S.Amdt. 771

SA 771. Mr. HEINRICH 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 end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

SEC. 359. REPORT ON WATER UTILITY SYSTEMS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.

Not later than January 15, 2025, the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report containing the following:
(1) A list of all water utilities owned by the Department
of Defense on or providing water to military installations,
including an identification of the following information:
(A) The year of original installation of major components
for the water utility system, including water treatment
facilities, pump stations, and water storage tanks.
(B) The average age of water utility system piping.
(C) The last major recapitalization of the water utility
system, including a brief description of the infrastructure
that was recapitalized.
(D) All instances of non-compliance with any applicable
Federal, State, or local law or regulation to which the water
utility system is required to comply within the five-year
period preceding the date of the report, including
information on any prior or current consent orders or
equivalent compliance agreements with any regulatory agency.
(2) For each military department, the total rate of water
utility system recapitalization, represented as an annual
percentage replacement value of all system assets.
(3) For each military department, a description of the
annual inspection requirements for water utility systems, and
the percentage of such systems inspected annually.
(4) For each military department, the number of unplanned
water utility system outages and the duration of those
outages during the one-year period preceding the date of the
report, including a listing of installations at which those
outages occurred.
(5) The methodology by which each military department
develops its business case to retain ownership of a water
utility system or to pursue privatization of such system.
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