S.Amdt. 2960

SA 2960. Mr. SCOTT of Florida 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. CLIMATE COST STUDY AND REPORT.

(a) Comptroller General Report on Costs Associated With
Executive Order 14008.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report and briefing on the costs to United
States military installation associated with Executive Order
14008 (relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and
abroad).
(2) Elements.--The report and briefing required under
subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
(A) An examination of accrued additional costs from
transitioning to ``climate friendly'' products, systems,
materials and electric vehicles in comparison to previous
products, systems, vehicles and materials purchased by the
Department before the executive order was issued.
(B) An examination of all military construction projects,
including military barracks and military housing projects,
delayed due to supply chain issues and an assessment of
whether there are accruing additional costs for the
Department and an impact on service members.
(C) A cost-based analysis of the cost differences
associated with--
(i) solar panels;
(Ii) alternate energy production;
(iii) electric charging stations;
(iv) battery storage facilities;
(v) heating and cooling systems;
(vi) building materials; and
(vii) and any other forms of alternate energy.
(b) Department of Defense Cost Assessment of Phasing Out
Chemical Substances That Are Critical to the National
Security of the United States.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a report outlining chemical
substances undergoing risk evaluation by the Environmental
Protection Agency under the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) that are used in production of critical
defense items, including in the areas of kinetic
capabilities, energy storage and batteries, castings and
forgings, and microelectronics and semiconductors as
identified in the February 2022 Department of Defense report
entitled, ``Securing Defense-Critical Supply Chains''.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include the following elements:
(A) An assessment of risks to procurement of critical
defense items resulting from phasing out production of
substances identified described in paragraph (1).
(B) A description of costs to production of critical
defense items resulting from phasing out production of such
substances.
(C) A list of countries where the United States could
procure such substances at a sufficient scale to not impede
production of critical defense items.
(D) An assessment of national security risks associated
with reshoring procurement of such substances to foreign
countries.
(c) Interagency Consultation Regarding Chemical Substances
With Critical National Security Uses.--The Department of
Defense shall provide meaningful and robust input to the
Environmental Protection Agency for any draft risk evaluation
of a chemical substances with critical national security
uses.
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