[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3656]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4577. 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 ENERGY SAVINGS 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 energy savings contract 
     entered into under this section may have a contract period 
     not to exceed 25 years.
       ``(f) Verification Requirements.--The conditions of an 
     energy savings contract entered into under this section shall 
     include requirements for measurement, verification, and 
     performance assurances or guarantees of the savings.''.
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