S.Amdt. 711

SA 711. Ms. LUMMIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 316. REQUIREMENT FOR COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS BEFORE
IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENT TO PURCHASE OR
LEASE ELECTRIC OR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.

Section 2922g of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsection (e)'' and
inserting ``subsections (e) and (f)'';
(2) in subsection (e), by amending the subsection header to
read as follows: ``Case-by-case Authorization of Use of Other
Vehicles That Reduce Consumption of Fossil Fuels'';
(3) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections
(g) and (h), respectively;
(4) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection (f):
``(f) Cost Benefit Analysis.--The requirements under
subsection (d) shall not take effect until the Secretary
finalizes a cost benefit analysis that shows a net benefit to
the Department of Defense of the purchase or lease of
vehicles described in such subsection as compared to internal
combustion engine vehicles based on the following factors:
``(1) Force readiness.
``(2) Differential costs between zero emission vehicles and
internal combustion engine vehicles.
``(3) Cost of construction of electric vehicle charging
networks at military installations.
``(4) National security implications of purchasing zero
emission vehicles with components comprised of critical
minerals sourced from foreign countries.''; and
(5) in subsection (h)(1), as redesignated by paragraph (3),
by striking ``2202'' and inserting ``2002''.
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