[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 12 (Monday, January 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S483-S484]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 218. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed

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to amendment SA 115 submitted by Mr. Coons and intended to be proposed 
to the 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:

       In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       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 of the United Nations 
     Framework Convention on Climate Change;
       (2) any payments the United States ultimately makes to the 
     Green Climate Fund will be redistributed to finance 
     adaptation and mitigation efforts in developing countries 
     that are parties to the Convention;
       (3) none of the eligible developing country parties to the 
     Convention is an Arctic nation;
       (4) the residents of the Arctic, many of whom represent 
     vibrant indigenous and traditional cultures, too often face 
     social and economic challenges that rival those in developing 
     countries;
       (5) despite the fact that the United States is an Arctic 
     nation, President Obama has made no similar effort to provide 
     financial assistance to the residents of the United States 
     Arctic region, even though many of those communities have 
     opportunities for adaptation projects;
       (6) similar opportunities for adaptation projects exist 
     across rural communities in the United States;
       (7) the United States should prioritize adaptation projects 
     in the United States Arctic region and rural communities 
     before allocating any taxpayer dollars to the Green Climate 
     Fund; and
       (8) to the extent that Congress appropriates any taxpayer 
     dollars for adaptation, those funds should first be applied 
     to known and anticipated adaptation needs of communities 
     within the United States.
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