S.Amdt. 3154
What it does: Adds SEC. 1084. IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOFUELS RESEARCH AND REPORT ON USE OF BIOFUELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle H of title X
Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1084. IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOFUELS RESEARCH AND REPORT ON USE OF BIOFUELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) to strongly urge the Department of Defense to investigate innovative mechanisms (subject to all appropriate security requirements) to access to the pool of talent of non- United States citizens with advanced scientific and technical degrees from United States institutions of higher education, especially in those scientific and technical areas that are most vital to the national defense (such as those identified by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Armed Forces).
Inserted: SEC. 1084. IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOFUELS RESEARCH AND REPORT ON USE OF BIOFUELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Inserted: (a) Identification of Opportunities to Increase Biofuels Research.--The Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly identify and assess opportunities to increase research relating to biofuels at the national laboratories of the Department of Energy with the goals of decreasing the cost of biofuels for use by the Department of Defense and decreasing the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of fuel.
Inserted: (b) Report Required.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--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 assessing the extent to which the use of biofuels by the Department of Defense could offset the increasing fossil fuel demand of the Department.
Inserted: (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
Inserted: (A) A projection of the fuel demands of each military department during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act that includes--
Inserted: (i) the type of fuel expected to be used;
Inserted: (ii) the expected annual usage; and
Inserted: (iii) projected transportation costs.
Inserted: (B) An assessment of opportunities for the military departments to decrease the use of fossil fuels.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 3154. Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself and Mr. Bingaman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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 end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1084. IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR BIOFUELS RESEARCH AND REPORT ON USE OF BIOFUELS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Identification of Opportunities to Increase Biofuels Research.--The Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly identify and assess opportunities to increase research relating to biofuels at the national laboratories of the Department of Energy with the goals of decreasing the cost of biofuels for use by the Department of Defense and decreasing the dependence of the United States on foreign sources of fuel.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--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 assessing the extent to which the use of biofuels by the Department of Defense could offset the increasing fossil fuel demand of the Department.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A projection of the fuel demands of each military department during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act that includes--
(i) the type of fuel expected to be used;
(ii) the expected annual usage; and
(iii) projected transportation costs.
(B) An assessment of opportunities for the military departments to decrease the use of fossil fuels.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2012