Sec. 7. Independent study on scope 3 emissions resulting from certain Department of Defense activities
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study on the scope 3 emissions resulting from certain activities of the Department of Defense, including such activities carried out under contracts or other agreements, in accordance with the guidance of the Environmental Protection Agency titled Scope 3 Inventory Guidance (relating to scope 3 emissions), or any successor guidance. The study referred to in subsection
(a)shall include a comprehensive review and assessment of the following: Any contracts or other agreements relating to manufacturing that the Secretary of Defense has entered into. The extent to which, in performing work under such contracts or other agreements, contractors and other partners track greenhouse gas emissions. The known greenhouse gas emissions that occur within the supply chain of the Department. The terms of the contract under subsection
(a)shall include a requirement that the federally funded research and development center that conducts the study under the contract to submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of the study, which shall include an identification of the following: Considerations and recommendations for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of contractors and other partners performing work under contracts or other agreements with the Department. Any existing alternatives that produce lower greenhouse gas emissions while still aligning with the national security interests of the United States and the priorities set forth in the national defense strategy. Any legislative recommendations to— support and facilitate implementation of the national defense strategy with respect to climate- and environmental-related goals; or reduce greenhouse gas emissions through modernization of the supply chain of the Department. Upon receiving the report on the results of the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees an unedited copy of such report, together with the written perspectives of the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with respect to the results. The report submitted under paragraph
(2)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. In this section: The term national defense strategy means the review of the defense programs and policies of the United States that is carried out every four years under section 113(g) of title 10, United States Code. The term scope 3 emissions means emissions that result from activities of a Federal department or agency but are generated from sources that are neither owned nor controlled by the Federal department or agency.