Sec. 323. Comptroller General report on Department of Defense installation energy
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the progress of the Department of Defense toward reaching net zero goals, including an agency-wide view and breakdowns of progress by service branch. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include— an analysis of the extent to which the Department of Defense has implemented net zero initiatives to date and developed a forward-looking integrated net zero strategy for energy, emissions, water, and waste management and the extent to which each of the military departments has implemented such strategy; a description of the current challenges to implementing net zero initiatives or meeting net zero goals and the degree to which the Department of Defense and the military departments have addressed applied lessons learned; a cost-benefit analysis of net zero initiatives, including a description of how such costs and benefits are identified, tracked, and validated; a description of the feasibility of achieving net zero benchmarks of 25 percent, 50 percent, 75 percent, and 100 percent of the energy, emissions, water, and waste management levels for 2020, including anticipated funding requirements, statutory requirements, infrastructure needs, and timeframes; and an analysis of the integration between energy offices with program offices, budget, and operational planners within the Department of Defense and military departments across the enterprise, and recommendations for improving coordination. The report required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.