Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1669-B is enacted to read:

§1669-B.__Prohibition on state agency grants and expenditures

A state department or agency may not expend or award funds to implement, in whole or in part, an international treaty that the United States Senate has not ratified.

All state departments and agencies shall review all grants and expenditures made to ensure that none have been made to implement any international treaty that the United States Senate has not ratified, or portion of such a treaty.__If an agency or department finds that any expenditures or grants have been made to implement all or part of any such international treaty, these expenditures must be terminated immediately and those grants withdrawn.

As used in this section, "to implement" means to take any action that has a demonstrable and direct connection to specific requirements of any international treaty that has not been ratified by the United States Senate.

SUMMARY

This bill prohibits a state department or agency from expending or awarding funds to implement an international treaty that has not been ratified by the United States Senate.