S.Amdt. 4461
What it does: Adds SEC. 1084. CONTRACTING INCENTIVES FOR SMALL AND RENEWABLE POWER PLANTS at the end of title X
Sen. Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME)What it changes
1 change to S. 2766 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1084. CONTRACTING INCENTIVES FOR SMALL AND RENEWABLE POWER PLANTS at the end of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 2766 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(5) the risk assessment prepared by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to accompany the Quadrennial Defense Review should be comprehensive and should include a description of the capabilities needed to address the risks identified in that assessment.
Inserted: SEC. 1084. CONTRACTING INCENTIVES FOR SMALL AND RENEWABLE POWER PLANTS.
Inserted: (a) Authorization.--The Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency may stimulate the production and generation of electricity services by extending contracting incentives for public utility services generated by eligible small power plants.
Inserted: (b) Contracting Incentives.--Notwithstanding section 501(b)(1)(B) of title 40, United States Code--
Inserted: (1) a contract may be awarded to an eligible small power plant for a period of not more than 20 years; and
Inserted: (2) upon a written determination by the Administrator of the General Services Administration or the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, based on market research, that a fair and reasonable price will be obtained, a contract for not more than 4,000,000 megawatt hours per year may be awarded to an eligible small power plant on the basis of limited competition or on a sole-source basis.
Inserted: (c) Applicability of Cost Control and Other Provisions of Law.--A contract entered into under this section shall be subject to cost control and all other provisions of law applicable to contracting for public utility services.
Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section--
Inserted: (1) the term "base closure area" has the same meaning as in section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D));
Inserted: (2) the term "public utility services", with respect to electricity services, includes electricity supplies and services, including transmission, generation, distribution, and other services directly used in providing electricity; and
Inserted: (3) the term "eligible small power plant" means any power facility or project with an electrical output of not more than 70 megawatts that--
Inserted: (A) is located in a base closure area; or
Inserted: (B) generates, for delivery to the Government, such electricity as is deemed renewable according to standards and criteria established in Executive Order 13101 (63 Fed. Reg. 49643; entitled "Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition") and Executive Order 13123 (64 Fed. Reg. 30851; entitled "Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management") or section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (119 Stat. 652).
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At the end of title X, add the following:
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SA 4461. Ms. SNOWE (for herself and Ms. Collins) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1084. CONTRACTING INCENTIVES FOR SMALL AND RENEWABLE POWER PLANTS.
(a) Authorization.--The Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency may stimulate the production and generation of electricity services by extending contracting incentives for public utility services generated by eligible small power plants.
(b) Contracting Incentives.--Notwithstanding section 501(b)(1)(B) of title 40, United States Code--
(1) a contract may be awarded to an eligible small power plant for a period of not more than 20 years; and
(2) upon a written determination by the Administrator of the General Services Administration or the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, based on market research, that a fair and reasonable price will be obtained, a contract for not more than 4,000,000 megawatt hours per year may be awarded to an eligible small power plant on the basis of limited competition or on a sole-source basis.
(c) Applicability of Cost Control and Other Provisions of Law.--A contract entered into under this section shall be subject to cost control and all other provisions of law applicable to contracting for public utility services.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term “base closure area” has the same meaning as in section 3(p)(4)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(p)(4)(D));
(2) the term “public utility services”, with respect to electricity services, includes electricity supplies and services, including transmission, generation, distribution, and other services directly used in providing electricity; and
(3) the term “eligible small power plant” means any power facility or project with an electrical output of not more than 70 megawatts that--
(A) is located in a base closure area; or
(B) generates, for delivery to the Government, such electricity as is deemed renewable according to standards and criteria established in Executive Order 13101 (63 Fed. Reg. 49643; entitled “Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition”) and Executive Order 13123 (64 Fed. Reg. 30851; entitled “Greening the Government Through Efficient Energy Management”) or section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (119 Stat. 652).
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Senate amendment submitted
June 21, 2006