S.Amdt. 1700

SA 1700. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Hirono) 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. STUDY ON POWER STORAGE CAPACITY REQUIREMENT.

Not later than September 30, 2016, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the costs and benefits associated with requiring 25
percent of National Guard and Reserve facilities to have at
least a 21-day on-site power storage capacity to assist with
providing support to civil authorities in case of manmade or
natural disasters.
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