S.Amdt. 237

1. Rewrites the text S.Amdt. 145 would insert

   Rewrites S.Amdt. 145In place of the text S.Amdt. 145 would insert

   In S.Amdt. 145 as proposed

   Struck: SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

   Struck: It is the sense of Congress that--

   Struck: (1) Congress is in agreement with the opinion of virtually the entire worldwide scientific community and a growing number of top national security experts, economists, and others that--

   Struck: (A) climate change is real;

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   Struck: (B) human activities contribute to climate change; and

   Struck: (C) climate change has already begun to cause problems in the United States and around the world;

   Struck: (2) the Energy Information Administration projects that fossil fuels could continue to produce 68 percent of the electricity in the United States through 2040; and

   Struck: (3) it is imperative that the United States invest in research and development for clean fossil fuel technology.

   Inserted: SEC. ____. SENSE OF CONGRESS ACKNOWLEDGING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FINDINGS OF THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE PROJECT.

   Inserted: It is the sense of Congress that Congress is in agreement with the following findings of the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement issued by the Secretary of State for the Keystone XL Project (referred to in this section as the "FSEIS"):

   Inserted: (1) "The analyses of potential impacts associated with construction and normal operation of the proposed Project suggest that significant impacts to most resources are not expected along the proposed Project route" (FSEIS page 4.16-1, section 4.16).

   Inserted: (2) "The total annual GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions (direct and indirect) attributed to the No Action scenarios range from 28 to 42 percent greater than for the proposed Project" (FSEIS page ES-34, section ES.5.4.2).

   Inserted: (3) ". . . approval or denial of any one crude oil transport project, including the proposed Project, is unlikely to significantly impact the rate of extraction in the oil sands or the continued demand for heavy crude oil at refineries in the United States based on expected oil prices, oil-sands supply costs, transport costs, and supply-demand scenarios" (FSEIS page ES-16, section ES.4.1.1).

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