S.Amdt. 249

SA 249. Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mr. Tillis) 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10___. STUDY ON THE ENERGY RESILIENCE AND RELIABILITY
POSTURE OF MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretaries of the military departments, shall conduct, and
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
(which may include a classified annex, if necessary)
describing the results of, a study on the energy resilience
and reliability posture of each military department,
including--
(1) by identifying any risks to mission readiness posed by
inadequate or insufficient domestic electric grid
infrastructure or the inability to adequately transfer power
between regions of the United States; and
(2) by identifying the potential national security benefits
of deploying technologies allowing for superior control of
power flows, such as high-voltage direct current
transmission.
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