I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2266 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to reform Department of Defense 
energy policy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2011 
Mr. SMITH of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to reform 
Department of Defense energy policy, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2011’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Congressional defense committees defined. 
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress on Department of Defense energy savings initiatives. 
Sec. 4. Waiver authority. 
TITLE I—OPERATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY 
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Sec. 101. Joint contingency base resource pilot project. 
Sec. 102. Research and development activities to incorporate hybrid-drive tech-
nology into current and future tactical fleet of military ground 
vehicles. 
Sec. 103. Conversion of Department of Defense fleet of non-tactical motor vehi-
cles to electric and hybrid motor vehicles. 
Sec. 104. Ten-year extension of authorized initial term of contracts for storage, 
handling or distribution of liquid fuels and natural gas. 
Sec. 105. Establishment of Department of Defense Joint Task Force for Alter-
native Fuel Development. 
TITLE II—INSTALLATION ENERGY SECURITY 
Sec. 201. Funding for Installation Energy Test Bed. 
Sec. 202. Funding for energy conservation projects. 
Sec. 203. Report on energy-efficiency standards. 
Sec. 204. Identification of energy-efficient products for use in construction, re-
pair, or renovation of Department of Defense facilities. 
Sec. 205. Core curriculum and certification standards for Department of De-
fense energy managers. 
Sec. 206. Requirement for Department of Defense to capture and track data 
generated in metering department facilities. 
Sec. 207. Establishment of milestones for achieving Department of Defense 
2025 renewable energy goal. 
Sec. 208. Development of renewable energy sources on military lands. 
Sec. 209. Development of renewable energy on military installations. 
Sec. 210. Report on cross-agency renewable energy development efforts. 
Sec. 211. Elimination of approval requirement for long-term contracts for en-
ergy or fuel for military installations. 
Sec. 212. Consideration of energy security in developing energy projects on 
military installations using renewable energy sources. 
Sec. 213. Study on installation energy security and societal impacts. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘congressional defense commit-
tees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services and Ap-
propriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE ENERGY SAVINGS INITIATIVES. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should develop, 
test, field, and maintain operationally effective tech-
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nologies that reduce the energy needs of forward-de-
ployed forces; 
(2) the Secretary of Defense should ensure the 
energy security of Department of Defense facilities; 
(3) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Operational Energy Plans and Programs and the 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations 
and Environment should act in concert to implement 
strategies and coordinate activities across the serv-
ices to meet Department-wide and service energy 
goals, including service initiatives such as the Navy’s 
Great Green Fleet, the Air Force’s alternative fuel 
certification program, the Army’s Net Zero installa-
tion pilot program, and the Marine Corps experi-
mental forward operating base project; and 
(4) in general, the Department of Defense 
should aggressively pursue opportunities to save en-
ergy, reduce energy-related costs, decrease reliance 
on foreign oil, decrease the energy-related logistics 
burden for deployed forces, ensure the long-term 
sustainability of military installations, and strength-
en United States energy security. 
SEC. 4. WAIVER AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense may 
waive the implementation or operation of a provision of 
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this Act or an amendment made by this Act if the Sec-
retary certifies to Congress that implementation or contin-
ued operation of such provision would adversely impact the 
national security of the United States. 
(b) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY WAIVER.—The Direc-
tor of National Intelligence may, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense, exempt an intelligence activity of the 
United States, and related personnel, resources, and facili-
ties, from a provision of this Act or an amendment made 
by this Act to the extent the Director and Secretary deter-
mine necessary to protect intelligence sources and methods 
from unauthorized disclosure. 
TITLE I—OPERATIONAL ENERGY 
SECURITY 
SEC. 101. JOINT CONTINGENCY BASE RESOURCE PILOT 
PROJECT. 
