What it changes

1 change to H.R. 2863

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  1. Adds Sec. 8116. (a) 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 on page 220, line 25

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    Inserted: Sec. 8116. (a) 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) The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

    Inserted: (1) an inventory of the number and type of Department of Defense facilities that use ground source heat pumps;

    Inserted: (2) an estimate of the number and type of Department of Defense facilities that will use ground source heat pumps during the following 5 years;

    Inserted: (3) 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: (4) 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: (5) recommendations for facilitating and encouraging the increased use of ground source heat pumps at Department of Defense facilities.

    Original wording

    On page 220, after line 25, insert the following:

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As printed

SA 1910. Mr. ALEXANDER submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 220, after line 25, insert the following:

Sec. 8116. (a) 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.

(b) The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

(1) an inventory of the number and type of Department of Defense facilities that use ground source heat pumps;

(2) an estimate of the number and type of Department of Defense facilities that will use ground source heat pumps during the following 5 years;

(3) 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;

(4) 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

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

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September 29, 2005