[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4574]
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SA 653. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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:
On page 344, strike lines 1 though 7 and insert the
following:
SEC. 864. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON PROCUREMENT OF
PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Requirement To Provide Photovoltaic Devices From United
States Sources.--Section 858 of the Carl Levin and Howard P.
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2015 (10 U.S.C. 2534 note; Public Law 113-291) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``, excluding installation costs'' before
``, unless''; and
(B) by inserting ``substantial and'' before ``unreasonable
costs''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B)--
(A) by striking ``exclusive'' and inserting ``principal'';
and
(B) by striking ``full''.
(b) Procurement of Photovoltaic Devices.--Section 846(b)(2)
of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2011 (10 U.S.C. 2534 note; Public Law 111-383) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``exclusive'' and inserting ``principal'';
and
(2) by striking ``full''.
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