[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3808-S3809]
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  SA 1696. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. 
McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2016 for military

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activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 314. PLAN TO ENHANCE MISSION READINESS THROUGH GREATER 
                   ENERGY SECURITY AT CRITICAL MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Identification of Critical Military Installations.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall identify ten military 
     installations that are--
       (1) critical to mission readiness, and
       (2) susceptible to interruptions of power due to geographic 
     location, dependence on connections to the electric grid, or 
     other factors determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2016, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report with a plan for integrating 
     energy storage, micro-grid technologies, and on-site power 
     generation systems at the military installations identified 
     under subsection (a) to enhance mission readiness.
       (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex as necessary.
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