S.Amdt. 899

SA 899. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 E of title III, add the following:

SEC. 360. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING ANALYTICAL MODEL
OF WIND TURBINES INTO EXISTING CLEARINGHOUSE
PROCESS.

(a) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Secretary of Transportation and the heads of such
other Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense considers
appropriate, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of
including an analytical model of wind turbines into the
existing clearinghouse process of the Department of Defense.
(2) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) An analysis of the following:
(i) The height and blade dimension of wind turbine
structures, the energy generated by

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such structures, and other factors relating to such
structures as the Secretary of Defense determines
appropriate.
(ii) Topographical and environmental considerations
associated with the location of wind turbine projects.
(iii) The impact of individual wind turbine structures and
the combined impact of proposed and existing wind turbine
structures within a 50-mile radius of commercial or military
airfields or military training routes.
(iv) The proximity of wind turbine structures to general
aviation, commercial or military training routes,
installations of the Department of Defense, and special use
airspace.
(v) The impact of wind turbine structure operation,
individually or collectively, on--

(I) approach and departure corridors;
(II) established military training routes;
(III) radar for air traffic control;
(IV) instrumented landing systems; and
(V) other factors, as determined by the Administrator of
the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of
Defense.

(B) An assessment of whether including an analytical model
of wind turbines into the existing clearinghouse process of
the Department of Defense is practical, necessary, or cost-
beneficial as compared to the current process of the
Department.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2020, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).
(2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.

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