[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8381]
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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.
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