S.Amdt. 3200

SA 3200. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, and Mr.
Sanders) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA
2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ACTIVITIES OF
CERTAIN COMPANIES.

(a) Sense of the Senate Regarding Tobacco Companies.--It is
the sense of the Senate that--
(1) according to peer-reviewed scientific research and
Federal courts, tobacco companies have long known about the
harmful health effects of their products; and
(2) contrary to the scientific findings of the tobacco
companies and of others about the danger tobacco poses to
human health, tobacco companies--
(A) used a sophisticated and deceitful campaign that
included funding think tanks to deny, counter, and obstruct
peer-reviewed science; and
(B) used that misinformation campaign to mislead the public
and cast doubt in order to protect their financial interest.
(b) Sense of the Senate Regarding Lead-related
Manufacturers.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) according to peer-reviewed scientific research and
State courts, the harmful effects of lead in paint and other
products were known to the paint industry, gasoline
manufacturers, and lead producers throughout the 20th
century; and
(2) contrary to the scientific findings of those companies
and of others about the danger lead poses to human health,
those companies--
(A) used a sophisticated and deceitful campaign that
included funding think tanks to deny, counter, and obstruct
peer-reviewed research; and
(B) used that misinformation campaign to mislead the public
and cast doubt in order to protect their financial interest.
(c) Sense of the Senate Regarding Fossil Fuel Companies.--
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) according to peer-reviewed scientific research and
investigative reporting, fossil fuel companies have long
known about the harmful climate effects of their products;
and
(2) contrary to the scientific findings of the fossil fuel
companies and of others about the danger fossil fuels pose to
the climate, fossil fuel companies--
(A) used a sophisticated and deceitful campaign that
included funding think tanks to deny, counter, and obstruct
peer-reviewed research; and
(B) used that misinformation campaign to mislead the public
and cast doubt in order to protect their financial interest?.
(d) Sense of the Senate Regarding Certain Corporations.--It
is the sense of the Senate that the Senate--
(1) disapproves of activities by certain corporations and
organizations funded by those corporations to deliberately
undermine peer-reviewed scientific research about the dangers
of their products and cast doubt on science in order to
protect their financial interests; and
(2) urges fossil fuel companies to cooperate with active or
future investigations into their climate-change related
activities and what the companies knew and when they knew it.
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