Sec. 4. Codification of certain Department of Defense clean energy targets
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Section 2911(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (4); and by striking paragraphs
(1)and
(2)and inserting the following new paragraphs
(1)through (3): It shall be the target of the Department of Defense, with respect to the activities, personnel, resources, and facilities of the Department located within the United States— to achieve at least 40 percent carbon pollution-free electricity on a net annual basis by 2024 within all such facilities of the Department; to achieve 100 percent carbon pollution-free electricity on a net annual basis by 2030 within all such facilities of the Department; to reduce emissions from installation procurement by at least 20 percent by 2024 and to achieve net-zero emissions from installation procurement by 2050; to reduce emissions from buildings on Department installations by 50 percent by 2032 and to achieve net-zero emissions from buildings on installations by 2045; to reduce emissions from Department operations by 65 percent by 2030 and support the achievement of net-zero emissions from Department operations by 2050; and to achieve 100 percent zero-emission vehicle acquisitions for nontactical vehicles by 2035, including 100 percent zero-emission light-duty vehicle acquisitions by 2027, and to work towards 100 percent zero-emission tactical vehicle acquisitions by 2045. The Secretary of Defense may issue an exemption to the targets under paragraph
(1)with respect to an activity of an agency, and any related personnel, resources, and facilities if the Secretary— determines that the exemption is in the national security interests of the United States; and submits to the congressional defense committees notice in writing of the exemption within 30 days of issuing the exemption. The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees an annual report on the progress the Department of Defense has made towards achieving the targets under paragraph (1). Each such report shall cover activities to achieve such targets conducted during the year preceding the date of the submittal of the report and shall include— an identification of outstanding funding and staffing resources need to implement such activities; a description of any planned activities the Secretary intends to carry out in order to meet such targets, including how the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the military departments, and Defense agencies plan to collaborate to implement such activities; and a plan to increase production of renewable energy on Department of Defense installations and pursue any energy reduction or conservation efforts. Each report under subparagraph
(A)shall be made publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department of Defense. ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Secretary of Defense shall delegate the responsibility for carrying out this subsection to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment. . The Secretary of Defense may apply, in whole or in part, the targets set forth in section 2911(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), with respect to the activities, personnel, resources, and facilities of the Department of Defense located outside of the United States if the Secretary determines such application to be in the interest of the United States.