Agency, the Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, 
the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, a federally funded research and develop-
ment center, and the heads of such other relevant Federal 
agencies as the Secretary of Defense determines appro-
priate. 
(d) FORM OF REPORT.—The report required by sub-
section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(e) PUBLICATION.—Upon submittal of the report re-
quired by subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
publish the unclassified portion of the report on an Inter-
net website of the Department of Defense that is available 
to the public. 
SEC. 7. INCORPORATION OF CLIMATE RESILIENCY INTO 
EXISTING STRATEGIES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
OF DEFENSE. 
(a) CONSIDERATION OF RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE 
IN MAKING STRATEGIC DECISIONS RELATING TO MILI-
TARY INSTALLATIONS.—The Secretary of each military 
department, with respect to any installation under the ju-
risdiction of that Secretary, and the Secretary of Defense, 
with respect to any installation of the Department of De-
fense that is not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of a military department, shall consider the risks associ-
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ated with climate change when making any strategic deci-
sion relating to such installation, including where to locate 
such installation and where to position equipment, infra-
structure, and other military assets. 
(b) CODIFICATION
OF
DIRECTIVE
ON
CLIMATE 
CHANGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Directive 4715.21 of the De-
partment of Defense, dated January 14, 2016, and 
entitled ‘‘Climate Change Adaptation and Resil-
ience’’, shall remain in effect. 
(2) REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF DIREC-
TIVE.—Each posture statement submitted to Con-
gress by the Secretary of a military department, the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or the com-
mander of a combatant command shall include a de-
scription of the implementation and discharge by 
such official of the Directive referred to in para-
graph (1), including the personnel assigned to imple-
ment and discharge the Directive and the progress 
achieved in such implementation and discharge. 
(c) INCORPORATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE INTO CER-
TAIN DEFENSE STRATEGIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the heads of other elements of the 
intelligence community, the Administrator of the 
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Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of 
Energy, the Administrator of the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the 
Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, the 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, and the heads of such other 
relevant Federal agencies as the Secretary of De-
fense determines appropriate, shall incorporate cli-
mate change into the National Defense Strategy, the 
National Military Strategy, and operational plans of 
the Department of Defense. 
(2) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘intelligence community’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003). 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION AND DISCHARGE OF REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(1) CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM ON INCORPORA-
TION
OF
CLIMATE
RESILIENCY
INTO
DEFENSE 
STRATEGIES.—Among the cross-functional teams es-
tablished by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to 
subsection (c) of section 911 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 2345; 10 U.S.C. 111 
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note) in support of the organizational strategy for 
the Department of Defense required by subsection 
(a) of that section, the Secretary shall establish a 
cross-functional team on the implementation and 
discharge of the requirements under this section. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
ACTIVITIES.—The 
cross-functional team required by paragraph (1) 
shall be established in accordance with subsection (c) 
of section 911 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and shall be governed in 
its activities in accordance with the provisions of 
such subsection (c). 
(3) DEADLINE
FOR
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
cross-functional team required by paragraph (1) 
shall be established by not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM ON ENERGY STORAGE, HYBRID 
MICROGRID, AND ENERGY RESILIENCY. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall 
conduct a program of research, development, and dem-
onstration of hybrid microgrid systems and electric grid 
energy storage. 
(b) MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the program 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall 
organize activities among multidisciplinary teams to 
leverage, to the maximum extent practicable, exper-
tise from the Department of Energy, the National 
Laboratories, institutions of higher education, and 
the private sector. 
(2) GOALS.—The multidisciplinary teams orga-
nized under paragraph (1) shall pursue aggressive, 
milestone-driven, and basic research, development, 
and demonstration goals to carry out the program 
under subsection (a). 
(3) RESOURCES.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall provide sufficient resources to the multidisci-
plinary teams organized under paragraph (1) to 
achieve the goals described in paragraph (2) over a 
ten-year period. 