(a) PILOT PROJECT AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, 
as appropriate, carry out a pilot project to assess the 
feasibility and advisability of various joint and multi- 
service mechanisms to decrease energy usage by de-
ployed military units, including by minimizing at for-
ward operating bases the production of waste water, 
consumption of drinking water, energy, and mate-
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rials, and reducing impacts on habitat and perimeter 
security and by maximizing capacity and effective-
ness at such bases while promoting operational inde-
pendence from supply lines and minimizing the re-
source footprint. The Secretary of Defense shall des-
ignate a lead officer for the pilot project. 
(2) MECHANISMS
TO
BE
ASSESSED.—The 
mechanisms assessed under the pilot project shall in-
clude new energy and energy-efficiency technologies 
and such other systems, components, and tech-
nologies as the Secretary shall identify for purposes 
of the pilot project. 
(3) UTILIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESS.—In car-
rying out the pilot project, the Secretary shall, to 
the extent practicable, seek to work with small busi-
nesses through small-scale procurement of systems, 
components, and technologies described in para-
graph (2). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2012 
$4,000,000 to carry out the pilot project authorized by 
subsection (a). 
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SEC. 102. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES TO 
INCORPORATE HYBRID-DRIVE TECHNOLOGY 
INTO 
CURRENT 
AND 
FUTURE 
TACTICAL 
FLEET OF MILITARY GROUND VEHICLES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION
OF USABLE HYBRID-DRIVE 
TECHNOLOGY.—Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments and the Secretary of Energy, as appropriate, shall 
submit to Congress a report identifying hybrid-drive tech-
nologies suitable for incorporation into the next reset and 
recap of motor vehicles of the current tactical fleet of the 
military services. In identifying suitable hybrid-drive tech-
nologies, the Secretary shall consider the feasibility and 
costs and benefits of incorporating a hybrid-drive tech-
nology into each type and variant of vehicle, including fuel 
savings, and the design changes and amount of time re-
quired for incorporation. 
(b) HYBRID-DRIVE TECHNOLOGY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘hybrid-drive technology’’ means a pro-
pulsion system, including the engine and drive train, that 
draws energy from onboard sources of stored energy that 
involve— 
(1) an internal combustion or heat engine using 
combustible fuel; and 
(2) a rechargeable energy storage system. 
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SEC. 103. CONVERSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
FLEET OF NON-TACTICAL MOTOR VEHICLES 
TO ELECTRIC AND HYBRID MOTOR VEHI-
CLES. 
(a) CONVERSION REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 
173 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after section 2922c the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 2922c–1. Conversion of Department of Defense non- 
tactical motor vehicle fleet to motor vehi-
cles using electric or hybrid propulsion 
systems 
‘‘(a) DEADLINE FOR CONVERSION.—Beginning on 
October 1, 2017, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
of a military department, or the head of a Defense Agency 
may not procure non-tactical motor vehicles or buses un-
less such vehicles use— 
‘‘(1) electric propulsion; 
‘‘(2) hybrid propulsion; or 
‘‘(3) an alternative propulsion system sufficient 
to make such non-tactical motor vehicles and buses 
meet or exceed applicable Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy standards. 
‘‘(b) PREFERENCE.—In procuring motor vehicles for 
use by a military department or defense agency after the 
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date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary con-
cerned or the head of the defense agency shall provide a 
preference for the procurement of non-tactical motor vehi-
cles with a propulsion system described in paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) of subsection (a), including plug-in hybrid sys-
tems, if the motor vehicles— 
‘‘(1) will meet the requirement or the need for 
the procurement; and 
‘‘(2) are commercially available at a cost rea-
sonably comparable, on the basis of life-cycle cost, to 
motor vehicles containing only an internal combus-
tion or heat engine using combustible fuel. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense may waive the prohibitions under subsection (a) with 
respect to a class of non-tactical vehicles if the Secretary 
determines that there is a lack of commercial availability 
for the class of vehicles or if the acquisition of such vehi-
cles is cost prohibitive. 
‘‘(d) HYBRID DEFINED.—In this section, 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— 
‘‘(1) an internal combustion or heat engine 
using combustible fuel; and 
‘‘(2) a rechargeable energy storage system.’’. 
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