[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5265]
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  SA 3009. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2025 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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PERIODIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS ON CERTAIN 
                   EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

       Title XI of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3231 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section (and conforming the table of contents at the 
     beginning of such Act accordingly):

     ``SEC. 1115. PERIODIC INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS ON CERTAIN 
                   EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

       ``(a) Requirement.--Not later than the date that is 6 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this section, and on a 
     basis that is not less frequent than once every 6 years 
     thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, acting 
     through the National Intelligence Council, shall--
       ``(1) produce an intelligence assessment on the national 
     security and economic security effects of climate change; and
       ``(2) submit to the congressional intelligence committees 
     such intelligence assessment.
       ``(b) Form.--Each intelligence assessment under subsection 
     (a)(2) may be submitted in classified form, but if so 
     submitted, shall include an unclassified executive 
     summary.''.
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