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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 3358
To prohibit any requirement for recipients of Federal contracts to disclose
greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY16, 2023
Mr. A
RRINGTON(for himself, Mr. FALLON, Mr. COMER, Ms. MACE, Mr.
D
ONALDS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BANKS, Mr. JOHNSONof Lou-
isiana, Mr. A
LFORD, and Mrs. BICE) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
A BILL
To prohibit any requirement for recipients of Federal con-
tracts to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate-
related financial risk, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mission not Emissions 4
Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL CONTRACTOR DISCLO-1
SURE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND 2
CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL RISK. 3
(a) P
ROHIBITION.—Recipients of Federal contracts 4
may not be required to do any of the following: 5
(1) Disclose greenhouse gas emissions and cli-6
mate-related financial risk as described in the pro-7
posed rule related to Federal Acquisition Regulation: 8
Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cli-9
mate-Related Financial Risk (87 Fed. Reg. 68312), 10
or any substantially similar rule. 11
(2) Provide a greenhouse gas inventory or any 12
other report on greenhouse gas emissions, including 13
Scope 1 emissions, Scope 2 emissions, and Scope 3 14
emissions. 15
(3) Develop and submit greenhouse gas emis-16
sions reduction targets for validation by any non- 17
governmental organization, including the Science- 18
Based Targets initiative. 19
(b) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 20
(1) G
REENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 21
gas’’ means— 22
(A) carbon dioxide; 23
(B) methane; 24
(C) nitrous oxide; 25
(D) nitrogen trifluoride; 26
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(E) hydrofluorocarbons; 1
(F) perfluorcarbons; or 2
(G) sulfur hexafluoride. 3
(2) G
REENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY .—The term 4
‘‘greenhouse gas inventory’’ means a quantified list 5
of an entity’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. 6
(3) S
COPE 1 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 1 7
emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, direct 8
greenhouse gas emissions that are emitted from 9
sources that are owned or controlled by the entity. 10
(4) S
COPE 2 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 2 11
emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, indirect 12
greenhouse gas emissions that are— 13
(A) associated with the generation of elec-14
tricity, heating and cooling, or steam, when 15
such electricity, heating and cooling, or steam is 16
purchased or acquired for the entity’s own con-17
sumption; and 18
(B) emitted from sources other than 19
sources that are owned or controlled by the en-20
tity. 21
(5) S
COPE 3 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 3 22
emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, indirect 23
greenhouse gas emissions, other than Scope 2 emis-24
sions, that are— 25
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(A) a consequence of the operations of the 1
entity; and 2
(B) emitted from sources other than 3
sources that are owned or controlled by the en-4
tity. 5
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