[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 123 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4462]
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  SA 2902. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. REPORT ON IMPACT TO ENERGY AND WATER UTILITIES AT 
                   INSTALLATIONS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN THE 
                   INDO-PACIFIC REGION AS A RESULT OF EXTREME 
                   WEATHER HAZARDS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the House of Representatives a report analyzing the potential 
     risk exposure of water and energy utilities at installations 
     of the Department of Defense in the Indo-Pacific region as a 
     result of extreme weather events.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A categorized list of incidents or malfunctions that 
     led to a major disruption of water or energy services as a 
     result of extreme weather that impeded the utilities at an 
     installation of the Department in the Indo-Pacific region 
     from functioning properly.
       (2) An assessment of installations of the Department in the 
     Indo-Pacific region that the Secretary determines are at a 
     unique risk for energy and water utility disruptions due to 
     extreme weather events and any mitigating actions those 
     installations took to reduce that risk.
       (3) A list of administrative policies of the Department and 
     statutes that the Secretary determines are inhibiting the 
     abilities of installation commanders to better prepare and 
     develop resilience strategies to address vulnerability of 
     water and energy utilities to extreme weather events.
       (4) An assessment of how the design of water and energy 
     utility infrastructure at future installations of the 
     Department is being adjusted to account for extreme weather 
     events.
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