S.Amdt. 4193

SA 4193. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 C of title XV, add the following:

SEC. 1548. ENERGY RESILIENCY FOR CERTAIN NUCLEAR MISSIONS.

(a) Authorization.--The Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force for Installations, Environment, and Energy shall invest
in the resiliency and redundancy of the electricity supply of
covered Air Force installations for the purpose of supporting
the critical mission capability of those installations during
a failure of the electric grid, a cyberattack, or a natural
disaster.
(b) Request for Proposals for Electricity Storage.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
issue a request for proposals for the installation of not
less than 2,000 kWh of electricity storage at each covered
Air Force installation.
(2) Requirements.--The request for proposals under
paragraph (1) shall specify the following:
(A) The electricity storage described in paragraph (1)
shall be available to immediately support the nuclear mission
of the covered Air Force installation in the event of a power
failure.
(B) The use of the electricity storage shall be prioritized
for the nuclear mission in the event of a power failure until
electricity is restored.
(C) The electricity storage may be used to partially meet
energy demand at the installation during times of high energy
demand and high energy prices, commonly known as ``peak
shaving''.
(c) Request for Proposals for Secondary Energy Sources.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary shall
issue a request for proposals for the installation of, or
grid connection to, a secondary source of energy to power
land-based nuclear missions of covered Air Force
installations in the event of a disruption of the primary
electricity supply.
(2) Requirements.--The request for proposals under
paragraph (1) shall specify the following:
(A) Secondary sources of energy described in paragraph (1)
may include sources of generation on a covered Air Force
installation, such as natural gas or liquid fuel generators,
connections to an electric grid separate from the primary
energy provider, and renewable energy paired with storage
separate from storage provided pursuant to subsection (b).
(B) The use of secondary sources of energy shall be
prioritized to sustain the nuclear mission and to support
other functions of the covered Air Force installation in the
event of an electric power disruption.
(C) A secondary source of energy may be utilized to power
commercial utility operations as required by the energy
provider in times in which there is not an energy disruption
affecting the nuclear mission of the covered Air Force
installation, if doing so does not diminish the ability of
the secondary source to provide emergency power.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered air force installation.--The term ``covered Air
Force installation'' means an Air Force installation that
hosts or is planned to host an operational nuclear mission
that is a component of the land-based leg of the nuclear
triad, particularly nuclear-capable bombers.
(2) Emergency power.--The term ``emergency power'' means
any electricity necessary to operate the nuclear mission of a
covered Air Force installation the event of disruption of the
primary electricity supply.
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