[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4773. 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 318. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PLAN TO MEET SCIENCE-BASED 
                   EMISSIONS TARGETS.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than September 30, 2022, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan to 
     reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of the Department of 
     Defense, including functions of the Department that are 
     performed by contractors, in line with science-based 
     emissions targets.
       (b) Updates.--Not later than one year after the submittal 
     of the plan under subsection (a), and annually thereafter, 
     the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
     progress of the Department toward meeting the science-based 
     emissions targets in such plan.
       (c) Science-based Emissions Target Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``science-based emissions target'' means a 
     reduction in greenhouse gas emissions consistent with 
     preventing an increase in global average temperature of 
     greater than or equal to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-
     industrial levels.
                                 ______