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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3358 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit any requirement for recipients of Federal contracts to disclose |
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| 6 | 6 | | greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MAY16, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. A |
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| 11 | 11 | | RRINGTON(for himself, Mr. FALLON, Mr. COMER, Ms. MACE, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | D |
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| 13 | 13 | | ONALDS, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. BANKS, Mr. JOHNSONof Lou- |
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| 14 | 14 | | isiana, Mr. A |
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| 15 | 15 | | LFORD, and Mrs. BICE) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 16 | 16 | | was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To prohibit any requirement for recipients of Federal con- |
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| 19 | 19 | | tracts to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate- |
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| 20 | 20 | | related financial risk, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mission not Emissions 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL CONTRACTOR DISCLO-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SURE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL RISK. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) P |
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| 33 | 33 | | ROHIBITION.—Recipients of Federal contracts 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | may not be required to do any of the following: 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (1) Disclose greenhouse gas emissions and cli-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | mate-related financial risk as described in the pro-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | posed rule related to Federal Acquisition Regulation: 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Cli-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | mate-Related Financial Risk (87 Fed. Reg. 68312), 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | or any substantially similar rule. 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) Provide a greenhouse gas inventory or any 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | other report on greenhouse gas emissions, including 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Scope 1 emissions, Scope 2 emissions, and Scope 3 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | emissions. 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (3) Develop and submit greenhouse gas emis-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | sions reduction targets for validation by any non- 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | governmental organization, including the Science- 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Based Targets initiative. 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) D |
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| 50 | 50 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) G |
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| 52 | 52 | | REENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | gas’’ means— 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) carbon dioxide; 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) methane; 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (C) nitrous oxide; 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (D) nitrogen trifluoride; 26 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (E) hydrofluorocarbons; 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (F) perfluorcarbons; or 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (G) sulfur hexafluoride. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) G |
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| 65 | 65 | | REENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY .—The term 4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘greenhouse gas inventory’’ means a quantified list 5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | of an entity’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (3) S |
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| 69 | 69 | | COPE 1 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 1 7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, direct 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | greenhouse gas emissions that are emitted from 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | sources that are owned or controlled by the entity. 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (4) S |
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| 74 | 74 | | COPE 2 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 2 11 |
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| 75 | 75 | | emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, indirect 12 |
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| 76 | 76 | | greenhouse gas emissions that are— 13 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (A) associated with the generation of elec-14 |
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| 78 | 78 | | tricity, heating and cooling, or steam, when 15 |
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| 79 | 79 | | such electricity, heating and cooling, or steam is 16 |
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| 80 | 80 | | purchased or acquired for the entity’s own con-17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | sumption; and 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (B) emitted from sources other than 19 |
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| 83 | 83 | | sources that are owned or controlled by the en-20 |
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| 84 | 84 | | tity. 21 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (5) S |
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| 86 | 86 | | COPE 3 EMISSIONS.—The term ‘‘Scope 3 22 |
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| 87 | 87 | | emissions’’ means, with respect to an entity, indirect 23 |
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| 88 | 88 | | greenhouse gas emissions, other than Scope 2 emis-24 |
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| 89 | 89 | | sions, that are— 25 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (A) a consequence of the operations of the 1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | entity; and 2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | (B) emitted from sources other than 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | sources that are owned or controlled by the en-4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | tity. 5 |
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