[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2901. Mr. BARRASSO 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. OPERATIONAL ENERGY CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2025 by section 201 for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation for the Operational Energy 
     Capability Improvement Program (PE 0604055D8Z), as specified 
     in the funding table in section 4201, is hereby increase by 
     $2,500,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
     for development of interoperable, field-ready, hybrid power 
     systems deployable for multiple-use applications with the 
     sole intention of improving military readiness.
       (b) Offset.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2025 by section 201 for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation, the amount available for 
     Strategic Environmental Research Program (PE 0603716D8Z), as 
     specified in the funding table in section 4201, is hereby 
     reduced by $2,500,000.
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