,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dihi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bh1
 #bjbb,ms4 ,ernst introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title   
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to include  
additional special considerations for   
developing and implementing the energy  
performance goals and energy performance
 master plan of the ,department of      
,defense and to require a report on the 
feasibility of terminating energy       
procurement from foreign entities of    
concern4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,,dod ,energy       
,strategy ,act of #bjbb4  #b4           
,additional special considerations for  
developing and implementing the energy  
performance goals and energy performance
 master plan of the ,department of      
,defense ,section #biaa7;e7 of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  

paragraphs3  7#ad7 ,the reliability and 
security of energy resources in the     
event of a military conflict4  7#ae7    
,the value of resourcing energy from    
allies of the ,united ,states in the    
,north ,atlantic ,treaty ,organization  
and other major allies of the ,united   
,states4  4  #c4 ,report on feasibility 
of terminating energy procurement from  
foreign entities of concern  7a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #ahj days after 
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,assistant ,secretary of ,defense   
for ,energy1 ,installations1 and        
,environment shall submit to the        
,committees on ,armed ,services of the  
,senate and the ,house of               
,representatives a report on the        
feasibility and advisability of         
terminating energy procurement by the   
,department of ,defense from foreign    
entities of concern4  7b7 ,elements ,the
 report required under subsection 7a7   
shall include the following3 7#a7 ,an   
assessment of the reliance by the       

,department of ,defense on foreign      
entities of concern for the procurement 
of energy4  7#b7 ,an identification of  
the number of energy contracts in force 
between the ,director of the ,defense   
,logistics ,agency and a foreign entity 
of concern or an entity headquartered in
 a country that is a foreign entity of  
concern4  7#c7 ,such proposals as the   
,assistant ,secretary of ,defense for   
,energy1 ,installations1 and            
,environment may have for divestment of 
resourcing of energy for the ,department
 of ,defense from entities described in 
subparagraph 7,b7 and reconfiguring such
 resourcing instead from allies of the  
,united ,states in the ,north ,atlantic 
,treaty ,organization and other major   
allies of the ,united ,states4  7c7     
,foreign entity of concern defined ,in  
this section1 the term foreign entity of
 concern has the meaning given that term
 in section #iija of the ,william ,m4   
7,mac7 ,thornberry ,national ,defense   
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   

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