[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7683]
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SA 4216. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, 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 end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1283. GLOBAL CLIMATE ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
(a) In General.--The amount authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal year 2022 by this Act is the aggregate amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2022 by this
Act minus one percent.
(b) Allocation.--The allocation of the reduction under
subsection (a) shall be derived from the additional
$25,026,879,000 provided by the House of Representatives to
the discretionary authorizations within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives, as set forth on page 350 of the report of
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives accompanying H.R. 4350 of the 117th Congress
(H. Rept. 117-118).
(c) Use of Funds.--Amounts from the reduction under
subsection (a) shall be used by the Secretary of State, in
coordination with the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the
Treasury, as appropriate, to increase the authorization of
appropriations for funds to global climate assistance
accounts, programs, organizations, and international
financial institutions described in subsection (d) for the
following purposes:
(1) To reduce the risks to United States national security
due to climate change, as set forth in the national
intelligence estimate of the National Intelligence Council
entitled ``Climate Change and International Responses
Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040''
(NIC-NIE-2021-10030-A).
(2) To provide public climate financing to developing
countries, with the objective of limiting the increase in
global temperature at or below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-
industrial levels.
(d) Global Climate Assistance Accounts, Programs,
Organizations, and International Financial Institutions
Described.--The global climate assistance accounts, programs,
organizations, and international financial institutions
described in this subsection are the following:
(1) The Green Climate Fund.
(2) Global Environment Facility.
(3) Adaptation Programs.
(4) Sustainable Landscapes.
(5) Clean Energy Programs.
(6) Biodiversity Programs.
(7) The Clean Technology Fund.
(8) Migration and Refugee Assistance.
(9) International Disaster Assistance.
(10) Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund (MLF).
(11) The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change.
(12) The Adaptation Fund.
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