S.Amdt. 4457

1. Adds SEC. 1084. SENSE OF SENATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE at the end of subtitle I of title X

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   (5) the risk assessment prepared by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to accompany the Quadrennial Defense Review should be comprehensive and should include a description of the capabilities needed to address the risks identified in that assessment.

   Inserted: SEC. 1084. SENSE OF SENATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--

   Inserted: (1) greenhouse gases concentrating in the atmosphere are causing average temperatures to rise at a rate outside the range of natural variability and pose a substantial risk of rising sea-levels, altered patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and increased frequency and severity of floods, droughts, hurricanes and other serious weather events;

   Inserted: (2) the most recent annual report under section 108 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 404a) states that the United States now faces new security challenges, including "Environmental destruction, whether caused by human behavior or cataclysmic mega-disasters such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, or tsunamis. Problems of this scope may overwhelm the capacity of local authorities to respond, and may even overtax national militaries, requiring a larger international response. These challenges are not traditional national security concerns, such as the conflict of arms or ideologies. But if left unaddressed they can threaten national security.";

   Inserted: (3) environmental changes are likely to increase instability in many countries as changing weather patterns may exacerbate conflicts and competition over land and water resources;

   Inserted: (4) the strategic, social, political, and economic consequences of global warming are likely to have a greater adverse effect on less developed countries with fewer resources and infrastructures less able to adjust to economic and social changes;

   Inserted: (5) the economy of the United States is not immune from the potential for dislocations due to global warming; and

   Inserted: (6) a failure to reverse the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere will increase security and economic threats that will face the United States and the world.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--

   Inserted: (1) it is the obligation of the United States to help secure for present and future generations the prosperity and sustainability of life on the planet;

   Inserted: (2) global warming is a clear and present danger to the security and the economy of the United States and the world;

   Inserted: (3) this danger cannot be ignored;

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   Inserted: (4) international cooperation will be needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the adverse effects of increasing levels of greenhouse gases and to develop sustainable energy policies and practices; and

   Inserted: (5) the President and Congress should work together to take timely measures, in the United States and in concert with nations around the world, to reduce the threat of global warming.

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   At the end of subtitle I of title X, insert the following:

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