Domestic Manufacturing Protection Act of 2021

Domestic Manufacturing Protection Act of 2021

This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing regulations that regulate greenhouse gas emissions until China, India, and Russia each adhere to the same reduction targets as the United States under the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change adopted in 2015.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1326 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1326

 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from issuing greenhouse gas emissions rules or regulations until China, 
India, and Russia adhere to the same emissions reduction targets as the 
    United States under the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 22, 2021

Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, and Mr. Lankford) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
from issuing greenhouse gas emissions rules or regulations until China, 
India, and Russia adhere to the same emissions reduction targets as the 
    United States under the Paris Agreement, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Domestic Manufacturing Protection 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION RULES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
            (2) Covered rule or regulation.--The term ``covered rule or 
        regulation'' means a rule or regulation of the Administrator 
        that regulates greenhouse gas emissions.
            (3) Paris agreement.--The term ``Paris Agreement'' means 
        the decision by the 21st Conference of Parties of the United 
        Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, 
        France, adopted December 12, 2015 (or a successive, 
        substantially similar agreement).
    (b) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Administrator shall not promulgate or issue a covered rule or 
regulation on or after the date of enactment of this Act until the 
Administrator determines that China, India, and Russia each adhere to 
the same greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as the United 
States under the Paris Agreement.
    (c) Annual Certification.--After the date of the determination 
under subsection (b), the Administrator shall annually certify that 
China, India, and Russia are adhering to the greenhouse gas emissions 
reduction targets described in that subsection.
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