[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3205-S3206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4182. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
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. INSTALLATION RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT DATABASE.

       (a) Limitation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish a searchable database to uniformly report 
     information regarding installation renewable energy projects 
     undertaken since 2010.
       (b) Elements.--The database established under subsection 
     (a) shall include, for each installation energy project--
       (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) access to relevant business case documents, including 
     the economic viability assessment.
       (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 database 
     established under subsection (a) information pertaining to 
     individual projects if the Secretary determines that the 
     disclosure of such information would jeopardize operational 
     security.

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       (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 database--
       (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) Updates.--The database established under subsection (a) 
     shall be updated not less than quarterly.
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