,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ieed  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ad1       
#bjbb,mr4 ,la,malfa 7for himself1 ,mrs4 
,boebert1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4       
,rouzer1 ,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,mast1   
,mr4 ,jackson1 ,mr4 ,bost1 ,mr4 ,smith  
of ,new ,jersey1 ,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 
and ,mr4 ,mooney7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of ,federal
 funds to negotiate or contribute to    
international agreements that provide   
for loss and damage funds as a result of
 climate change4  #a4 ,findings         
,congress finds the following3 7#a7 ,on 
,november #bfth1 #bjbb1 the ,biden      
,administration agreed to establish a   
climate justice fund which compels      
,united ,states taxpayers and other     
wealthy nations to pay developing       
countries for loss and damage caused by 
natural disasters4  7#b7 ,the world's   
top polluter1 ,china1 generated more    

,,co#b in #bjai than the ,united ,states
 and the next four largest countries    
combined1 and many individual           
corporations in ,china have more sway   
over warming temperatures than most     
developed countries as a whole4  7#c7   
,despite being the world's              
second-largest economy1 ,china is still 
categorized as a developing country by  
the ,united ,nations and enjoys the same
 differential treatment afforded to     
nations like ,guinea-,bissau and ,yemen4
  7#d7 ,other countries the ,united     
,nations has identified as developing1  
and are therefore still eligible for the
 #a1jjj1jjj1jjj in ,united ,states      
taxpayer dollars committed by ,president
 ,biden to the ,loss and ,damage fund   
include the ,islamic ,republic of       
,afghanistan1 the ,russian ,federation1 
the ,kingdom of ,saudi ,arabia1 the     
,islamic ,republic of ,iran1 the        
,islamic ,republic of ,pakistan1 the    
,united ,arab ,emirates1 the ,republic  
of ,cuba1 and the ,bolivarian ,republic 

of ,venezuela4  7#e7 ,according to a    
study by ,accenture1 #ic percent of all 
large companies with net zero emission  
commitments have failed to back those   
pledges1 and are larger polluters than  
most developed nations4  7#f7 ,in       
,december #bjji1 at the ,united ,nations
 ,climate ,change ,conference1 ,todd    
,stern1 ,president ,obama's special     
envoy for climate change1 outright      
rejected arguments by diplomats from    
developing nations that the ,united     
,states owes them hundreds of billions  
of dollars in reparations for decades of
 ,american emissions1 stating1 ,i       
actually completely reject the notion of
 a debt or reparations or anything of   
the like1 he said4  7#g7 ,president     
,biden's own climate envoy1 ,john       
,kerry1 was quoted at the ,,cop#bg      
summit on ,november #abth1 #bjbb1       
stating1 ,it's a well-known fact that   
the ,united ,states and many other      
countries will not establish 4 4 4 some 
sort of legal structure that is tied to 

compensation or liability1 yet1 a week  
later1 the ,biden ,administration had   
caved to activist demands1 and ,kerry   
released a statement saying he welcomes 
the fund's creation4  #b4 ,prohibition  
on funds to negotiate or contribute to  
international agreements that provide   
for loss and damage funds as a result of
 climate change ,none of the funds      
available to any ,federal department or 
agency may be used to negotiate or      
contribute to international agreements  
that provide for loss and damage funds  
as a result of climate change4