S.Amdt. 1873

SA 1873. 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, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, 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 should continue
to develop and support projects designed to foster secure and
reliable sources of all types of energy for military
installations, including energy metering, energy storage, and
redundant power systems.
(b) Metrics.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop
metrics for assessing the costs, risks, and benefits
associated with secure energy projects. The metrics shall
take into account financial and operational costs and risks
associated with sustained losses of power resulting from
natural or man-made disasters or attacks that impact military
installations.
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