S.Amdt. 189

SA 189. Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 144. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON USE OF TOTAL COST OF
OWNERSHIP MODEL FOR PROCUREMENT OF NONTACTICAL
VEHICLES.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) It is financially prudent for the Department of Defense
to procure cost-effective zero-emission vehicles by
considering the total cost of ownership (referred to in this
section as ``TCO'') of such vehicles.
(2) A TCO procurement model would account for operating
costs of vehicles, including fuel, maintenance, and public
health savings.
(3) Use of a TCO procurement model by the Department of
Defense in the procurement of nontactical vehicles would
maximize cost savings and bolster energy and national
security.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that--
(1) the Department of Defense should calculate and consider
the TCO when procuring a nontactical vehicle; and
(2) the Department of Defense, when conducting any action
with the Government Services Administration relating to the
procurement or requisition of a nontactical vehicle, should--
(A) work with the Department of Energy to develop a TCO
procurement model that uses State-wide, regional, and
inventory variables to estimate the cost of converting the
nontactical vehicle fleet of the Department of Defense to
zero-emission vehicles;
(B) submit to Congress a report summarizing such
procurement or requisition that, at a minimum, identifies--
(i) types of vehicles by--

(I) size; and
(II) fuel source; and

(ii) the total estimated cost savings and avoided emissions
that result or would have resulted from the purchase or lease
of a zero-emission vehicle instead of an internal combustion
engine vehicle;
(C) incorporate the TCO procurement model developed under
subparagraph (A) into any such procurement or requisition
action; and
(D) authorize any exemptions from use of the TCO
procurement model developed under subparagraph (A) as the
Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, including by--
(i) authorizing exemptions for certain categories of
vehicles, including emergency vehicles or other nontactical
vehicles as determined by the Secretary, when a vehicle type
is not available for the needed application;
(ii) authorizing exemptions upon finding that a zero-
emission vehicle is not a practicable alternative to an
internal combustion engine vehicle for a particular use, or
for some other compelling reason; and
(iii) developing guidance regarding procedures for
requesting such exemptions, including the criteria for
evaluating such exemption requests, which should be published
on the website of the Department of Defense and given a 30-
day period for public review and comment before the
Department adopts or revises such guidance.
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