[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3347-S3348]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4350. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Coons) 
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. 306. ENERGY PREPAREDNESS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   AND THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to ensure the 
     readiness of the Armed Forces for their military missions by 
     pursuing energy preparedness, including reliable sources of 
     electric power and the efficient use of electric power.
       (b) Authorities.--In order to achieve the policy set forth 
     in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may take the 
     actions as follows:
       (1) Electric power reliability plans for military 
     installations.--The Secretary may require the service 
     secretaries to establish and maintain electric power 
     reliability plans that best meet their installations' mission 
     assurance guidelines.
       (2) Reliability of electric power and cost of backup power 
     as factors in procurement.--The Secretary may authorize

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     the use of reliability and the cost of backup power as 
     factors in the cost-benefit analysis for procurement of 
     electric power.
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