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SEC. 
2805. 
GENERAL 
MILITARY 
CONSTRUCTION 
TRANSFER 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon a determination by the Secretary 
of a military department, or with respect to the Defense Agen-
cies, the Secretary of Defense, that such action is necessary 
in the national interest, the Secretary concerned may transfer 
amounts of authorization of appropriations made available to 
that military department or Defense Agency in this division 
for fiscal year 2012 between any such authorization of appro-
priations for that military department or Defense Agency for 
that fiscal year. Amounts of authorization of appropriations 
so transferred shall be merged with and be available for the 
same purposes as the authorization of appropriations to which 
transferred. 
(2) AGGREGATE LIMIT.—The aggregate amount of authoriza-
tions that the Secretaries concerned may transfer under the 
authority of this section may not exceed $400,000,000. 
(b) LIMITATION.—The authority provided by this section to 
transfer authorizations may only be used to fund increases in 
the cost of military construction projects or activities authorized 
by this division. 
(c) EFFECT
ON AUTHORIZATION AMOUNTS.—A transfer made 
from one account to another under the authority of this section 
shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for appropriation 
for the account to which the amount is transferred by an amount 
equal to the amount transferred. 
(d) NOTICE
TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary concerned shall 
promptly notify the congressional defense committees of each 
transfer made by that Secretary under subsection (a) that exceeds 
the limitations on cost variations provided in section 2853 of title 
10, United States Code. 
Subtitle B—Real Property and Facilities 
Administration 
SEC. 2811. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE PENTAGON RES-
ERVATION MAINTENANCE REVOLVING FUND FOR MINOR 
CONSTRUCTION AND ALTERATION ACTIVITIES AT PEN-
TAGON RESERVATION. 
Section 2674(e)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The authority’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) Except 
as provided in subparagraph (B), the authority’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding the date specified in subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary may use monies from the Fund after that date to 
support construction or alteration activities at the Pentagon Res-
ervation within the limits specified in section 2805 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 2812. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO THE GRANTING 
OF EASEMENTS. 
Section 2662 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘lease or license’’ 
and inserting ‘‘lease, license, or easement’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)—
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘lease or license’’ 
and inserting ‘‘lease, license, or easement’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘lease or license’’ 
and inserting ‘‘lease, license, or easement’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘lease or 
license’’ and inserting ‘‘lease, license, or easement’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘lease or 
license’’ and inserting ‘‘lease, license, or easement’’. 
SEC. 2813. LIMITATIONS ON USE OR DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY 
IN 
CLEAR 
ZONE 
AREAS 
AND 
CLARIFICATION 
OF 
AUTHORITY TO LIMIT ENCROACHMENTS. 
Section 2684a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) protecting Clear Zone Areas from use or encroachment 
that is incompatible with the mission of the installation.’’; 
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.— 
Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, an agreement under this 
section that is a cooperative agreement or a grant may be used 
to acquire property or services for the direct benefit or use of 
the United States Government.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, and the monitoring and enforce-
ment of any right, title, or interest in,’’ after ‘‘resources 
on’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and monitoring and enforcement’’ 
after ‘‘natural resource management’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any such 
payment by the United States— 
‘‘(A) may be paid in a lump sum and include an amount 
intended to cover the future costs of natural resource manage-
ment and monitoring and enforcement; and 
‘‘(B) may be placed by the eligible entity in an interest- 
bearing account, and any interest shall be applied for the 
same purposes as the principal.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(5)’’; 
(ii) by inserting after the first sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘No such requirement need be included in the 
agreement if the property or interest is being trans-
ferred to a State, or the agreement requires it to be 
subsequently transferred to a State, and the Secretary 
concerned determines that the laws and regulations 
applicable to the future use of such property or interest 
provide adequate assurance that the property con-
cerned will be developed and used in a manner appro-
priate for purposes of this section.’’; and
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(iii) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), if all or a portion of 
the property or interest acquired under the agreement is subse-
quently transferred to the United States and administrative juris-
diction over the property is under a Federal official other than 
a Secretary concerned, the Secretary concerned and that Federal 
official shall enter into a memorandum of agreement providing, 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary concerned, for the management 
of the property or interest concerned in a manner appropriate 
for purposes of this section. Such memorandum of agreement shall 
also provide that, should it be proposed that the property or interest 
concerned be developed or used in a manner not appropriate for 
purposes of this section, including declaring the property to be 
excess to the agency’s needs or proposing to exchange the property 
for other property, the Secretary concerned may request that 
administrative jurisdiction over the property be transferred to the 
Secretary concerned at no cost, and, upon such a request being 
made, the administrative jurisdiction over the property shall be 
transferred accordingly.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (i), by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Clear Zone Area’ means an area immediately 
beyond the end of the runway of an airfield that is needed 
to ensure the safe and unrestricted passage of aircraft in and 
over the area.’’. 
