[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4492. Mr. SCHATZ 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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2814. DURATION OF UTILITY ENERGY SERVICE CONTRACTS.

       Section 2913 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsections:
       ``(e) Duration of Contracts.--An utility energy service 
     contract entered into under this section may have a contract 
     period not to exceed 25 years.
       ``(f) Verification Requirements.--The conditions of an 
     utility energy service contract entered into under this 
     section shall include requirements for measurement, 
     verification, and performance assurances or guarantees of the 
     savings.''.
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