[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3822]
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  SA 1746. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Hirono, 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 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. AUTHORIZATION FOR RESEARCH TO IMPROVE MILITARY 
                   VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE FUEL ECONOMY OR 
                   REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF MILITARY VEHICLES 
                   USED IN COMBAT.

       (a) Research Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense, acting 
     through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and 
     Engineering and in collaboration with the Secretary of the 
     Army and the Secretary of the Navy, may carry out research to 
     improve military vehicle technology to increase fuel economy 
     or reduce fuel consumption of military vehicles used in 
     combat.
       (b) Previous Successes.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     ensure that research carried out under subsection (a) takes 
     into account the successes of, and lessons learned during, 
     the development of the Fuel Efficient Ground Vehicle Alpha 
     and Bravo programs to identify, assess, develop, demonstrate, 
     and prototype technologies that support increasing fuel 
     economy and decreasing fuel consumption of light tactical 
     vehicles, while balancing survivability.
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