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Issues
Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) sponsored an amendment to H.R. 8774, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025, which would prevent the General Services Administration (GSA) and other agencies from finalizing a rule requiring “major” federal contractors who receive more than $50 million in annual contracts to publicly disclose direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scopes 2 & 3) upstream and downstream climate emissions, disclose climate-related financial risks, and set science-based emissions reduction targets. While only making up 13% of federal contractors, these major contractors are responsible for over 85% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the federal supply chain. Without these disclosures, the U.S. cannot substantiate or track progress against its own commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, nor protect the federal government from climate and clean energy transition risks. On June 28, the House approved the Tenney amendment by a vote of 211-199 (House roll call vote 328). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The Senate took no action on this legislation.
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