S.Amdt. 2821

SA 2821. Mr. JOHNSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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 H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 10____. ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING LARGE POWER TRANSFORMERS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to
Congress an assessment of large power transformers in the
United States.
(b) Requirements.--The assessment required under subsection
(a) shall include--
(1) an identification of the number of large power
transformers in the United States as of the date of the
assessment;
(2) a description of the age and condition of the large
power transformers identified under paragraph (1);
(3) an identification of the number of large power
transformers identified under paragraph (1) that require
replacement or significant repair as of the date of the
assessment;
(4) an estimate of the number of large power transformers
that would be required in the United States if there was a
need for recovery of the electric grid on a nationwide scale;
(5) an analysis of any deficiencies in the supply chain for
domestic production of large power transformers, including
any reliance on foreign materials or components;
(6) an identification of any gaps in the labor workforce
for domestic production of large power transformers and any
existing Federal workforce development programs that could
address the shortage; and
(7) a list of authorities and resources in existence as of
the date of the assessment that the Department of Energy or
another Federal agency could use to procure large power
transformers.
(c) Form.--The assessment required under subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
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