SEC. 2814. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONSERVATION AND CULTURAL 
ACTIVITIES. 
Section 2694(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and sustainability’’ 
after ‘‘safety’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) The implementation of ecosystem-wide land manage-
ment plans— 
‘‘(i) for a single ecosystem that encompasses at least 
two non-contiguous military installations, if those military 
installations are not all under the administrative jurisdic-
tion of the same Secretary of a military department; and 
‘‘(ii) providing synergistic benefits unavailable if the 
installations acted separately.’’. 
SEC. 2815. EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) EXCHANGE AUTHORITY.—Section 2869 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘Conveyance of 
property at military installations to limit encroachment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Exchange of property at military installa-
tions’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘CONVEY-
ANCE
AUTHORIZED; 
CONSIDERATION’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘EXCHANGE AUTHORIZED’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to any person who 
agrees, in exchange for the real property, to carry out 
a land acquisition’’ and inserting ‘‘to any eligible entity 
who agrees, in exchange for the real property, to transfer 
to the United States all right, title, and interest of the
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entity in and to a parcel of real property, including any 
improvements thereon under their control, or to carry out 
a land acquisition’’. 
(b) EXTENSION
OF
AUTHORITY.—Such section is further 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections 
(f) and (g), respectively. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the begin-
ning of chapter 169 of such title is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 2869 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘2869. Exchange of property at military installations.’’. 
SEC. 2816. DEFENSE ACCESS ROAD PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS TO 
ADDRESS 
TRANSPORTATION 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
IN 
VICINITY OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS FUNDS FOR BRAC- 
RELATED TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.—Section 210(a)(2) of 
title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall deter-
mine the magnitude of the required improvements without regard 
to the extent to which traffic generated by the reservation is greater 
than other traffic in the vicinity of the reservation.’’. 
(b) ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
OF 
ADDITIONAL DEFENSE ACCESS ROADS FUNDING SOURCES.— 
(1) CONVENING OF COMMITTEE.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense, as the chairperson of the Economic Adjustment 
Committee established in Executive Order No. 127887 (10 
U.S.C. 2391 note), shall convene the Economic Adjustment Com-
mittee to consider additional sources of funding for the defense 
access roads program under section 210 of title 23, United 
States Code. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to Congress a report describing the results of the Economic 
Adjustment 
Committee 
deliberations 
and 
containing 
an 
implementation plan to expand funding sources for the mitiga-
tion of significant transportation impacts to access to military 
reservations pursuant to subsection (b) of section 210 of title 
23, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a). 
(c) SEPARATE
BUDGET
REQUEST
FOR
PROGRAM.—Amounts 
requested for a fiscal year for the defense access roads program 
under section 210 of title 23, United States Code, shall be set 
forth as a separate budget request in the budget transmitted by 
the President to Congress for that fiscal year under section 1105 
of title 31, United States. 
Subtitle C—Energy Security 
SEC. 2821. CONSOLIDATION OF DEFINITIONS USED IN ENERGY SECU-
RITY CHAPTER. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION OF DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 173 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before section 
2925 the following new section:
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‘‘§ 2924. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘defined fuel source’ means any of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Petroleum. 
‘‘(B) Natural gas. 
‘‘(C) Coal. 
‘‘(D) Coke. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘energy-efficient maintenance’ includes— 
‘‘(A) the repair of military vehicles, equipment, or 
facility and infrastructure systems, such as lighting, 
heating, or cooling equipment or systems, or industrial 
processes, by replacement with technology that— 
‘‘(i) will achieve energy savings over the life-cycle 
of the equipment or system being repaired; and 
‘‘(ii) will meet the same end needs as the equip-
ment or system being repaired; and 
‘‘(B) improvements in an operation or maintenance 
process, such as improved training or improved controls, 
that result in energy savings. 
‘‘(3)(A) The term ‘energy security’ means having assured 
access to reliable supplies of energy and the ability to protect 
and deliver sufficient energy to meet mission essential require-
ments. 
‘‘(B) In selecting facility energy projects that will use renew-
able energy sources, pursuit of energy security means the 
installation will give favorable consideration to projects that 
provide power directly to a military facility or into the installa-
tion electrical distribution network. In such cases, projects 
should be prioritized to provide power for assets critical to 
mission essential requirements on the installation in the event 
of a disruption in the commercial grid. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘hybrid’, with respect to a motor vehicle, 
means a motor vehicle that draws propulsion energy from 
onboard sources of stored energy that are both— 
‘‘(A) an internal combustion or heat engine using 
combustible fuel; and 
‘‘(B) a rechargeable energy storage system. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘operational energy’ means the energy 
required for training, moving, and sustaining military forces 
and weapons platforms for military operations. The term 
includes energy used by tactical power systems and generators 
and weapons platforms. 
