S.Amdt. 2000

SA 2000. Mr. WICKER (for himself and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 in title II, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND BLAST FORCE PROTECTION
TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the Secretary of Defense should seek to use technological
innovations to increase the energy efficiency of the existing
buildings and structures of the Department of Defense to save
taxpayer dollars on energy costs and reduce impact on the
environment while reducing injuries and saving lives by
providing increased force protection.
(b) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,
shall use the authority provided by section 2371b of title
10, United States Code, to support the testing and
development of advanced materials and technologies that can
increase energy efficiency at a lower cost than replacing or
rebuilding entire structures.
(c) Blast Force Protection.--In carrying out activities
under subsection (b), the Secretary shall, to the maximum
extent practicable, seek to support technologies that also
provide increased force protection for existing structures.
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