S.Amdt. 1694

SA 1694. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Wyden) 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 subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 314. SECURE ENERGY INNOVATION PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
program to develop and support projects designed to foster
secure and reliable sources of energy for military
installations, including incorporation of advanced energy
metering, renewable energy, energy storage, and redundant
power systems.
(b) Metrics.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop
metrics for assessing the costs and benefits associated with
secure energy projects proposed or implemented as part of the
program conducted under subsection (a). The metrics shall
take into account financial and operational costs associated
with sustained losses of power resulting from natural
disasters or attacks that damage electrical grids serving
military installations.
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