House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
To seek the renegotiation of the Paris Agreement on climate change or the negotiation of a new agreement, including the requirement for the Senate to provide its advice and consent to ratification of any such agreement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Garret Graves R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 15, 2021 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2578.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 167, No. 65, April 15, 2021, Page H1843):Article 1, Section 8, clauses 3 and 18 of the United. States constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 15, 2021 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 74 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2578, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2578
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
28 cosponsors — 28 Republicans
0 of 28 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Earl Carter (R-GA), John Curtis (R-UT), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Michael McCaul (R-TX), David McKinley (R-WV), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Burgess Owens (R-UT), August Pfluger (R-TX), Cathy Rodgers (R-WA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Michelle Steel (R-CA), W. Steube (R-FL), Chris Stewart (R-UT), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), William Timmons (R-SC), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Bruce Westerman (R-AR), Robert Wittman (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Garret Graves.
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- H.R. 1921 (117th) To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 8049 (117th) American Aerospace Supply Chain Resiliency, Innovation, and Advancement Act of 2022
- H.Res. 1247 (117th) Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the 2023-2028…
- H.R. 2515 (117th) BUILDER Act of 2021
- H.J.Res. 91 (117th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Council on…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.