[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S356-S357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3049. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INSTALLATION RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT REPORT.

       (a) Limitation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     on installation renewable energy projects undertaken since 
     2011.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include, for each installation energy project with an 
     output equal to or greater than one (1) megawatt--
       (1) the estimated project costs;
       (2) estimated power generation;
       (3) estimated total cost savings;
       (4) estimated payback period;
       (5) total project costs;
       (6) actual power generation;
       (7) actual cost savings to date;
       (8) current operational status; and
       (9) any other matters the Secretary determines appropriate.
       (c) Non-disclosure of Certain Information.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-
     by-case basis, withhold from inclusion in the report 
     submitted under subsection (a) information pertaining to 
     individual projects if the Secretary determines that the 
     disclosure of such information would jeopardize operational 
     security.
       (2) Required disclosure.--In the event the Secretary 
     withholds information related to one or more renewable energy 
     projects under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include in 
     the report--
       (A) a statement that information has been withheld; and
       (B) an aggregate amount for each of paragraphs (1), (2), 
     (3), (5), (6), and (7) of subsection (b) that includes 
     amounts for all renewable energy projects described under 
     subsection (a), including those with respect to which 
     information has been withheld under paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection.
       (d) Updated Report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     the report is submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary 
     of Defense shall submit an update to the report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees.
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term

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     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees (as that term is 
     defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code;
       (2) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate; and
       (3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
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