S.Amdt. 122Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)

S.Amdt. 122

What it does: Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE wherever appropriate
Submitted January 22, 2015

What it changes

1 change to S. 1

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  1. Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE wherever appropriate

    Adds a section

    Inserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

    Inserted: It is the sense of Congress that--

    Inserted: (1) climate change is real;

    Inserted: (2) worldwide scientific opinion is not settled on the extent to which human activities may be causing climate change;

    Inserted: (3) projections by models of catastrophic increases in global temperatures have not been validated by measured temperature data;

    Inserted: (4) fossil fuels are critical to the health of the world economy and low-cost electricity and other energy forms have dramatically improved the health and quality of life of millions the world over; and

    Inserted: (5) the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL Project issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014, found that construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline will not significantly impact global greenhouse gas emissions.

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    At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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As printed

SA 122. Mr. SESSIONS (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) climate change is real;

(2) worldwide scientific opinion is not settled on the extent to which human activities may be causing climate change;

(3) projections by models of catastrophic increases in global temperatures have not been validated by measured temperature data;

(4) fossil fuels are critical to the health of the world economy and low-cost electricity and other energy forms have dramatically improved the health and quality of life of millions the world over; and

(5) the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Keystone XL Project issued by the Secretary of State in January 2014, found that construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline will not significantly impact global greenhouse gas emissions.

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