[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 195 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S7261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6531. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. 
Moran) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 7776, to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors 
of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development 
of water and related resources, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 823. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING DEFENSE CONTRACTORS TO 
                   PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS 
                   EMISSIONS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means--
       (A) carbon dioxide;
       (B) methane;
       (C) nitrous oxide;
       (D) nitrogen trifluoride;
       (E) hydrofluorocarbons
       (F) perfluorcarbons; or
       (G) sulfur hexafluoride.
       (2) Greenhouse gas inventory.--The term ``greenhouse gas 
     inventory'' means a quantified list of an entity's annual 
     greenhouse gas emissions.
       (3) Scope 1 emissions.--The term ``Scope 1 emissions'' 
     means direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources that are 
     owned or controlled by the reporting entity.
       (4) Scope 2 emissions.--The term ``Scope 2 emissions'' 
     means indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the 
     generation of electricity, heating and cooling, or steam, 
     when these are purchased or acquired for the reporting 
     entity's own consumption but occur at sources owned or 
     controlled by another entity.
       (5) Scope 3 emissions.--The term ``Scope 3 emissions'' 
     means greenhouse gas emissions, other than those that are 
     Scope 2 emissions, that are a consequence of the operations 
     of the reporting entity but occur at sources other than those 
     owned or controlled by the entity.
       (b) Prohibition on Disclosure Requirements.--The Secretary 
     of Defense may not require the recipient of a Federal 
     contract to provide a greenhouse gas inventory or to provide 
     any other report on greenhouse gas emissions, including Scope 
     1 emissions, Scope 2 emissions, or Scope 3 emissions.
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