About the bill
The Paris Agreement, named after the city where it was negotiated, is the international treaty by which almost every nation on earth has agreed to limit emissions. Will the U.S. remain a participant in the biggest international accord ever created to counter the climate crisis?
Context
The U.S. is responsible for about 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the primary cause of global warming.
President Obama formally entered the U.S. into the Paris Agreement in September 2016, during his closing months in office. Specifically, he committed the U.S. to reduce its emissions by at least -26% below its 2005 levels by 2025.
Yet less than a year later in June 2017, President Trump reversed course and announced the U.S. would pull out.
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Sponsor and status
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Passed House (Senate next) on May 2, 2019
This bill passed in the House on May 2, 2019 and goes to the Senate next for consideration.
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“House Is At Work While Senate Stalls”
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Rep. John Larson [D-CT1]
(Co-sponsor)
on Jan 11, 2020
“Hastings Statement on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day”
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Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL20]
(Co-sponsor)
on Apr 22, 2020
“Congresswoman Beatty Renews Call for Senate Action on 300+ House-Passed Bills in New Year”
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Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH3]
on Jan 7, 2020
More statements at ProPublica Represent...
What stakeholders are saying
History
H.R. 9 is a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 9. This is the one from the 116th Congress.
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