Title: ESG Rule Prevention Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
ESG Rule Prevention Act
This bill prohibits federal agencies from requiring the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and the implementation of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by federal contractors as a condition of eligibility for federal contracts.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9543 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9543

To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the head of agencies 
   from requiring the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and the 
implementation of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by Federal 
                  contractors, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2022

 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 41, United States Code, to prohibit the head of agencies 
   from requiring the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions and the 
implementation of greenhouse gas emission reduction targets by Federal 
                  contractors, 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 ``ESG Rule Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 
              AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION 
              TARGETS BY FEDERAL CONTRACTORS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 4715. Prohibition on requiring disclosure of greenhouse gas 
              emissions and implementation of greenhouse gas emission 
              reduction targets by Federal contractors.
    ``(a) Prohibition.--The head of an agency may not require as a 
condition of eligibility for a contract with the agency that a person--
            ``(1) disclose to the head of the agency the amount of 
        greenhouse gas emissions the person is responsible for; or
            ``(2) meet an emissions reduction target for greenhouse gas 
        emissions during the term of the contract concerned.
    ``(b) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term `agency' has the 
meaning given such term in section 551 of title 5.''.
    (b) Application.--The prohibition established under section 4715 of 
title 41, United States Code, shall only apply to contracts entered 
into after the date of the enactment of this section.
    (c) Table of Sections.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

``4715. Prohibition on requiring disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions 
                            and implementation of greenhouse gas 
                            emission reduction targets by Federal 
                            contractors.''.
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