Mission not Emissions Act

Subjects: Energy


<html><body><pre>[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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