S.Amdt. 140

SA 140. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 appropriate place in title VIII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING DEFENSE CONTRACTORS TO
PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATING TO GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Greenhouse gas.--The term ``greenhouse gas'' means--
(A) carbon dioxide;
(B) methane;
(C) nitrous oxide;
(D) nitrogen trifluoride;
(E) hydrofluorocarbons;
(F) perfluorcarbons; or
(G) sulfur hexafluoride.
(2) Greenhouse gas inventory.--The term ``greenhouse gas
inventory'' means a quantified list of an entity's annual
greenhouse gas emissions.
(3) Scope 1 emissions.--The term ``Scope 1 emissions''
means direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources that are
owned or controlled by the reporting entity.
(4) Scope 2 emissions.--The term ``Scope 2 emissions''
means indirect greenhouse gas emissions associated with the
generation of electricity, heating and cooling, or steam,
when these are purchased or acquired for the reporting
entity's own consumption but occur at sources owned or
controlled by another entity.
(5) Scope 3 emissions.--The term ``Scope 3 emissions''
means greenhouse gas emissions, other than those that are
Scope 2 emissions, that are a consequence of the operations
of the reporting entity but occur at sources other than those
owned or controlled by the entity.
(b) Prohibition on Disclosure Requirements.--The Secretary
of Defense may not require the recipient of a Federal
contract to provide a greenhouse gas inventory or to provide
any other report on greenhouse gas emissions, including Scope
1 emissions, Scope 2 emissions, or Scope 3 emissions.
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