[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8507 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8507

 To provide that under the securities laws certain disclosures related 
        to scope 3 greenhouse-gas emissions may not be required.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2022

 Mr. Nehls (for himself, Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas, Mr. Sessions, 
Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. 
    Crawford, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Ellzey, and Mr. Mann) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that under the securities laws certain disclosures related 
        to scope 3 greenhouse-gas emissions may not be required.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Scope 3 Act''.

SEC. 2. SCOPE 3 GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS DISCLOSURES.

    Under the securities laws (as such term is defined in section 
3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c)), an 
issuer may not be required to disclose or otherwise provide information 
with respect to the greenhouse-gas emissions or consumption of the 
value chain of such issuer (commonly known as ``Scope 3 emissions'').
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