S.Amdt. 1746

SA 1746. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Hirono, 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. AUTHORIZATION FOR RESEARCH TO IMPROVE MILITARY
VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE FUEL ECONOMY OR
REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF MILITARY VEHICLES
USED IN COMBAT.

(a) Research Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense, acting
through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering and in collaboration with the Secretary of the
Army and the Secretary of the Navy, may carry out research to
improve military vehicle technology to increase fuel economy
or reduce fuel consumption of military vehicles used in
combat.
(b) Previous Successes.--The Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that research carried out under subsection (a) takes
into account the successes of, and lessons learned during,
the development of the Fuel Efficient Ground Vehicle Alpha
and Bravo programs to identify, assess, develop, demonstrate,
and prototype technologies that support increasing fuel
economy and decreasing fuel consumption of light tactical
vehicles, while balancing survivability.
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