[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5507 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5507

   To require the Secretary of Defense to identify areas on military 
installations and certain other properties as acceptable, unacceptable, 
or unassessed regarding their suitability for placement of geothermal, 
  wind, solar photovoltaic, or solar thermal trough systems, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2010

  Mr. Heller introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the Secretary of Defense to identify areas on military 
installations and certain other properties as acceptable, unacceptable, 
or unassessed regarding their suitability for placement of geothermal, 
  wind, solar photovoltaic, or solar thermal trough systems, 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 Alternative 
Energy Mapping Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF LOCATIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS ON 
              MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER LANDS.

    (a) Maps Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall prepare, in a 
timely manner, maps of military installations and eligible adjacent 
property that classify locations on the installations and property as 
acceptable, unacceptable, or unassessed regarding their suitability for 
the placement of geothermal, wind, solar photovoltaic, or solar thermal 
trough systems.
    (b) Cooperation With Industry.--The Secretary of Defense may enter 
into agreements with entities involved in the production or 
installation of alternative energy systems described in subsection (a) 
to utilize their expertise and to share the costs of preparing the maps 
under subsection (a).
    (c) Dissemination of Maps.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
disseminate the map prepared under subsection (a) for a military 
installation and its adjoining property to the following:
            (1) Congress.
            (2) The State in which the installation is located.
            (3) Local governments having jurisdiction over eligible 
        adjacent land that is depicted on the map.
            (4) The owner or owners of any private property adjacent to 
        the military installation that is depicted on the map.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Military installation.--The term ``military 
        installation'' has the meaning given that term in 2687(e) of 
        title 10, United States Code.
            (2) Eligible adjacent property.--The term ``eligible 
        adjacent property'' means--
                    (A) real property of the United States that is 
                adjacent to a military installation;
                    (B) real property of a State or local government 
                that is adjacent to a military installation; and
                    (C) private property that is adjacent to a military 
                installation, but only if the owner of the private 
                property consents to the inclusion of the property on 
                the map.
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