[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4294-S4295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2460. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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. SENSE OF SENATE ON USE OF DIESEL OUTBOARD MARINE 
                   MOTORS BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

        It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) in order to comply with directive 4140.43 of the 
     Department of Defense, which provides that fuel 
     standardization is required to minimize the number and 
     complexity of petroleum fuels required outside the 
     continental United States, it is essential for the 
     Department--
       (A) to phase out the use of light gasoline-fueled outboard 
     marine motors and replace them with diesel-fueled outboard 
     marine motors meeting military standards and specifications; 
     and
       (B) to design new equipment designated for shipment 
     overseas to use diesel fuel rather than gasoline-type fuels;
       (2) reliable diesel-fueled alternatives to traditional 
     outboard marine motors are now

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     readily available for military use and have been tested and 
     evaluated through the Affordable Multi-fuel Multi-engine 
     Advanced Combatant Craft Rapid Innovation Funding Project 
     carried out by the Department of the Navy in fiscal year 
     2015; and
       (3) the Secretary of Defense is encouraged--
       (A) to establish operational military standards and 
     specifications for deployment of diesel-fueled outboard 
     motors that are informed by the innovation funding project 
     described in paragraph (2); and
       (B) to begin the process of phasing out light gasoline-
     fueled outboard marine motors and replacing them with diesel-
     fueled outboard marine motors meeting military standards and 
     specifications.
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