S.Amdt. 514

SA 514. Mr. BARRASSO 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 title II, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION OF HYBRID ENERGY
SYSTEMS.

(a) Additional Funding.--The amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2024 by section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby
increased by $2,000,000, with the amount of the increase to
be available for the Environmental Security Technical
Certification Program (PE 0603851D8Z).
(b) Availability.--The amount made available under
subsection (a) shall be available for the development and
acquisition of hybrid energy systems.
(c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2024 by section 301 for operation and maintenance
is hereby reduced by $2,000,000, with the amount of the
decrease to be taken from the availability of amounts for the
Office fo the Secretary of Defense..
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