S.Amdt. 5882
What it does: Adds SEC. 1276. GLOBAL CLIMATE ASSISTANCE FUNDS at the end of subtitle F of title XII
Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-MA)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1276. GLOBAL CLIMATE ASSISTANCE FUNDS at the end of subtitle F of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
Inserted: SEC. 1276. GLOBAL CLIMATE ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 by this Act is the aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 by this Act minus one percent.
Inserted: (b) Allocation.--The allocation of the reduction under subsection (a) shall be derived from the additional $44,916,434,000 above the President's fiscal year 2023 budget request provided by the Senate to the discretionary authorizations within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, as set forth on page 383 of the report of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate accompanying S. 4543 of the 117th Congress (S. Rept. 117-130).
Inserted: (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts from the reduction under subsection (a) shall be used by the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, to increase the authorization of appropriations for funds to global climate assistance accounts, programs, organizations, and international financial institutions described in subsection (d) for the following purposes:
Inserted: (1) To reduce the risks to United States national security due to climate change, as set forth in the national intelligence estimate of the National Intelligence Council entitled "Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040" (NIC-NIE-2021-10030-A).
Inserted: (2) To provide public climate financing to developing countries, with the objective of limiting the increase in global temperature at or below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Inserted: (d) Global Climate Assistance Accounts, Programs, Organizations, and International Financial Institutions Described.--The global climate assistance accounts, programs, organizations, and international financial institutions described in this subsection are the following:
Inserted: (1) The Green Climate Fund.
Inserted: (2) Global Environment Facility.
Inserted: (3) Adaptation Programs.
Inserted: (4) Sustainable Landscapes.
Inserted: (5) Clean Energy Programs.
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Inserted: (6) Biodiversity Programs.
Inserted: (7) The Clean Technology Fund.
Inserted: (8) Migration and Refugee Assistance.
Inserted: (9) International Disaster Assistance.
Inserted: (10) Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund (MLF).
Inserted: (11) The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Inserted: (12) The Adaptation Fund.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5882. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1276. GLOBAL CLIMATE ASSISTANCE FUNDS.
(a) In General.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 by this Act is the aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 by this Act minus one percent.
(b) Allocation.--The allocation of the reduction under subsection (a) shall be derived from the additional $44,916,434,000 above the President's fiscal year 2023 budget request provided by the Senate to the discretionary authorizations within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, as set forth on page 383 of the report of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate accompanying S. 4543 of the 117th Congress (S. Rept. 117-130).
(c) Use of Funds.--Amounts from the reduction under subsection (a) shall be used by the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, to increase the authorization of appropriations for funds to global climate assistance accounts, programs, organizations, and international financial institutions described in subsection (d) for the following purposes:
(1) To reduce the risks to United States national security due to climate change, as set forth in the national intelligence estimate of the National Intelligence Council entitled “Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040” (NIC-NIE-2021-10030-A).
(2) To provide public climate financing to developing countries, with the objective of limiting the increase in global temperature at or below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
(d) Global Climate Assistance Accounts, Programs, Organizations, and International Financial Institutions Described.--The global climate assistance accounts, programs, organizations, and international financial institutions described in this subsection are the following:
(1) The Green Climate Fund.
(2) Global Environment Facility.
(3) Adaptation Programs.
(4) Sustainable Landscapes.
(5) Clean Energy Programs.
(6) Biodiversity Programs.
(7) The Clean Technology Fund.
(8) Migration and Refugee Assistance.
(9) International Disaster Assistance.
(10) Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund (MLF).
(11) The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
(12) The Adaptation Fund.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 28, 2022