[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 200 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8366]
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SA 4762. Mr. WARNOCK 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 B of title III, add the following:
SEC. 318. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPLOYMENT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 2925 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Annual Report Related to Deployment of Photovoltaic
Devices.--(1) Simultaneous with the annual report required by
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and
Environment, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the deployment of photovoltaic devices
supporting the Department of Defense.
``(2) The annual report under this subsection shall include
the following:
``(A) A description of all photovoltaic devices installed
on property of the Department of Defense or in a facility
owned by the Department of Defense, including the following
information:
``(i) The location of each such device.
``(ii) The year each such device was installed.
``(iii) The power rating of each such device.
``(iv) The manufacturer of each such device.
``(v) The country or countries where such manufacturer and
its affiliates are headquartered or conduct material
operations.
``(vi) The country in which each such device was
manufactured.
``(B) A description of all photovoltaic devices used to
perform or support any non-expired energy savings performance
contract (including under section 801 of the National Energy
Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287)), utility service
contract, land lease, private housing contract, contract
entered into under section 2922a of this title, or other
arrangement whereby an agency of the Department of Defense
acquired for the use or benefit of the United States
Government solar energy or solar energy attributes, which
shall include the information set forth under clauses (i)
through (vi) of subparagraph (A) with respect to each such
device.
``(3) If multiple photovoltaic devices are deployed at a
single site, the description of photovoltaic devices required
under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2) may be
aggregated if such devices share in common the manufacturer,
the country or countries where such manufacturer and its
affiliates are headquartered or conduct material operations,
and the country in which such devices were manufactured.
``(4) The annual report under this subsection shall include
descriptions only of photovoltaic devices that are designed
to be affixed to land or real property and shall not include
portable photovoltaic devices.''.
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