[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2000. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND BLAST FORCE PROTECTION 
                   TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of Defense should seek to use technological 
     innovations to increase the energy efficiency of the existing 
     buildings and structures of the Department of Defense to save 
     taxpayer dollars on energy costs and reduce impact on the 
     environment while reducing injuries and saving lives by 
     providing increased force protection.
       (b) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through 
     the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, 
     shall use the authority provided by section 2371b of title 
     10, United States Code, to support the testing and 
     development of advanced materials and technologies that can 
     increase energy efficiency at a lower cost than replacing or 
     rebuilding entire structures.
       (c) Blast Force Protection.--In carrying out activities 
     under subsection (b), the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, seek to support technologies that also 
     provide increased force protection for existing structures.
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