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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4536 

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

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2014 

Mr. PETERS of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 

Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS. 

7 (a) AGENCY PAYMENTS.—Section 801(a)(2)(B) of 

8 the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 8287(a)(2)(B)) is amended in the first sentence— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘both utilities’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘utilities, entities that supply, deliver, and transport 

3 fuel,’’; and 

4 (2) by inserting ‘‘or fuel supply, delivery, or 

5 transport’’ after ‘‘for utilities’’. 

6 (b) NONBUILDING APPLICATIONS.—Section 

7 801(a)(2) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(H) NONBUILDING APPLICATIONS.—A 

11 Federal agency may enter into an energy sav12 ings performance contract under this title for 

13 the purpose of reducing the costs of fuel supply, 

14 delivery, or transport for nonbuilding applica15 tions, including secondary savings.’’. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 804 of the National En17 ergy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c) is amend18 ed— 

19 (1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘or wastewater treat22 ment’’ and inserting ‘‘wastewater treat23 ment, or fuel supply, delivery, or trans24 port’’; and 


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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or nonbuilding appli2 cations’’ after ‘‘federally owned facilities’’; 

3 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 

4 the semicolon at the end; 

5 (C) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 

6 the semicolon at the end; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(iv) the improved efficiency of fuel 

9 use in nonbuilding applications.’’; 

10 (2) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), by 

11 inserting ‘‘or for the purpose of reducing the cost of 

12 fuel supply, delivery, or transport for nonbuilding 

13 applications’’ before the period at the end; and 

14 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(5) NONBUILDING APPLICATION.—The term 

16 ‘nonbuilding application’ means— 

17 ‘‘(A) any class of vehicles, devices, or 

18 equipment that— 

19 ‘‘(i) is transportable under the power 

20 of the applicable vehicle, device, or equip21 ment by land, sea, or air; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) consumes energy from any fuel 

23 source for the purpose of— 

24 ‘‘(I) that transportation; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) maintaining a controlled en2 vironment within the vehicle, device, 

3 or equipment; and 

4 ‘‘(B) any federally owned equipment used 

5 to generate electricity or transport water. 

6 ‘‘(6) SECONDARY SAVINGS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘secondary 

8 savings’ means additional energy or cost sav9 ings that are a direct consequence of the energy 

10 savings that result from the energy efficiency 

11 improvements that were financed and imple12 mented pursuant to an energy savings perform13 ance contract. 

14 ‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘secondary 

15 savings’ includes— 

16 ‘‘(i) energy and cost savings that re17 sult from a reduction in the need for fuel 

18 delivery and logistical support; 

19 ‘‘(ii) personnel cost savings and envi20 ronmental benefits; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) in the case of electric generation 

22 equipment, the benefits of increased effi23 ciency in the production of electricity, in24 cluding revenues received by the Federal 


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1 Government from the sale of electricity 

2 from the production.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR RESEARCH TO IMPROVE MILI4 TARY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE 

5 FUEL ECONOMY OR REDUCE FUEL CONSUMP6 TION OF MILITARY VEHICLES USED IN COM7 BAT. 

8 (a) RESEARCH AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De9 fense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense 

10 for Research and Engineering and in collaboration with 

11 the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy, 

12 may carry out research to improve military vehicle tech13 nology to increase fuel economy or reduce fuel consump14 tion of military vehicles used in combat. 

15 (b) PREVIOUS SUCCESSES.—The Secretary of De16 fense shall ensure that research carried out under sub17 section (a) takes into account the successes of, and lessons 

18 learned during, the development of the Fuel Efficient 

19 Ground Vehicle Alpha and Bravo programs to identify, as20 sess, develop, demonstrate, and prototype technologies 

21 that support increasing fuel economy and decreasing fuel 

22 consumption of light tactical vehicles, while balancing sur23 vivability. 


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1 SEC. 4. 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, 2015, 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), sharing of best practices and lessons learned 

25 relating to such efforts, and reduce redundancy in such 

26 efforts. 


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1 SEC. 5. EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR WARRIOR POWER. 

2 Not later than September 31, 2014, the Secretary of 

3 Defense shall establish a Department of Defense executive 

4 agent for warrior power to align and advance efforts 

5 across the military services to measure and manage the 

6 research, development, testing, evaluation, procurement, 

7 and fielding of man-portable tactical power generation sys8 tems to power tactical communications equipment, weap9 ons systems, and other troop equipment. 

10 SEC. 6. SECURE ENERGY INNOVATION PROGRAM. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 

12 shall establish a program to develop and support projects 

13 designed to foster secure and reliable sources of energy 

14 for military installations, including incorporation of ad15 vanced energy metering, renewable energy, energy storage, 

16 and redundant power systems. 

17 (b) METRICS.—The Secretary of Defense shall de18 velop metrics for assessing the costs and benefits associ19 ated with secure energy projects proposed or implemented 

20 as part of the program established under subsection (a). 

21 The metrics shall take into account financial and oper22 ational costs associated with sustained losses of power re23 sulting from natural disasters or attacks that damage elec24 trical grids serving military installations. 


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1 SEC. 7. AUTHORITY TO USE ENERGY SAVINGS INVESTMENT 

2 FUND FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT INITIA3 TIVES. 

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

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

6 an appropriations Act,’’. 

7 SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AL8 TERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE INFRASTRUC9 TURE FUND. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is estab11 lished in the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Depart12 ment of Defense Alternative Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure 

13 Fund’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

14 (b) DEPOSITS.—The Fund shall consist of the fol15 lowing: 

16 (1) Amounts appropriated to the Fund. 

17 (2) Amounts earned through investment under 

18 subsection (c). 

19 (3) Any other amounts made available to the 

20 Fund by law. 

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

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

23 to meet current expenses. Each investment shall be made 

24 in an interest-bearing obligation of the United States Gov25 ernment, or an obligation that has its principal and interVerDate Mar 15 2010 04:03 May 01, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4536.IH H4536

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1 est guaranteed by the Government, that the Secretary de2 cides has a maturity suitable for the Fund. 

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

4 available to the Secretary, acting through the Under Sec5 retary of Defense for Acquisition, Training, and Logistics, 

6 to install, operate, and maintain alternative fuel dis7 pensing stations for use by alternative fueled vehicles of 

8 the Department of Defense and other infrastructure nec9 essary to fuel alternative fueled vehicles of the Depart10 ment. 

11 (e) PRIVATE USE.—The Secretary may make alter12 native fuel dispensed through alternative fuel dispensing 

13 stations of the Department available to employees of the 

14 Department and members of the Armed Forces for private 

15 use. 

16 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) ALTERNATIVE FUEL.—The term ‘‘alter18 native fuel’’ has the meaning given such term in sec19 tion 32901 of title 49, United States Code. 

20 (2) ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE.—The 

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

22 that operates on alternative fuel. 

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