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  1. Adds SEC. 314. LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR CONNECTION OF CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION TO COMMERCIAL UTILITY GRID at the end of subtitle B of title III

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    In S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate

    (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may purchase such limited quantities of alternative fuels as are necessary to complete engine or fleet certification for 50/50 blends. In such instances, the Secretary shall purchase such alternative fuel using amounts authorized for research, development, test, and evaluation using competitive procedures and shall ensure the best purchase price for the fuel.

    Inserted: SEC. 314. LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR CONNECTION OF CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION TO COMMERCIAL UTILITY GRID.

    Inserted: The Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend any funds to connect Clear Air Force Station to a commercial utility grid or to purchase utility services necessary to the operation of Clear Air Force Station from commercial sources until 180 days after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report analyzing the costs and benefits of the proposed action, including the impact of such change on Department of Defense civilian employees.

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

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SA 3197. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 314. LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR CONNECTION OF CLEAR AIR FORCE STATION TO COMMERCIAL UTILITY GRID.

The Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend any funds to connect Clear Air Force Station to a commercial utility grid or to purchase utility services necessary to the operation of Clear Air Force Station from commercial sources until 180 days after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report analyzing the costs and benefits of the proposed action, including the impact of such change on Department of Defense civilian employees.

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November 29, 2012