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“STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the in the Senate section section on page S4621 on Sept. 14.
More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Ernst):
S. 4850. A bill to amend Public Law 117-169 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds for methane monitoring to be used to monitor emissions of methane from livestock, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 4850
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. METHANE MONITORING.
Section 60105(e) of Public Law 117-169 is amended--
(1) by striking ``In addition to'' and inserting the following:
``(1) In general.--In addition to''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Prohibition.--Amounts made available under paragraph
(1) may not be used to monitor emissions of methane from livestock.''.
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By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. King):
S. 4853. A bill to require a study of the programs, acquisitions, and budget of the Department of Defense; to the Committee on Armed Services.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill requires a study of the programs, acquisitions, and budget of the Department of Defense.
There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 4853
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 ``American Defense Programs, Logistics, and Acquisitions for our Nation's Security Act of 2022'' or the ``American Defense PLANS Act of 2022''.
SEC. 2. STUDY OF THE PROGRAMS, ACQUISITIONS, AND BUDGET OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an arrangement with a federally funded research and development center under which the center will--
(1) conduct a study of the programs, acquisitions, and budget of the Department of Defense; and
(2) make recommendations with respect to how the Department can ensure that program development cycles and acquisition of new technologies within the Department can best keep pace with the increasing rate at which technologies acquired for programs of the Department become outdated or are replaced by new technologies.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the study required by subsection (a).
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