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114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3108 
To improve energy savings by the Department of Defense, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2015 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. HONDA, and Mr. GALLEGO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Department of Defense Energy Security Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Pilot program on military use of energy savings performance contracts 
for mobile and other nonbuilding applications. 
Sec. 3. Report of effectiveness of tactical vehicle research regarding energy effi-
ciency. 
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Sec. 4. Additional research to improve military vehicle technology to increase 
fuel economy or reduce fuel consumption of military vehicles 
used in combat. 
Sec. 5. Establishment of repository for operational energy-related research and 
development efforts of Department of Defense. 
Sec. 6. Study on power storage capacity requirement. 
Sec. 7. Establishment of Department of Defense alternative fueled vehicle in-
frastructure fund. 
Sec. 8. Secure energy innovation program. 
Sec. 9. Authority to use Energy Savings Investment Fund for energy manage-
ment initiatives. 
Sec. 10. Report on energy performance initiatives. 
Sec. 11. Report on military readiness to deal with expected increased water 
shortages, instances of wildfire, increased drought, flooding due 
to sea level rise, and coastal erosion from storm surges. 
SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM ON MILITARY USE OF ENERGY 
SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS FOR 
MOBILE AND OTHER NONBUILDING APPLICA-
TIONS. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of a 
military department may carry out a pilot program under 
which the Secretary will enter into energy savings per-
formance contracts under the authority of section 801 of 
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
8287) for the purpose of achieving direct energy savings 
and secondary savings in mobile assets of the Armed 
Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary and other 
nonbuilding applications of the military department. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION REPORT.—Not later than two 
years after entering into the first energy savings perform-
ance contract under the pilot program, the Secretary of 
the military department concerned shall submit to Con-
gress a report describing the implementation of the pilot 
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program, including the number of energy savings perform-
ance contracts executed, the types of mobile assets and 
other nonbuilding applications covered, and the direct en-
ergy savings and secondary savings achieved. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MOBILE ASSET AND NONBUILDING APPLI-
CATION.—The terms ‘‘mobile asset’’ and ‘‘non-
building application’’ mean— 
(A) any class of vehicles, devices, or equip-
ment that— 
(i) is transportable under the power of 
the applicable vehicle, device, or equipment 
by land, sea, or air; and 
(ii) consumes energy from any fuel 
source for the purpose of— 
(I) that transportation; or 
(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. 
(2) SECONDARY
SAVINGS.—The term ‘‘sec-
ondary savings’’ means additional energy or cost 
savings that are a direct consequence of the energy 
savings that result from the energy efficiency im-
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provements that were financed and implemented 
pursuant to an energy savings performance contract. 
The term includes— 
(A) energy and cost savings that result 
from a reduction in the need for fuel delivery 
and logistical support; 
(B) personnel cost savings and environ-
mental benefits; and 
(C) in the case of electric generation equip-
ment, the benefits of increased efficiency in the 
production of electricity, including revenues re-
ceived by the Federal Government from the sale 
of electricity from the production. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The authority to enter into an 
energy savings performance contract under the pilot pro-
gram terminates September 30, 2041. 
SEC. 3. REPORT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF TACTICAL VEHICLE 
RESEARCH 
REGARDING 
ENERGY 
EFFI-
CIENCY. 
Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to Congress a report describing all Army research since 
October 1, 2010— 
(1) on technologies that may improve the range 
and endurance of tactical vehicles, without increas-
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ing fuel demand, thereby also reducing the vulner-
ability of tactical supply lines to attacks; and 
(2) on auxiliary power units, batteries, and 
other engine technologies for running ‘‘hotel’’ loads 
and surveillance systems during silent watch, includ-
ing plans for incorporating these technologies into 
programs of record or new acquisitions. 
SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH TO IMPROVE MILITARY VE-
HICLE TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE FUEL 
ECONOMY OR REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION 
OF MILITARY VEHICLES USED IN COMBAT. 
