S.Amdt. 2460

SA 2460. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 320. SENSE OF SENATE ON USE OF DIESEL OUTBOARD MARINE
MOTORS BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) in order to comply with directive 4140.43 of the
Department of Defense, which provides that fuel
standardization is required to minimize the number and
complexity of petroleum fuels required outside the
continental United States, it is essential for the
Department--
(A) to phase out the use of light gasoline-fueled outboard
marine motors and replace them with diesel-fueled outboard
marine motors meeting military standards and specifications;
and
(B) to design new equipment designated for shipment
overseas to use diesel fuel rather than gasoline-type fuels;
(2) reliable diesel-fueled alternatives to traditional
outboard marine motors are now

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readily available for military use and have been tested and
evaluated through the Affordable Multi-fuel Multi-engine
Advanced Combatant Craft Rapid Innovation Funding Project
carried out by the Department of the Navy in fiscal year
2015; and
(3) the Secretary of Defense is encouraged--
(A) to establish operational military standards and
specifications for deployment of diesel-fueled outboard
motors that are informed by the innovation funding project
described in paragraph (2); and
(B) to begin the process of phasing out light gasoline-
fueled outboard marine motors and replacing them with diesel-
fueled outboard marine motors meeting military standards and
specifications.
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