[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 443. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1086. ESTABLISHMENT OF MODELING FOR DETERMINING ADVERSE 
                   EFFECT BY WIND TURBINES ON AIR COMMERCE, 
                   MILITARY TRAINING ROUTES, OR SPECIAL USE 
                   AIRSPACE.

       (a) Analytical Model.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2021, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Transportation and the heads of such other Federal agencies 
     as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, shall 
     develop and establish a wind turbine structure contour 
     analytical model that shall consider and analyze wind turbine 
     structures that interfere with air commerce, military 
     training routes, or special use airspace.
       (2) Elements.--The wind turbine structure contour 
     analytical model required under paragraph (1) shall include 
     an analysis of the following:
       (A) The height and blade dimension of wind turbine 
     structures, the energy generated by such structures, and 
     other factors relating to such structures as the Secretary of 
     Defense determines appropriate.
       (B) Topographical and environmental considerations 
     associated with the location of wind turbine projects.
       (C) The impact of individual wind turbine structures and 
     the combined impact of proposed and existing wind turbine 
     structures within a 50-mile radius of commercial or military 
     airfields or military training routes, including the amount 
     and pattern of turbulence from a single wind turbine 
     structure in a horizontal and vertical direction.
       (D) The proximity of wind turbine structures to general 
     aviation, commercial or military training routes, 
     installations of the Department of Defense, and special use 
     airspace.
       (E) The impact of wind turbine structure operation, 
     individually or collectively, on--
       (i) approach and departure corridors;
       (ii) established military training routes;
       (iii) radar for the National Weather Service;
       (iv) radar for air traffic control;
       (v) instrumented landing systems; and
       (vi) other factors, as determined by the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of 
     Defense.
       (b) Certification of Projects.--On and after the date on 
     which the analytical model under subsection (a) is 
     established, no wind turbine structure may be built, and no 
     wind turbine project may be carried out, unless the Secretary 
     of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     Transportation, certifies through the use of such analytical 
     model that such structure or project will have no adverse 
     effect on air commerce, military training routes, or special 
     use airspace.
       (c) Report.--Not later than July 31, 2020, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     progress of the establishment of the analytical model 
     required under subsection (a), including any requirements 
     needed to complete the model by September 30, 2021.
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