(c) AREAS
OF FOCUS.—The program under sub-
section (a) shall focus on— 
(1) addressing electrical power intermittency; 
(2) integrating renewable energy sources into 
microgrid systems, hybrid microgrid systems, energy 
storage, grid security, and local generation of zero- 
carbon fuels; 
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(3) the inspection and structural health moni-
toring of critical energy infrastructure; 
(4) 
materials, 
electric 
thermal, 
electromechanical, and electrochemical systems re-
search; 
(5) power conversion technologies research; 
(6) developing and using fuel-efficient engines; 
(7) additive manufacturing; 
(8) developing— 
(A) empirical and science-based industry 
standards to compare the storage capacity, 
cycle length and capabilities, and reliability of 
different types of electricity storage; and 
(B) validation and testing techniques; 
(9) other fundamental and applied research 
critical to widespread deployment of electricity stor-
age; 
(10) device development that builds on results 
from research described in paragraphs (4), (5), and 
(9), including combinations of power electronics, ad-
vanced optimizing controls, and energy storage as a 
general purpose element of the electric grid; 
(11) micro-scale testing and analysis of storage 
devices, including test-beds and field trials; 
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(12) microgrid systems and hybrid microgrid 
systems to increase the resilience of critical infra-
structure of the Department of Defense; 
(13) the potential for energy storage and re-
newable resources, including wind, solar, and hydro-
power, to be integrated into microgrid systems or 
hybrid microgrid systems of installations of the De-
partment of Defense; 
(14) the capacity of the workforce of the De-
partment of Defense to operate, maintain, and re-
pair a microgrid system or hybrid microgrid system; 
(15) opportunities to develop the capacity to op-
erate, maintain, and repair a hybrid microgrid sys-
tem; 
(16) leveraging existing capacity within local or 
regional research organizations, such as organiza-
tions based at institutions of higher education, to 
support development of hybrid microgrid systems, 
including by testing novel components and systems 
prior to field deployment; 
(17) electricity storage device safety and reli-
ability, including potential failure modes, mitigation 
measures, and operational guidelines; 
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(18) standards for performance, control inter-
face, grid interconnection, and interoperability of 
electricity storage devices; 
(19) maintaining a public database of energy 
storage projects, policies, codes, standards, and reg-
ulations; and 
(20) such other criteria as the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, 
determines appropriate. 
(d) COLLABORATION.—The program under sub-
section (a) shall be carried out in collaboration with rel-
evant stakeholders, including, as appropriate— 
(1) States; 
(2) Indian tribes; 
(3) regional entities and regulators; 
(4) units of local government; 
(5) institutions of higher education, including 
historically Black colleges or universities and other 
minority-serving institutions; and 
(6) private sector entities. 
(e) REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter until 2031, the Secretary of De-
fense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
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mittees a report on the efforts to implement the pro-
gram under subsection (a), including any strategy 
developed to implement such program. 
(2) CLASSIFIED
ANNEX.—The report under 
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex if necessary. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—Upon submittal of the re-
port under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pub-
lish the unclassified portion of the report on an 
Internet website of the Department that is available 
to the public. 
(f) ASSISTANCE TO STATES.—The Secretary of De-
fense may provide technical and financial assistance to 
States, Indian tribes, units of local government, institu-
tions of higher education, or private sector entities to par-
ticipate in or use research, development, or demonstration 
of technology developed under this section. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 
to carry out this section the following: 
(1) For fiscal year 2022, $10,000,000. 
(2) For fiscal year 2023, $25,000,000. 
(3) For fiscal year 2024, $50,000,000. 
(4) For fiscal year 2025, $75,000,000. 
(5) For fiscal year 2026, $125,000,000. 
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(6) For fiscal year 2027, $200,000,000. 
(7) For each of fiscal years 2028 through 2030, 
$250,000,000. 
(h) NO EFFECT ON OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.— 
Nothing in this section authorizes regulatory actions that 
would duplicate or conflict with regulatory requirements, 
mandatory standards, or related processes under section 
215 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o). 
(i) USE OF FUNDS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, in carrying out this section, the Secretary of De-
fense shall ensure that the use of funds to carry out this 
section is coordinated with the Secretary of Energy and 
among different offices within the Grid Modernization Ini-
tiative of the Department of Energy and other programs 
conducting energy storage research. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) HISTORICALLY
BLACK
COLLEGE
OR
UNI-
VERSITY.—The term ‘‘historically Black college or 
university’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘part B 
institution’’ in section 322(2) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)). 
(2) HYBRID
MICROGRID
SYSTEM.—The term 
‘‘hybrid microgrid system’’ means a stand-alone elec-
trical system that— 
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(A) is comprised of conventional generation 
and at least one alternative energy resource; 
and 
(B) may use grid-scale energy storage. 
(3) MICROGRID SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘microgrid 
system’’ means a standalone electrical system that 
uses grid-scale energy storage. 
(4) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—The term ‘‘Na-
tional Laboratory’’ has the meaning given that term 
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
SEC. 9. CONDITIONS ON BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLO-
SURE ACTIVITIES FUNDED THROUGH BASE 
CLOSURE ACCOUNT OF DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) CONSIDERATION OF FACTORS REQUIRED.—With 
respect to any Base Realignment and Closure round begun 
by the Department of Defense after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Department shall consider current 
and potential vulnerabilities to installations and operations 
of the Department of Defense resulting from climate 
change and the resiliency of installations of the Depart-
ment. 
(b) BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE ROUND DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Base Realignment and 
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Closure round’’ means base realignment and closure ac-
tivities, including real property acquisition and military 
construction projects, as authorized by the Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title 
XXIX of Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) and 
funded through the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account established by section 2906 of such Act (as 
amended by section 2711 of the Military Construction Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (division B of Public 
Law 112–239; 126 Stat. 2140)). 
Æ 
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