[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2137. Mr. CRUZ 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 end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 320. REVIEW OF NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF WIND 
                   FARM PROPOSALS NEAR INSTALLATIONS OF DEPARTMENT 
                   OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in 
     conjunction with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall conduct 
     a thorough review lasting not less than 180 days of the 
     national security implications of wind farm proposals within 
     100 miles of an installation of the Department of Defense if 
     an entity purchasing or constructing the wind farm has 
     financial holdings in, or is a subsidiary of, a company that 
     is influenced or controlled by--
       (1) the Communist Party of the People's Republic of China;
       (2) the Government of the Russian Federation;
       (3) the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; or
       (4) the Government of the People's Republic of North Korea.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 15 days after the 
     completion of the review under subsection (a), the Secretary 
     of the Air Force shall submit to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress and the appropriate members of Congress a report 
     that includes the results of the review.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (i) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and 
     the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
     Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       (B) Appropriate members of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate members of Congress'' means, with respect to a 
     State in which an installation of the Department of Defense 
     is located that is within 100 miles of a wind farm proposal 
     subject to the review under subsection (a)--
       (i) the Senators from the State; and
       (ii) the members of the House of Representatives from the 
     State.
       (c) Limitation on Publication or Release.--The Secretary of 
     the Air Force and the Secretary of the Treasury may not 
     publish or release any conclusions or rulings resulting from 
     the review conducted under subsection (a) until the date that 
     is 60 days after the submittal of the report under subsection 
     (b).
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