Department of Defense Climate Resilience and Readiness Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10360 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10360 To require the Secretary of Defense to enhance the readiness of the Department of Defense to challenges relating to climate change and to improve the energy and resource efficiency of the Department, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2024 Ms. Escobar (for herself, Ms. Strickland, Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Tokuda, and Ms. Sherrill) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Secretary of Defense to enhance the readiness of the Department of Defense to challenges relating to climate change and to improve the energy and resource efficiency of the Department, 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 ``Department of Defense Climate Resilience and Readiness Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Climate change.--The term ``climate change'' means a change of climate that is-- (A) attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere; and (B) in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods. (2) Congressional defense committees.--The term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. (3) Green manufacturing technology.--The term ``green manufacturing technology'' means manufacturing processes that-- (A) use low carbon intensity materials; (B) reduce carbon emissions or have low global warming potential during the production of the material or product; and (C) use renewable