S.Amdt. 12

SA 12. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2 proposed by Ms. Murkowski (for herself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr.
Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lee, Mr. Flake, Mr. Daines, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Portman, Mr. Alexander, and Mrs. Capito) to
the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 2, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) agree that global warming is real and due to human
activity;
(2) the National Academy of Sciences agrees that global
warming is real and due to human activity;
(3) the American Association for the Advancement of Science
agrees that global warming is real and due to human activity;
(4) the American Chemical Society agrees that global
warming is real and due to human activity;
(5) the American Geophysical Union agrees that global
warming is real and due to human activity;
(6) the American Medical Association agrees that global
warming is real and due to human activity;
(7) the American Meteorological Society agrees that global
warming is real and due to human activity;
(8) the American Physical Society agrees that global
warming is real and due to human activity; and
(9) the Geological Society of America agrees that global
warming is real and due to human activity.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress should take under due consideration advice
from the leading scientific institutions in the United
States; and
(2) global warming is real and due to human activity.
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