,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #i ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,march #bg1 #bjai,ms4 ,castor of ,florida 7for herself1 ,ms4 ,pelosi1 ,mr4 ,hoyer1 ,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,engel1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,california1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4 ,neguse1 ,mr4 ,casten of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,porter1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,crist1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,panetta1 ,ms4 ,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,courtney1 ,ms4 ,frankel1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,mr4 ,van ,drew1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,clyburn1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 ,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,mr4 ,rose of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mrs4 ,davis of ,california1 ,mr4 ,brendan ,f4 ,boyle of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 ,mr4 ,mc,nerney1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,ruppersberger1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 and ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs1 and in addition to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce1 for a period to be subsequently determined by the ,speaker1 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned ,a ,,bill ,to direct the ,president to develop a plan for the ,united ,states to meet its nationally determined contribution under the ,paris ,agreement1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,climate ,action ,now ,act4 #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,in ,paris1 on ,december #ab1 #bjae1 parties to the ,united ,nations ,framework ,convention on ,climate ,change 7,,unfccc7 reached a landmark agreement to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future4 7#b7 ,the ,paris ,agreement's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise well below #b degrees ,celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to #a4e degrees ,celsius4 7#c7 ,the ,paris ,agreement requires all parties to put forward their best efforts through nationally determined contributions 7,n,d,cs7 and to strengthen these efforts in the years ahead4 7#d7 ,the ,paris ,agreement further requires each party to update its nationally determined contribution every #e years1 with each successive nationally determined contribution representing a progression beyond the previous nationally determined contribution1 and reflecting the party's highest possible ambition4 7#e7 ,the ,united ,states communicated its nationally determined contribution to achieve an economy-wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by #bf to #bh percent below its #bjje level in #bjbe and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by #bh percent4 7#f7 ,a number of existing laws1 regulations1 and other mandatory measures in the ,united ,states are relevant to achieving this target1 including the ,clean ,air ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #gdja et seq471 the ,energy ,policy ,act of #aiib 7,public ,law #ajb-dhf71 and the ,energy ,independence and ,security ,act of #bjjg 7,public ,law #aaj-adj74 7#g7 ,on ,june #a1 #bjag1 ,president ,trump announced his intention to withdraw the ,united ,states from the ,paris ,agreement1 which would leave the ,united ,states as the only ,,unfccc member state that is not a signatory to the ,paris ,agreement4 7#h7 ,under the terms of the ,paris ,agreement1 the earliest possible effective withdrawal date by the ,united ,states is ,november #d1 #bjbj4 ,however1 the ,united ,states is still obligated to maintain certain commitments under the ,paris ,agreement1 such as continuing to report its emissions to the ,united ,nations4 #c4 ,prohibition on use of funds to advance the withdrawal of the ,united ,states from the ,paris ,agreement ,notwithstanding any other provision of law1 no funds are authorized to be appropriated1 obligated1 or expended to take any action to advance the withdrawal of the ,united ,states from the ,paris ,agreement4 #d4 ,plan for the ,united ,states to meet its nationally determined contribution under the ,paris ,agreement 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #abj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,president shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to the public a plan for the ,united ,states to meet its nationally determined contribution under the ,paris ,agreement that describes-- 7#a7 how the ,united ,states will achieve an economy-wide target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by #bf to #bh percent below its #bjje level by #bjbe2 and 7#b7 how the ,united ,states will use the ,paris ,agreement's transparency provisions to confirm that other parties to the ,agreement with major economies are fulfilling their announced contributions to the ,agreement4 7b7 ,updates to plan ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the ,president shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make available to the public an updated plan under subsection 7a74 7c7 ,appropriate congressional committees defined ,in this section1 the term appropriate congressional committees means-- 7#a7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs and the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of ,representatives2 and 7#b7 the ,committee on ,foreign ,relations1 the ,committee on ,environment and ,public ,works1 and the ,committee on ,energy and ,natural ,resources of the ,senate4 #e4 ,paris ,agreement defined ,in this ,act1 the term ,paris ,agreement means the decision by the ,united ,nations ,framework ,convention on ,climate ,change's #bast ,conference of ,parties in ,paris1 ,france1 adopted ,december #ab1 #bjae4