Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should submit to the Senate for advice and consent the climate change agreement proposed for adoption at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Paris, France from November 30 to December 11, 2015.

the statements made by the Executive Branch to the Senate during Senate consideration of the Convention and set forth in Executive Report 102–55 remain valid and in force and, accordingly, any agreement adopted at COP–21 containing targets and timetables, whether deemed “legally binding” or not, must be submitted to the Senate for advice and consent pursuant to Article II, section 2 of the Constitution;

any agreement or decision made at COP–21 that contains targets and timetables—whether they are contained within a legally binding instrument or attached as a nonbinding schedule or addendum to a legally binding instrument—shall be considered by the Congress to be an agreement “containing targets and timetables”;

a decision made by the Executive Branch at COP–21 or any other venue to apply targets and timetables for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to the United States would alter the “shared understanding” of the Convention between the Executive Branch and the Senate and would therefore require the Senate’s advice and consent;

the Department of State developed the “Circular 175 Procedure” to determine how international agreements would be negotiated, and the eight factors contained in the Procedure strongly support the conclusion that any agreement made under the Convention that contains targets and timetables for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases must be submitted to the Senate for advice and consent;

until all commitments on emissions targets and timetables made at COP–21 are submitted to the Senate for advice and consent and subsequently ratified by the Executive Branch, such commitments shall have no effect on the interpretation of the laws and international obligations of the United States; and

Congress should refuse to consider any budget resolutions and appropriations language that include funding for the Green Climate Fund or any affiliated body or financing mechanism unless and until all agreements on emissions targets and timetables reached at COP–21 are submitted to the Senate for advice and consent.