Sec. 319. Energy, water, and waste net-zero requirement for major military installations
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The Secretary of Defense shall improve military installation efficiency, performance, and management by ensuring that at least 10 percent of major military installations achieve energy net-zero and water or waste net-zero by fiscal year 2035. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to carry out a study on the net-zero requirement specified in subsection
(a)that assesses, at a minimum, the following: Potential methods or strategies to achieve such requirement by the fiscal year 2035 deadline. The resiliency of major military installations subject to such requirement with respect to grid or other utility disruptions. The life-cycle costs related to such requirement. Computation methods for determining such life-cycle costs. Such other matters as the federally funded research and development center carrying out the study determines appropriate. The study under paragraph
(1)shall be completed by not later than February 1, 2023. Upon completion of the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate a briefing on the findings of the study. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the progress the Secretary has made toward meeting the goal described in section 2911(g)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, with respect to fiscal year 2025. During fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2025, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate a briefing on the progress the Secretary has made toward meeting the goal described in section 2911(g)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, with respect to fiscal year 2025. In this section, the term major military installation has the meaning given to the term large site in the most recent version of the Department of Defense Base Structure Report issued before the date of the enactment of this Act.