[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4442-S4443]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3174. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide for the reform and continuation of 
agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 125__. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
       (1) climate change is adversely impacting the agricultural 
     economy of the United States; and
       (2) the Government Accountability Office--
       (A) in a 2017 report, found that--
       (i) the Federal Government has spent more than 
     $350,000,000,000 during the last decade on disaster 
     assistance programs and losses from flood and crop insurance; 
     and
       (ii) due to losses from flood and crop insurance, climate 
     change is considered a high risk;

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       (B) expects the cost to taxpayers described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i) to increase; and
       (C) recommends that the Federal Government take the initial 
     step to establish government-wide priorities to manage the 
     adverse impact of climate change on the agricultural economy 
     of the United States.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the senate of the Senate 
     that the Secretary should prioritize efforts to minimize the 
     effects of climate change on--
       (1) food systems in the United States;
       (2) the business practices of agricultural producers; and
       (3) taxpayers.
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