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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1528 

To improve energy savings by the Department of Defense, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2015 

Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To improve energy savings by the Department of Defense, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 

5 Energy Security Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR RESEARCH TO IMPROVE MILI2 TARY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE 

3 FUEL ECONOMY OR REDUCE FUEL CONSUMP4 TION OF MILITARY VEHICLES USED IN COM5 BAT. 

6 (a) RESEARCH AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De7 fense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

8 for Research and Engineering and in collaboration with 

9 the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy, 

10 may carry out research to improve military vehicle tech11 nology to increase fuel economy or reduce fuel consump12 tion of military vehicles used in combat. 

13 (b) PREVIOUS SUCCESSES.—The Secretary of De14 fense shall ensure that research carried out under sub15 section (a) takes into account the successes of, and lessons 

16 learned during, the development of the Fuel Efficient 

17 Ground Vehicle Alpha and Bravo programs to identify, as18 sess, develop, demonstrate, and prototype technologies 

19 that support increasing fuel economy and decreasing fuel 

20 consumption of light tactical vehicles, while balancing sur21 vivability. 


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1 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH REPOSITORY FOR 

2 OPERATIONAL ENERGY-RELATED RESEARCH 

3 AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF DEPART4 MENT OF DEFENSE. 

5 (a) REPOSITORY REQUIRED.—Not later than Decem6 ber 31, 2016, the Secretary of Defense, acting through 

7 the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi8 neering and in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary 

9 of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs 

10 and the Secretaries of the military departments, shall es11 tablish a centralized repository for all operational energy12 related research and development efforts of the Depart13 ment of Defense, including with respect to the inception, 

14 operational, and complete phases of such efforts. 

15 (b) INTERNET ACCESS.—The Secretary of Defense 

16 shall ensure that the repository required by subsection (a) 

17 is accessible through an Internet website of the Depart18 ment of Defense and by all employees of the Department 

19 and members of the Armed Forces whom the Secretary 

20 determines appropriate, including all program managers 

21 involved in such research and development efforts, to en22 able improved collaboration between military departments 

23 on research and development efforts described in sub24 section (a), enable sharing of best practices and lessons 

25 learned relating to such efforts, and reduce redundancy 

26 in such efforts. 


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1 SEC. 4. SECURE ENERGY INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

3 conduct a program to develop and support projects de4 signed to foster secure and reliable sources of energy for 

5 military installations, including incorporation of advanced 

6 energy metering, renewable energy, energy storage, and 

7 redundant power systems. 

8 (b) METRICS.—The Secretary of Defense shall de9 velop metrics for assessing the costs and benefits associ10 ated with secure energy projects proposed or implemented 

11 as part of the program conducted under subsection (a). 

12 The metrics shall take into account financial and oper13 ational costs associated with sustained losses of power re14 sulting from natural disasters or attacks that damage elec15 trical grids serving military installations. 

16 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE ENERGY SAVINGS INVESTMENT 

17 FUND FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT INITIA18 TIVES. 

19 Section 2919(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 

20 is amended by striking ‘‘, to the extent provided for in 

21 an appropriations Act,’’. 

22 SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AL23 TERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE INFRASTRUC24 TURE FUND. 

25 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab26 lished in the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘DepartVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:05 Jun 09, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1528.IS S1528

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1 ment of Defense Alternative Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure 

2 Fund’’. 

3 (b) DEPOSITS.—The Fund shall consist of the fol4 lowing: 

5 (1) Amounts appropriated to the Fund. 

6 (2) Amounts earned through investment under 

7 subsection (c). 

8 (3) Any other amounts made available to the 

9 Fund by law. 

10 (c) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary shall invest any 

11 part of the Fund that the Secretary decides is not required 

12 to meet current expenses. Each investment shall be made 

13 in an interest-bearing obligation of the United States Gov14 ernment, or an obligation that has its principal and inter15 est guaranteed by the Government, that the Secretary de16 cides has a maturity suitable for the Fund. 

17 (d) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 

18 available to the Secretary, acting through the Under Sec19 retary of Defense for Acquisition, Training, and Logistics, 

20 to install, operate, and maintain alternative fuel dis21 pensing stations for use by alternative fueled vehicles of 

22 the Department of Defense and other infrastructure nec23 essary to fuel alternative fueled vehicles of the Depart24 ment. 

25 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—The term ‘‘alter2 native fuel’’ has the meaning given such term in sec3 tion 32901 of title 49, United States Code. 

4 (2) ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE.—The 

5 term ‘‘alternative fueled vehicle’’ means a vehicle 

6 that operates on alternative fuel. 

7 (3) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the fund 

8 established under subsection (a). 

9 SEC. 7. STUDY ON POWER STORAGE CAPACITY REQUIRE10 MENT. 

11 Not later than September 30, 2016, the Secretary of 

12 Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit13 tees a report on the costs and benefits associated with re14 quiring 25 percent of National Guard and Reserve facili15 ties to have at least a 21-day on-site power storage capac16 ity to assist with providing support to civil authorities in 

17 case of manmade or natural disasters. 

18 SEC. 8. PLAN TO ENHANCE MISSION READINESS THROUGH 

19 GREATER ENERGY SECURITY AT CRITICAL 

20 MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 

21 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than September 

22 30, 2016, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

23 congressional defense committees a report with a plan for 

24 integrating energy storage, micro-grid technologies, and 

25 on-site power generation systems at military installations 


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1 at risk of interruptions of power due to geographic loca2 tion, dependence on connections to the electric grid, or 

3 other factors determined by the Secretary. 

4 (b) FORM.—The report required under subsection (a) 

5 shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain 

6 a classified annex as necessary. 

7 SEC. 9. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. 

8 In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit9 tees’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

10 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

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