‘‘(6) The term ‘petroleum’ means natural or synthetic crude, 
blends of natural or synthetic crude, and products refined or 
derived from natural or synthetic crude or from such blends. 
‘‘(7) The term ‘renewable energy source’ means energy gen-
erated from renewable sources, including the following: 
‘‘(A) Solar, including electricity. 
‘‘(B) Wind. 
‘‘(C) Biomass. 
‘‘(D) Landfill gas. 
‘‘(E) Ocean, including tidal, wave, current, and thermal. 
‘‘(F) Geothermal, including electricity and heat pumps. 
‘‘(G) Municipal solid waste. 
‘‘(H) New hydroelectric generation capacity achieved 
from increased efficiency or additions of new capacity at
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an existing hydroelectric project. For purposes of this 
subparagraph, hydroelectric generation capacity is ‘new’ 
if it was placed in service on or after January 1, 1999. 
‘‘(I) Thermal energy generated by any of the preceding 
sources.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENTS.—Such chapter is further 
amended— 
(A) in the table of subchapters at the beginning of 
such chapter, by striking ‘‘2925’’ and inserting ‘‘2924’’; and 
(B) in the table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter III of such chapter, by inserting before the item 
relating to section 2925 the following new item: 
‘‘2924. Definitions.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS STRIKING SEPARATE DEFINI-
TIONS.—Such chapter is further amended— 
(1) in section 2911— 
(A) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘For the purpose’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), 
and (D) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively; 
and 
(B) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2); 
(2) in section 2922e, by striking subsections (e) and (f); 
(3) in section 2922g, by striking subsection (d); and 
(4) in section 2925(b), by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 2822. CONSIDERATION OF ENERGY SECURITY IN DEVELOPING 
ENERGY PROJECTS ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS USING 
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. 
(a) POLICY OF PURSUING ENERGY SECURITY.— 
(1) POLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a policy for military installations that includes the 
following: 
(A) Favorable consideration for energy security in the 
design and development of energy projects on the military 
installation that will use renewable energy sources. 
(B) Guidance for commanders of military installations 
inside the United States on planning measures to minimize 
the effects of a disruption of services by a utility that 
sells natural gas, water, or electric energy to those installa-
tions in the event that a disruption occurs. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide 
notification to the congressional defense committees within 30 
days after entering into any agreement for a facility energy 
project described in paragraph (1)(A) that excludes pursuit 
of energy security on the grounds that inclusion of energy 
security is cost prohibitive. The Secretary shall also provide 
a cost-benefit-analysis of the decision. 
(3) ENERGY
SECURITY
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘energy security’’ has the meaning given that term in 
paragraph (3) of section 2924 of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by section 2821(a). 
(b) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLE-
MENTING ENERGY PERFORMANCE GOALS AND ENERGY PERFORMANCE
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MASTER PLAN.—Section 2911(c) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(12) Opportunities for improving energy security for 
facility energy projects that will use renewable energy sources.’’. 
(c) DEVELOPMENT
OF
GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY
ON
MILITARY 
LANDS.—Section 2917 of such title is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) DEVELOP-
MENT AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATION OF ENERGY SECURITY.—The development 
of a geothermal energy project under subsection (a) should include 
consideration of energy security in the design and development 
of the project.’’. 
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 2925(a) of such title 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘whether the project 
incorporates energy security into its design,’’ after ‘‘through 
the duration of each such mechanism,’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); 
and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(10) Details of utility outages at military installations 
including the total number and locations of outages, the finan-
cial impact of the outage, and measures taken to mitigate 
outages in the future at the affected location and across the 
Department of Defense.’’. 
SEC. 2823. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERIM OBJECTIVE FOR DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE 2025 RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL. 
(a) INTERIM OBJECTIVE.—Section 2911(e) of title 10, United 
States Code, as amended by section 2821(b)(1)(B), is further 
amended by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) To help ensure that the goal specified in paragraph (1)(A) 
regarding the use of renewable energy by the Department of Defense 
is achieved, the Secretary of Defense shall establish an interim 
goal for fiscal year 2018 for the production or procurement of 
facility energy from renewable energy sources.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE; CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall notify the congressional defense committees of 
the interim renewable energy goal established pursuant to the 
amendment made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 2824. USE OF CENTRALIZED PURCHASING AGENTS FOR RENEW-
ABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES TO REDUCE COST OF 
FACILITY 
ENERGY 
PROJECTS 
USING 
RENEWABLE 
ENERGY SOURCES AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES. 
