[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 118 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 140. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. __. 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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