[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 711. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. 316. REQUIREMENT FOR COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS BEFORE 
                   IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENT TO PURCHASE OR 
                   LEASE ELECTRIC OR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.

       Section 2922g of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsection (e)'' and 
     inserting ``subsections (e) and (f)'';
       (2) in subsection (e), by amending the subsection header to 
     read as follows: ``Case-by-case Authorization of Use of Other 
     Vehicles That Reduce Consumption of Fossil Fuels'';
       (3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
     (g) and (h), respectively;
       (4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
     subsection (f):
       ``(f) Cost Benefit Analysis.--The requirements under 
     subsection (d) shall not take effect until the Secretary 
     finalizes a cost benefit analysis that shows a net benefit to 
     the Department of Defense of the purchase or lease of 
     vehicles described in such subsection as compared to internal 
     combustion engine vehicles based on the following factors:
       ``(1) Force readiness.
       ``(2) Differential costs between zero emission vehicles and 
     internal combustion engine vehicles.
       ``(3) Cost of construction of electric vehicle charging 
     networks at military installations.
       ``(4) National security implications of purchasing zero 
     emission vehicles with components comprised of critical 
     minerals sourced from foreign countries.''; and
       (5) in subsection (h)(1), as redesignated by paragraph (3), 
     by striking ``2202'' and inserting ``2002''.
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