S.Amdt. 4350

SA 4350. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Coons)
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. 306. ENERGY PREPAREDNESS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
AND THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the
Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to ensure the
readiness of the Armed Forces for their military missions by
pursuing energy preparedness, including reliable sources of
electric power and the efficient use of electric power.
(b) Authorities.--In order to achieve the policy set forth
in subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may take the
actions as follows:
(1) Electric power reliability plans for military
installations.--The Secretary may require the service
secretaries to establish and maintain electric power
reliability plans that best meet their installations' mission
assurance guidelines.
(2) Reliability of electric power and cost of backup power
as factors in procurement.--The Secretary may authorize

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the use of reliability and the cost of backup power as
factors in the cost-benefit analysis for procurement of
electric power.
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