of the Paris Agree ment cannot be met without the global development and deployment of critical new technologies, including energy storage technologies and advanced nuclear reactors, as well as commercial-scale carbon, capture, utilization, and storage technologies that are not currently viable eco nomically and will require substantial investment into further research: Now, therefore, be it 1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 2 concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that the 3 United States should withdraw from the Paris Agreement, 4 adopted in December 2015. g:\VHLC\051517\051517.062 .xml May 15, 2017 (11:29 a.m.) (64572112) Sierra Club v. EPA 18cv3472 NDCA Tier 5 ED 002061 00157571-00003