S.Amdt. 3002
What it does: Adds SEC. 2824. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS at the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII
Sen. Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 2824. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS at the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Secretary of Defense nor any other official of the Department of Defense may enter into a contract to plan, design, refurbish, or construct a biofuels refinery or any other facility or infrastructure used to refine biofuels unless such planning, design, refurbishment, or construction is specifically authorized by law.
Inserted: SEC. 2824. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS.
Inserted: No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 may be obligated or expended to implement or use green building rating standards unless the standards--
Inserted: (1)(A) are developed in accordance with rules accredited by the American National Standards Institute; and
Inserted: (B) are approved as American National Standards; or
Inserted: (2) incorporate and document the use of lifecycle assessment in the evaluation of building materials.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3002. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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 end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following:
SEC. 2824. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS.
No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2013 may be obligated or expended to implement or use green building rating standards unless the standards--
(1)(A) are developed in accordance with rules accredited by the American National Standards Institute; and
(B) are approved as American National Standards; or
(2) incorporate and document the use of lifecycle assessment in the evaluation of building materials.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 27, 2012