[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4563]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 611. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Wyden) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON USE OF AREAWIDE CONTRACTS FOR ENERGY 
                   RESILIENCE.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the General Services Administration and the 
     Secretary of Energy, shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report identifying projects to increase 
     energy resiliency on military installations that could be 
     executed under an existing areawide contract (as defined in 
     section 41.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation). The 
     report shall also identify recommendations to support 
     installation commanders and contracting officers in 
     contracting with utility service suppliers under areawide 
     contracts.
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