S.Amdt. 1554

SA 1554. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 title XXVIII, add the following:

Subtitle D--Other Matters

SEC. 2831. ELIMINATION OF STATE MATCHING REQUIREMENT FOR
ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
AT NATIONAL GUARD READINESS CENTERS.

Section 18236(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(2) by striking ``A contribution'' and inserting ``(1)
Subject to paragraph (2), a contribution''; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B), as redesignated by
paragraph (1), the following new paragraph:
``(2) If a readiness center or armory project for which a
contribution is made under paragraph (4) or (5) of section
18233(a) of this title consists of or includes an energy
efficiency upgrade, the Secretary of Defense shall cover--
``(A) 100 percent of the cost of architectural,
engineering, and design services related to the upgrade or
renewable energy (including advance architectural,
engineering, and design services under section 18233(e) of
this title), as provided in paragraph (1)(A); and
``(B) 100 percent of the cost of construction related to
the upgrade or renewable energy, notwithstanding subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (1), and payment of such cost shall not be
considered in applying the limitation in such
subparagraph.''.
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