To require a report on the use of ground source heat pumps at Department of Defense facilities.

1. Adds SEC. 2887. REPORT ON USE OF GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES on page 371, between lines 8 and 9

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   Inserted: SEC. 2887. REPORT ON USE OF GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS AT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the use of ground source heat pumps at Department of Defense facilities.

   Inserted: (b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

   Inserted: (1) a description of the types of Department of Defense facilities that use ground source heat pumps;

   Inserted: (2) an assessment of the applicability and cost-effectiveness of the use of ground source heat pumps at Department of Defense facilities in different geographic regions of the United States;

   Inserted: (3) a description of the relative applicability of ground source heat pumps for purposes of new construction at, and retrofitting of, Department of Defense facilities; and

   Inserted: (4) recommendations for facilitating and encouraging the increased use of ground source heat pumps at Department of Defense facilities.

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   On page 371, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

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