Rep. GILREATH proposes the following Amendment No. to H.4025 as introduced by Ways & Means

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EXPLANATION: Regulate and report stratospheric aerosol injections, geoengineering climate control, and cloud seeding.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 87, DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS, page 452, after line 6, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/ (AERO: Weather Manipulation Report) Of the funds appropriated to the Division of Aeronautics for the fiscal year 2025-2026 the following provisions shall apply.

 (A) Regulation of runways, hangers, or acquired but not limited to where aircraft is stored lands, departs, or repairs on state funded airports or purchased from the DOD Surplus Equipment Programs or the Federal Asset Transfer programs, to be used for stratospheric aerosol injection, geoengineering climate control, cloud seeding. No state funds can be used to give in any way support planes to land, store, repair, or purchase if planes are injecting and applying stratospheric injection, geoengineering climate control, or cloud seeding.

 (B) Any airports that are state funded must ensure compliance with this policy and report of any unauthorized aircraft that lands, stores, repairs, or departs. Any airport in violation of these provisions is subject to lose all state funding.

 (C) Exceptions for mosquito control and crop management.

 (D) The proviso shall remain in effect for the fiscal year 2025-2026 and must be reviewed for renewal or amendment in the next appropriation cycle. /

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend totals and titles to conform.