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Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) sponsored an amendment to H.R. 4664, the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2024, which would prevent the General Services Administration (GSA) and other agencies from finalizing a rule requiring “major” federal contractors receiving more than $50 million in annual contracts, who make up 1.3% of all contractors and over 85% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the federal supply chain, to publicly disclose Scope 1, Scope 2, and relevant categories of Scope 3 emissions, disclose climate-related financial risks, and set science-based emissions reduction targets. Without these disclosures, the U.S. cannot substantiate or track progress against its own commitment to the Paris Agreement, nor protect the federal government from transition risks. On November 9, the House approved the Tenney amendment by a vote of 220-202 (House roll call vote 642). NO IS THE PRO-ENVIRONMENT VOTE. The House did not conduct a final passage vote on H.R. 4664