[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7656]
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  SA 4193. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 C of title XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1548. ENERGY RESILIENCY FOR CERTAIN NUCLEAR MISSIONS.

       (a) Authorization.--The Assistant Secretary of the Air 
     Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy shall invest 
     in the resiliency and redundancy of the electricity supply of 
     covered Air Force installations for the purpose of supporting 
     the critical mission capability of those installations during 
     a failure of the electric grid, a cyberattack, or a natural 
     disaster.
       (b) Request for Proposals for Electricity Storage.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 
     issue a request for proposals for the installation of not 
     less than 2,000 kWh of electricity storage at each covered 
     Air Force installation.
       (2) Requirements.--The request for proposals under 
     paragraph (1) shall specify the following:
       (A) The electricity storage described in paragraph (1) 
     shall be available to immediately support the nuclear mission 
     of the covered Air Force installation in the event of a power 
     failure.
       (B) The use of the electricity storage shall be prioritized 
     for the nuclear mission in the event of a power failure until 
     electricity is restored.
       (C) The electricity storage may be used to partially meet 
     energy demand at the installation during times of high energy 
     demand and high energy prices, commonly known as ``peak 
     shaving''.
       (c) Request for Proposals for Secondary Energy Sources.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall 
     issue a request for proposals for the installation of, or 
     grid connection to, a secondary source of energy to power 
     land-based nuclear missions of covered Air Force 
     installations in the event of a disruption of the primary 
     electricity supply.
       (2) Requirements.--The request for proposals under 
     paragraph (1) shall specify the following:
       (A) Secondary sources of energy described in paragraph (1) 
     may include sources of generation on a covered Air Force 
     installation, such as natural gas or liquid fuel generators, 
     connections to an electric grid separate from the primary 
     energy provider, and renewable energy paired with storage 
     separate from storage provided pursuant to subsection (b).
       (B) The use of secondary sources of energy shall be 
     prioritized to sustain the nuclear mission and to support 
     other functions of the covered Air Force installation in the 
     event of an electric power disruption.
       (C) A secondary source of energy may be utilized to power 
     commercial utility operations as required by the energy 
     provider in times in which there is not an energy disruption 
     affecting the nuclear mission of the covered Air Force 
     installation, if doing so does not diminish the ability of 
     the secondary source to provide emergency power.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered air force installation.--The term ``covered Air 
     Force installation'' means an Air Force installation that 
     hosts or is planned to host an operational nuclear mission 
     that is a component of the land-based leg of the nuclear 
     triad, particularly nuclear-capable bombers.
       (2) Emergency power.--The term ``emergency power'' means 
     any electricity necessary to operate the nuclear mission of a 
     covered Air Force installation the event of disruption of the 
     primary electricity supply.
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