S.Amdt. 512

SA 512. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 D of title XXX, add the following:

SEC. 3057. USE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES IN CONSTRUCTION
OR RENOVATION OF A PRIVATIZED MILITARY HOUSING
UNITS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
any construction or renovation of a privatized military
housing unit after the date of the enactment of this Act uses
energy efficiency measures described in subsection (b).
(b) Energy Efficiency Measures Described.--The energy
efficiency measures described in this subsection are those
developed by the Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator of the General Services Administration and the
Secretary of Energy, for purposes of this section and shall
include the following:
(1) Solar and geothermal power.
(2) Double-pane windows.
(3) Adequate insulation.
(4) Electric fixtures and appliances that reduce energy
usage.
(c) Certification.--Before using any energy efficiency
measure under this section, the Secretary of Defense shall
certify to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives that--
(1) if the measure has an available lifecycle cost, the
measure will have the same lifecycle cost or a lower
lifecycle cost as compared to traditional measures; or
(2) if the measure does not have an available lifecycle
cost, the measure will have the same upfront or a lower
upfront cost as compared to traditional measures.
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