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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS EXEC. REPT.
2d Session SENATE 117-2
AMENDMENT TO MONTREAL PROTOCOL
(KIGALI AMENDMENT)
MAY 26, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MENENDEZ, from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany Treaty Doc. 117-1]
The Committee on Foreign Relations, to which was referred the
Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete
the Ozone Layer (the Montreal Protocol), Adopted at Kigali on
October 15, 2016, by the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to
the Montreal Protocol (The Kigali Amendment) (Treaty Doc. 117-
1), having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with one
declaration, as indicated in the resolution of advice and consent,
and recommends that the Senate give its advice and consent to
ratification thereof, as set forth in this report and the accom-
panying resolution of advice and consent.
CONTENTS
Page
I. P u rp o se ........................................................................................................... 1
II. B ackgroun d .................................................................................................... 1
III. Im plem enting Legislation ............................................................................ . 2
IV . C om m ittee A ction .......................................................................................... 3
V. Committee Recommendation and Comments ............................................. 3
VI. Text of Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification .......................... 3
I. PURPOSE
The purpose of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol
is to update the Montreal Protocol to add to its phasedown frame-
work 18 harmful chemicals called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),
which will facilitate the transition to next-generation, more effi-
cient refrigerant chemicals, including those developed and manu-
factured by U.S. companies and workers.
II. BACKGROUND
The Treaty would be the fifth amendment to the Montreal Pro-
tocol; the Senate provided advice and consent to the Montreal Pro-
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