,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #acbf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #bb1    
#bjba,mr4 ,inhofe 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,tillis1 ,mrs4 ,hyde-,smith1 and ,mr4   
,lankford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit 
the ,administrator of the ,environmental
 ,protection ,agency from issuing       
greenhouse gas emissions rules or       
regulations until ,china1 ,india1 and   
,russia adhere to the same emissions    
reduction targets as the ,united ,states
 under the ,paris ,agreement1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,domestic      
,manufacturing ,protection ,act of      
#bjba4  #b4 ,prohibition on greenhouse  
gas emission rules  7a7 ,definitions ,in
 this section3 7#a7 ,administrator ,the 
term ,administrator means the           
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency4  7#b7 ,covered rule

 or regulation ,the term covered rule or
 regulation means a rule or regulation  
of the ,administrator that regulates    
greenhouse gas emissions4  7#c7 ,paris  
,agreement ,the term ,paris ,agreement  
means the decision by the #bast         
,conference of ,parties of the ,united  
,nations ,framework ,convention on      
,climate ,change in ,paris1 ,france1    
adopted ,december #ab1 #bjae 7or a      
successive1 substantially similar       
agreement74  7b7 ,prohibition           
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 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 ,china1  
,india1 and ,russia each adhere to the  
same greenhouse gas emissions reduction 
targets as the ,united ,states under the
 ,paris ,agreement4  7c7 ,annual        
certification ,after the date of the    
determination under subsection 7b71 the 
,administrator shall annually certify   

that ,china1 ,india1 and ,russia are    
adhering to the greenhouse gas emissions
 reduction targets described in that    
subsection4