I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Defense 
Energy Security Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS. 
(a) AGENCY PAYMENTS.—Section 801(a)(2)(B) of 
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
8287(a)(2)(B)) is amended in the first sentence— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘both utilities’’ and inserting 
‘‘utilities, entities that supply, deliver, and transport 
fuel,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or fuel supply, delivery, or 
transport’’ after ‘‘for utilities’’. 
(b) 
NONBUILDING
APPLICATIONS.—Section 
801(a)(2) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8287(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(H) 
NONBUILDING
APPLICATIONS.—A 
Federal agency may enter into an energy sav-
ings performance contract under this title for 
the purpose of reducing the costs of fuel supply, 
delivery, or transport for nonbuilding applica-
tions, including secondary savings.’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 804 of the National En-
ergy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8287c) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or wastewater treat-
ment’’ and inserting ‘‘wastewater treat-
ment, or fuel supply, delivery, or trans-
port’’; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘or nonbuilding appli-
cations’’ after ‘‘federally owned facilities’’; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon at the end; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) the improved efficiency of fuel 
use in nonbuilding applications.’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of paragraph (3), by 
inserting ‘‘or for the purpose of reducing the cost of 
fuel supply, delivery, or transport for nonbuilding 
applications’’ before the period at the end; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) NONBUILDING
APPLICATION.—The term 
‘nonbuilding application’ means— 
‘‘(A) any class of vehicles, devices, or 
equipment that— 
‘‘(i) is transportable under the power 
of the applicable vehicle, device, or equip-
ment by land, sea, or air; and 
‘‘(ii) consumes energy from any fuel 
source for the purpose of— 
‘‘(I) that transportation; or 
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‘‘(II) maintaining a controlled en-
vironment within the vehicle, device, 
or equipment; and 
‘‘(B) any federally owned equipment used 
to generate electricity or transport water. 
‘‘(6) SECONDARY SAVINGS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘secondary 
savings’ means additional energy or cost sav-
ings that are a direct consequence of the energy 
savings that result from the energy efficiency 
improvements that were financed and imple-
mented pursuant to an energy savings perform-
ance contract. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘secondary 
savings’ includes— 
‘‘(i) energy and cost savings that re-
sult from a reduction in the need for fuel 
delivery and logistical support; 
‘‘(ii) personnel cost savings and envi-
ronmental benefits; and 
‘‘(iii) in the case of electric generation 
equipment, the benefits of increased effi-
ciency in the production of electricity, in-
cluding revenues received by the Federal 
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Government from the sale of electricity 
from the production.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR RESEARCH TO IMPROVE MILI-
TARY VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE 
FUEL ECONOMY OR REDUCE FUEL CONSUMP-
TION OF MILITARY VEHICLES USED IN COM-
BAT. 
(a) RESEARCH AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of De-
fense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Research and Engineering and in collaboration with 
the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy, 
may carry out research to improve military vehicle tech-
nology to increase fuel economy or reduce fuel consump-
tion of military vehicles used in combat. 
(b) PREVIOUS SUCCESSES.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that research carried out under sub-
section (a) takes into account the successes of, and lessons 
learned during, the development of the Fuel Efficient 
Ground Vehicle Alpha and Bravo programs to identify, as-
sess, develop, demonstrate, and prototype technologies 
that support increasing fuel economy and decreasing fuel 
consumption of light tactical vehicles, while balancing sur-
vivability. 
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SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH REPOSITORY FOR 
OPERATIONAL ENERGY-RELATED RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPOSITORY REQUIRED.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2015, the Secretary of Defense, acting through 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engi-
neering and in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs 
and the Secretaries of the military departments, shall es-
tablish a centralized repository for all operational energy- 
related research and development efforts of the Depart-
ment of Defense, including with respect to the inception, 
operational, and complete phases of such efforts. 
(b) INTERNET ACCESS.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that the repository required by subsection (a) 
is accessible through an Internet website of the Depart-
ment of Defense and by all employees of the Department 
and members of the Armed Forces whom the Secretary 
determines appropriate, including all program managers 
involved in such research and development efforts, to en-
able improved collaboration between military departments 
on research and development efforts described in sub-
section (a), sharing of best practices and lessons learned 
relating to such efforts, and reduce redundancy in such 
efforts. 
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SEC. 5. EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR WARRIOR POWER. 
Not later than September 31, 2014, the Secretary of 
Defense shall establish a Department of Defense executive 
agent for warrior power to align and advance efforts 
across the military services to measure and manage the 
research, development, testing, evaluation, procurement, 
and fielding of man-portable tactical power generation sys-
tems to power tactical communications equipment, weap-
ons systems, and other troop equipment. 
SEC. 6. SECURE ENERGY INNOVATION PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish a program to develop and support projects 
designed to foster secure and reliable sources of energy 
for military installations, including incorporation of ad-
vanced energy metering, renewable energy, energy storage, 
and redundant power systems. 
(b) METRICS.—The Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop metrics for assessing the costs and benefits associ-
ated with secure energy projects proposed or implemented 
as part of the program established under subsection (a). 
The metrics shall take into account financial and oper-
ational costs associated with sustained losses of power re-
sulting from natural disasters or attacks that damage elec-
trical grids serving military installations. 
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SEC. 7. AUTHORITY TO USE ENERGY SAVINGS INVESTMENT 
FUND FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT INITIA-
TIVES. 
Section 2919(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘, to the extent provided for in 
an appropriations Act,’’. 
SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AL-
TERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLE INFRASTRUC-
TURE FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF FUND.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Depart-
ment of Defense Alternative Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure 
Fund’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 
(b) DEPOSITS.—The Fund shall consist of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Amounts appropriated to the Fund. 
(2) Amounts earned through investment under 
subsection (c). 
(3) Any other amounts made available to the 
Fund by law. 
(c) INVESTMENTS.—The Secretary shall invest any 
part of the Fund that the Secretary decides is not required 
to meet current expenses. Each investment shall be made 
in an interest-bearing obligation of the United States Gov-
ernment, or an obligation that has its principal and inter-
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est guaranteed by the Government, that the Secretary de-
cides has a maturity suitable for the Fund. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
available to the Secretary, acting through the Under Sec-
retary of Defense for Acquisition, Training, and Logistics, 
to install, operate, and maintain alternative fuel dis-
pensing stations for use by alternative fueled vehicles of 
the Department of Defense and other infrastructure nec-
essary to fuel alternative fueled vehicles of the Depart-
ment. 
(e) PRIVATE USE.—The Secretary may make alter-
native fuel dispensed through alternative fuel dispensing 
stations of the Department available to employees of the 
Department and members of the Armed Forces for private 
use. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ALTERNATIVE
FUEL.—The term ‘‘alter-
native fuel’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 32901 of title 49, United States Code. 
(2) ALTERNATIVE
FUELED
VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘‘alternative fueled vehicle’’ means a vehicle 
that operates on alternative fuel. 
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