[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5059]
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  SA 2821. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 10____. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 
     Congress an assessment of large power transformers in the 
     United States.
       (b) Requirements.--The assessment required under subsection 
     (a) shall include--
       (1) an identification of the number of large power 
     transformers in the United States as of the date of the 
     assessment;
       (2) a description of the age and condition of the large 
     power transformers identified under paragraph (1);
       (3) an identification of the number of large power 
     transformers identified under paragraph (1) that require 
     replacement or significant repair as of the date of the 
     assessment;
       (4) an estimate of the number of large power transformers 
     that would be required in the United States if there was a 
     need for recovery of the electric grid on a nationwide scale;
       (5) an analysis of any deficiencies in the supply chain for 
     domestic production of large power transformers, including 
     any reliance on foreign materials or components;
       (6) an identification of any gaps in the labor workforce 
     for domestic production of large power transformers and any 
     existing Federal workforce development programs that could 
     address the shortage; and
       (7) a list of authorities and resources in existence as of 
     the date of the assessment that the Department of Energy or 
     another Federal agency could use to procure large power 
     transformers.
       (c) Form.--The assessment required under subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
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