[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 142 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6030]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3267. Mr. LANKFORD 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. USE OF ROYALTY GAS AT MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION 
                   PLANT.

       Section 342 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     15902) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(j) McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.--At the request of 
     the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary shall--
       ``(1) take in-kind royalty gas from any lease on the 
     McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Oklahoma; and
       ``(2) sell such royalty gas to the Department of Defense in 
     accordance with subsection (h)(1), for use only at that 
     plant, only for energy resilience purposes, and only to the 
     extent necessary to meet the natural gas needs of that 
     plant.''.
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