42 USC § 13388 - Global Climate Change Response Fund

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13388"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 13388 - Global Climate Change Response Fund"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13388"
section_name: "Global Climate Change Response Fund"
chapter_number: 134
chapter_name: "ENERGY POLICY"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–486, title XVI, § 1609, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3007.)"
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# § 13388. Global Climate Change Response Fund

**(a)** **Establishment of Fund** The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish a Global Climate Change Response Fund to act as a mechanism for United States contributions to assist global efforts in mitigating and adapting to global climate change.

**(b)** **Restrictions on deposits** No deposits shall be made to the Global Climate Change Response Fund until the United States has ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

**(c)** **Use of Fund** section 2222 of title 22

Moneys deposited into the Fund shall be used by the President, to the extent authorized and appropriated under , solely for contributions to a financial mechanism negotiated pursuant to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including all protocols or agreements related thereto.

**(d)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated for deposit in the Fund to carry out the purposes of this section, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 1995 and 1996.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–486, title XVI, § 1609, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 3007.)