(a) PURCHASE AND USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES.— 
Section 2911(e) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
sections 2821(b)(1)(B) and 2823(a), is further amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy to 
maximize savings for the bulk purchase of replacement renewable 
energy certificates in connection with the development of facility 
energy projects using renewable energy sources.
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‘‘(B) Under the policy required by subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary of a military department shall submit requests for the pur-
chase of replacement renewable energy certificates to a centralized 
purchasing authority maintained by such department or the Defense 
Logistics Agency with expertise regarding— 
‘‘(i) the market for renewable energy certificates; 
‘‘(ii) the procurement of renewable energy certificates; and 
‘‘(iii) obtaining the best value for the military department 
by maximizing the purchase of renewable energy certificates 
from projects placed into service before January 1, 1999. 
‘‘(C) The centralized purchasing authority shall solicit industry 
for the most competitive offer for replacement renewable energy 
certificates, to include a combination of renewable energy certifi-
cates from new projects and projects placed into service before 
January 1, 1999. 
‘‘(D) Subparagraph (B) does not prohibit the Secretary of a 
military department from entering into an agreement outside of 
the centralized purchasing authority if the Secretary will obtain 
the best value by bundling the renewable energy certificates with 
the facility energy project through a power purchase agreement 
or other contractual mechanism at the installation. 
‘‘(E) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to authorize 
the purchase of renewable energy certificates to meet Federal goals 
or mandates in the absence of the development of a facility energy 
project using renewable energy sources. 
‘‘(F) This policy does not make the purchase of renewable energy 
certificates mandatory, but the policy shall apply whenever original 
renewable energy certificates are proposed to be swapped for 
replacement renewable energy certificates.’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2925(a) of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by section 2822(d), is further 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (11) as para-
graphs (5) through (12), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) In addition to the information contained in the table 
listing energy projects financed through third party financing 
mechanisms, as required by paragraph (3), the table also shall 
list any renewable energy certificates associated with each 
project, including information regarding whether the renewable 
energy certificates were bundled or unbundled, the purchasing 
authority for the renewable energy certificates, and the price 
of the associated renewable energy certificates.’’. 
SEC. 2825. IDENTIFICATION OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT PRODUCTS FOR 
USE IN CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, OR RENOVATION OF 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES. 
(a) RESPONSIBILITY
OF
SECRETARY
OF
DEFENSE.—Section 
2915(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a definition 
of the term ‘energy-efficient product’ for purposes of this subsection 
and establish and maintain a list of products satisfying the defini-
tion. The definition and list shall be developed in consultation 
with the Secretary of Energy to ensure, to the maximum extent
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practicable, consistency with definitions of the term used by other 
Federal agencies. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall modify the definition and list of energy- 
efficient products as necessary to account for emerging or changing 
technologies. 
‘‘(C) The list of energy-efficient products shall be included as 
part of the energy performance master plan developed pursuant 
to section 2911(b)(2) of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
TO
ENERGY
PERFORMANCE 
MASTER PLAN.—Section 2911(b)(2) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) The up-to date list of energy-efficient products main-
tained under section 2915(e)(2) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 2826. SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
ENERGY MANAGEMENT REPORTS. 
Section 2925(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘As part of the annual submission of the energy perform-
ance goals for the Department of Defense under section 2911 of 
this title, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report containing 
the following:’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 120 days after the 
end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees an installation energy 
report detailing the fulfillment during that fiscal year of the energy 
performance goals for the Department of Defense under section 
2911 of this title. Each report shall contain the following:’’. 
SEC. 2827. REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO CAP-
TURE AND TRACK DATA GENERATED IN METERING 
DEPARTMENT FACILITIES. 
The Secretary of Defense shall require that the information 
generated by the installation energy meters be captured and tracked 
to determine baseline energy consumption and facilitate efforts 
to reduce energy consumption. 
SEC. 2828. METERING OF NAVY PIERS TO ACCURATELY MEASURE 
ENERGY CONSUMPTION. 
(a) METERING REQUIRED.—The Secretary of the Navy shall 
meter Navy piers so that the energy consumption of naval vessels 
while in port can be accurately measured and captured and steps 
taken to improve the efficient use of energy by naval vessels while 
in port. 
(b) PROGRESS REPORTS.—In each of the Department of Defense 
energy management reports submitted to Congress during fiscal 
years 2012 through 2017 under section 2925(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, the Secretary of the Navy shall include information 
on the progress being made to implement the metering of Navy 
piers, including information on any reductions in energy consump-
tion achieved through the use of such metering. 
SEC. 2829. TRAINING POLICY FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ENERGY 
MANAGERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF TRAINING POLICY.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall establish a training policy for Department of Defense 
energy managers designated for military installations in order to— 
(1) improve the knowledge, skills, and abilities of energy 
managers by ensuring understanding of existing energy laws, 
regulations, mandates, contracting options, local renewable