S.Amdt. 824
What it does: Adds SEC. 972. ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM on page 556, between lines 9 and 10
Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-ME)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 6
Adds SEC. 972. ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM on page 556, between lines 9 and 10
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 972. ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
Inserted: (a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Commerce shall establish within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and shall carry out, a program of scientific research on abrupt climate change.
Inserted: (b) Purposes of Program.--The purposes of the program are as follows:
Inserted: (1) To develop a global array of terrestrial and oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to sufficiently identify and describe past instances of abrupt climate change.
Inserted: (2) To improve understanding of thresholds and nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the mechanisms of abrupt climate change.
Inserted: (3) To incorporate such mechanisms into advanced geophysical models of climate change.
Inserted: (4) To test the output of such models against an improved global array of records of past abrupt climate changes.
Inserted: (c) Abrupt Climate Change Defined.--In this section, the term "abrupt climate change" means a change in the climate that occurs so rapidly or unexpectedly that human or natural systems have difficulty adapting to the climate as changed.
Inserted: (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000 to carry out the research program required under this section.
Original wording
On page 556, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following new section:
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As printed
SA 824. Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Jeffords, and Mr. DeWine) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 6, to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 556, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following new section:
SEC. 972. ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment of Program.--The Secretary of Commerce shall establish within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and shall carry out, a program of scientific research on abrupt climate change.
(b) Purposes of Program.--The purposes of the program are as follows:
(1) To develop a global array of terrestrial and oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to sufficiently identify and describe past instances of abrupt climate change.
(2) To improve understanding of thresholds and nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the mechanisms of abrupt climate change.
(3) To incorporate such mechanisms into advanced geophysical models of climate change.
(4) To test the output of such models against an improved global array of records of past abrupt climate changes.
(c) Abrupt Climate Change Defined.--In this section, the term “abrupt climate change” means a change in the climate that occurs so rapidly or unexpectedly that human or natural systems have difficulty adapting to the climate as changed.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Commerce for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2008, to remain available until expended, $10,000,000 to carry out the research program required under this section.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 21, 2005