[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3396-S3397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 297. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. TRANSPARENCY.

       (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``climate 
     security'' means the effects of climate change on--
       (1) United States national security concerns and 
     subnational, national, and regional political stability; and
       (2) overseas security and conflict situations that are 
     potentially exacerbated by dynamic environmental factors and 
     events, including--
       (A) the intensification and frequency of droughts, floods, 
     wildfires, tropical storms, and other extreme weather events;
       (B) changes in historical severe weather, drought, and 
     wildfire patterns;
       (C) the expansion of geographical ranges of droughts, 
     floods, and wildfires into regions that had not regularly 
     experienced such phenomena;
       (D) global sea level rise patterns and the expansion of 
     geographical ranges affected by drought; and
       (E) changes in marine environments that effect critical 
     geostrategic waterways, such as the Arctic Ocean, the South 
     China Sea, the South Pacific Ocean, the Barents Sea, and the 
     Beaufort Sea.
       (b) In General.--Any commission, advisory panel, or 
     committee designated by the President to examine or evaluate 
     climate security shall comply with the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
       (c) Whistleblower Protections.--Section 2302(b)(8)(A) of 
     title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in clause (i), by striking ``, or'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
       (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
       ``(ii) a deliberate manipulation, misjudgment, removal, or 
     obfuscation of, or failure to take into account, data and 
     information critical to fulsome or accurate national security 
     assessment and planning; or''.
       (d) Accessibility of Processes.--The President shall ensure 
     that the draft and final reports, studies, and policy 
     recommendations relating to climate security research that 
     are compiled by entities working under the direction of the 
     Federal Government are made available to the public.
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