Sec. 4. Abrogation of energy policies

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No funds appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2021 or any fiscal year thereafter may be used to implement the Paris Agreement. The prohibition under subparagraph

(A)includes the use of funds for the following: Preparing, communicating, or maintaining nationally determined contributions. Funding emissions reductions of developing countries. Developing financial mechanisms that incentivize offshoring of jobs. The Green Climate Fund. The prohibition under paragraph

(1)shall terminate on the date on which the Senate provides advice and consent to the ratification of the Paris Agreement pursuant to section 2 of article II of the Constitution of the United States. In this subsection, the term Paris Agreement means the decision by the 21st Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, France, adopted December 12, 2015. TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. may construct, connect, operate, and maintain the pipeline facilities at the international border of the United States and Canada at Phillips County, Montana, for the import of oil from Canada to the United States as described in the Presidential Permit of March 29, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 13101 (April 3, 2019)). No Presidential permit (or similar permit) under Executive Order 13867 ( 3 U.S.C. 301 note; relating to the issuance of permits with respect to facilities and land transportation crossings at the international boundaries of the United States), Executive Order 12038 ( 42 U.S.C. 7151 note; relating to the transfer of certain functions to the Secretary of Energy), Executive Order 10485 ( 15 U.S.C. 717b note; relating to the performance of functions respecting electric power and natural gas facilities located on United States borders), or any other Executive order shall be required for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance of the pipeline facilities described in paragraph (1). Executive Order 14008 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad) is rescinded and shall have no force or effect. The definitions of the term waters of the United States and the other terms defined in section 328.3 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on June 22, 2020), are enacted into law. The final rule of the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of (85 Fed. Reg. 22250 (April 21, 2020)) is enacted into law. Waters of the United States The proposed rule of the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Revised Definition of (86 Fed. Reg. 69372 (December 7, 2021)) is rescinded and shall have no force or effect. Waters of the United States The proposed rule of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Standards of Performance for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources and Emissions Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review (86 Fed. Reg. 63110 (November 15, 2021)) is rescinded and shall have no force or effect.

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