To clarify reporting requirements for the Department of Defense.

SA 3930. Mr. PRYOR (for Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Carper, and Ms. Ayotte)) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1611, to require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans; as follows:

On page 16, between lines 18 and 19, insert the following:

(C) Department of defense reporting.--For any year that the Department of Defense is required to submit a performance plan for reduction of resources required for data servers and centers, as required under section 2867(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note), the Department of Defense--

(i) may submit to the Administrator, in lieu of the multi-year strategy required under subparagraph (A)(ii)--

(I) the defense-wide plan required under section 2867(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note); and

(II) the report on cost savings required under section 2867(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note); and

(ii) shall submit the comprehensive inventory required under subparagraph (A)(i), unless the defense-wide plan required under section 2867(b)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (10 U.S.C. 2223a note)--

(I) contains a comparable comprehensive inventory; and

(II) is submitted under clause (i).