[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3325]
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  SA 4311. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Wyden) 
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 II, add the following:

     SEC. 221. AUTHORIZATION FOR RESEARCH TO IMPROVE MILITARY 
                   VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE FUEL ECONOMY OR 
                   REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF MILITARY GROUND 
                   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, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Director of the 
     Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, may carry out 
     research to improve military ground vehicle technology to 
     increase fuel economy or reduce fuel consumption of military 
     ground 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, 
     previous Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and 
     private sector efforts to identify, assess, develop, 
     demonstrate, and prototype technologies that support 
     increasing fuel economy or decreasing fuel consumption of 
     military ground vehicles, while balancing survivability, in 
     furtherance of military missions.
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