[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3217-S3218]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1749. Ms. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Cramer, and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the 
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub 
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security, 
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to 
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of title III of division F, add the following:

     SEC. 6302. STUDY ON ELECTRIC VEHICLE EMISSIONS.

       The Secretary of Energy or a National Laboratory shall 
     conduct a study on the emissions of the full lifecycle of an 
     electric vehicle, from battery production to disposal, 
     including--
       (1) the emissions associated with the electricity generated 
     to power the vehicle throughout its life;
       (2) the critical minerals used in the batteries; and
       (3) the mineral refining and transport.

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