[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S478]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 174. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. 
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to 
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDING OF CLIMATE 
                   CHANGE ADAPTATION PROGRAMS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) President Obama has committed $3,000,000,000 from the 
     United States to the Green Climate Fund, with the objective 
     of helping developing countries deal with the impacts of 
     climate change and advancing mitigation efforts;
       (2) many communities in the United States, including many 
     rural and indigenous communities, face social and economic 
     challenges that rival those in developing countries and are 
     also being impacted by climate change;
       (3) these communities include indigenous and traditional 
     communities in the Arctic region of the United States;
       (4) similar opportunities for adaptation projects exist 
     across rural and other vulnerable communities in the United 
     States; and
       (5) the United States should prioritize and fund adaptation 
     projects in vulnerable communities in the United States, 
     including rural and indigenous communities, while also 
     helping to fund climate change adaptation and mitigation in 
     developing countries.
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