S.Amdt. 652

SA 652. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH REPOSITORY FOR OPERATIONAL
ENERGY-RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) Repository Required.--Not later than December 31, 2018,
the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and in
collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Operational Energy Plans and Programs and the Secretaries of
the military departments, shall establish a centralized
repository for all operational energy-related research and
development efforts of the Department of Defense, including
with respect to the inception, operational, and complete
phases of such efforts.
(b) Internet Access.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure
that the repository required by subsection (a) is accessible
through an Internet website of the Department of Defense and
by all employees of the Department and members of the Armed
Forces whom the Secretary determines appropriate, including
all program managers involved in such research and
development efforts, to enable improved collaboration between
military departments on research and development efforts
described in subsection (a), enable sharing of best practices
and lessons learned relating to such efforts, and reduce
redundancy in such efforts.
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