[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3358 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3358
To prohibit any requirement for recipients of Federal contracts to
disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 16, 2023
Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Fallon, Mr. Comer, Ms. Mace, Mr.
Donalds, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Banks, Mr. Johnson of Louisiana, Mr.
Alford, and Mrs. Bice) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability
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A BILL
To prohibit any requirement for recipients of Federal contracts to
disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Mission not Emissions Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL CONTRACTOR DISCLOSURE OF GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND CLIMATE-RELATED FINANCIAL RISK.
(a) Prohibition.--Recipients of Federal contracts may not be
required to do any of the following:
(1) Disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related
financial risk as described in the proposed rule related to
Federal Acquisition Regulation: Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas
Emissions and Climate-Related Financial Risk (87 Fed. Reg.
68312), or any substantially similar rule.
(2) Provide a greenhouse gas inventory or any other report
on greenhouse gas emissions, including Scope 1 emissions, Scope
2 emissions, and Scope 3 emissions.
(3) Develop and submit greenhouse gas emissions reduction
targets for validation by any non-governmental organization,
including the Science-Based Targets initiative.
(b) 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, with respect to an entity, direct greenhouse gas
emissions that are emitted from sources that are owned or
controlled by the entity.
(4) Scope 2 emissions.--The term ``Scope 2 emissions''
means, with respect to an entity, indirect greenhouse gas
emissions that are--
(A) associated with the generation of electricity,
heating and cooling, or steam, when such electricity,
heating and cooling, or steam is purchased or acquired
for the entity's own consumption; and
(B) emitted from sources other than sources that
are owned or controlled by the entity.
(5) Scope 3 emissions.--The term ``Scope 3 emissions''
means, with respect to an entity, indirect greenhouse gas
emissions, other than Scope 2 emissions, that are--
(A) a consequence of the operations of the entity;
and
(B) emitted from sources other than sources that
are owned or controlled by the entity.
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