[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3209]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4193. Mr. RUBIO 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ALTERNATIVE OR 
                   RENEWABLE ENERGY.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended by the Secretary of Defense--
       (1) to purchase energy from alternative sources unless such 
     energy is equivalent to conventional energy in terms of cost 
     and capabilities; or
       (2) to carry out any provision of law that requires the 
     Department of Defense--
       (A) to consume renewable energy, unless such energy is 
     equivalent to conventional energy in terms of cost and 
     capabilities; or
       (B) to reduce the overall amount of energy consumed by the 
     Department.
       (b) Calculation.--For purposes of subsection (a), the cost 
     of an energy source shall be calculated on a pre-tax basis in 
     terms of life cycle cost.
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