S.Amdt. 4182

SA 4182. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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. INSTALLATION RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT DATABASE.

(a) Limitation.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish a searchable database to uniformly report
information regarding installation renewable energy projects
undertaken since 2010.
(b) Elements.--The database established under subsection
(a) shall include, for each installation energy project--
(1) the estimated project costs;
(2) estimated power generation;
(3) estimated total cost savings;
(4) estimated payback period;
(5) total project costs;
(6) actual power generation;
(7) actual cost savings to date;
(8) current operational status; and
(9) access to relevant business case documents, including
the economic viability assessment.
(c) Non-disclosure of Certain Information.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may, on a case-
by-case basis, withhold from inclusion in the database
established under subsection (a) information pertaining to
individual projects if the Secretary determines that the
disclosure of such information would jeopardize operational
security.

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(2) Required disclosure.--In the event the Secretary
withholds information related to one or more renewable energy
projects under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include in
the database--
(A) a statement that information has been withheld; and
(B) an aggregate amount for each of paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), (5), (6), and (7) of subsection (b) that includes
amounts for all renewable energy projects described under
subsection (a), including those with respect to which
information has been withheld under paragraph (1) of this
subsection.
(d) Updates.--The database established under subsection (a)
shall be updated not less than quarterly.
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