To require a report on the effects of windmill farms on military readiness.

1. Adds SEC. __. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF WINDMILL FARMS ON MILITARY READINESS at the end of subtitle C of title III

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   In S. 1042 · Public Print

   (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days 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 on the effects of windmill farms on military readiness, including an assessment of the effects on the operations of military radar installations of the proximity of windmill farms to such installations and of technologies that could mitigate any adverse effects on military operations identified.

   Inserted: SEC. __. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF WINDMILL FARMS ON MILITARY READINESS.

   Inserted: (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom has determined, as a result of a recently conducted study of the effect of windmill farms on military readiness, not to permit construction of windmill farms within 30 kilometers of military radar installations. (b) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days 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 on the effects of windmill farms on military readiness, including an assessment of the effects on the operations of military radar installations of the proximity of windmill farms to such installations and of technologies that could mitigate any adverse effects on military operations identified.

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   At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following:

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