(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 
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consumption of light tactical vehicles, while balancing sur-
vivability. 
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF REPOSITORY FOR OPER-
ATIONAL ENERGY-RELATED RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS OF DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) REPOSITORY REQUIRED.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2016, 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-
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section (a), sharing of best practices and lessons learned 
relating to such efforts, and reduce redundancy in such 
efforts. 
SEC. 6. STUDY ON POWER STORAGE CAPACITY REQUIRE-
MENT. 
Not later than September 30, 2016, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the costs and benefits associated with re-
quiring 25 percent of National Guard and Reserve facili-
ties to have at least a 21-day on-site power storage capac-
ity to assist with providing support to civil authorities in 
case of manmade or natural disasters. 
SEC. 7. 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’’. 
(b) DEPOSITS.—The Fund shall consist of the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Amounts appropriated to the Fund. 
(2) Amounts earned through investment under 
subsection (c). 
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(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-
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) 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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(3) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the fund 
established under subsection (a). 
SEC. 8. 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, resilient 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. 
(c) ASSESSMENT.—As part of the program estab-
lished under subsection (a), the Secretary of each military 
department shall conduct an assessment of each military 
installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary— 
(1) to identify all critical electrical loads for 
military missions performed at the installation; 
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(2) to determine the security of these electrical 
supplies and the sufficiency and readiness of backup 
power and continuity of operations plans; and 
(3) to investigate alternative and renewable en-
ergy supplies and efficiency measures that would in-
crease resilience of supplies to critical loads, which 
may include, but is not limited to, solar thermal, 
geothermal, waste heat, and renewable combined 
heat and power processes, combined heat and power, 
small modular nuclear reactor technologies, and fuel 
cell energy systems. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION METHODS.—The Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments 
may use Energy Savings Performance Contracts, Power 
Purchase Agreements, and Enhanced Use Leasing agree-
ments to carry out the program established under sub-
section (a) to meet energy intensity or renewable energy 
goals if energy security and resilience of supply also im-
proves as a result of entering into such a contract or 
agreement. 
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SEC. 9. 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. 10. REPORT ON ENERGY PERFORMANCE INITIATIVES. 
Not later than March 1, 2016, the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide a briefing or submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report— 
(1) describing the energy efficiency language in-
cluded in the most recent aerial refueling tanker 
contract and in the Logistics Civil Augmentation 
Program contract; and 
(2) evaluating the feasibility of including such 
energy efficiency provisions in other contracts for 
platforms and equipment that are high energy users, 
including the extent to which such provisions have 
been included in other contracts. 
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SEC. 11. REPORT ON MILITARY READINESS TO DEAL WITH 
EXPECTED INCREASED WATER SHORTAGES, 
INSTANCES 
OF 
WILDFIRE, 
INCREASED 
DROUGHT, FLOODING DUE TO SEA LEVEL 
RISE, AND COASTAL EROSION FROM STORM 
SURGES. 
Not later than March 1, 2016, the Secretary of De-
fense shall provide a briefing or submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the strategy of the Department 
of Defense and initiatives to mitigate the impact of ex-
pected increased water shortages, instances of wildfire, in-
creased drought, flooding due to sea level rise, and coastal 
erosion from storm surges to ensure optimal military read-
iness. At minimum, the briefing or report shall address 
the following issues: 
(1) How are changing conditions affecting oper-
ations and military readiness at military installa-
tions? 
(2) What has the Secretary determined to be 
most effective in preparing for future conditions? 
(3) How are best practices being disseminated 
and implemented throughout installations? 
(4) Is the Department facing any challenges in 
carrying out preparedness and resilience initiatives? 
If so, what are these obstacles and do they require 
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congressional action to increase security on installa-
tions? 
(5) What opportunities exist for effective public 
private partnerships or contracts with industry to 
address and mitigate the effects of these conditions? 
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