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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6071. Mr. CURTIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII add the
following:
SEC. 2873. ELECTRICAL GRID RESILIENCE PILOT PROGRAM ON NAVY
INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.—Beginning not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy
shall commission a pilot program, to be commenced no later
than 180 days after such enactment, to install composite
utility poles on at any location identified by the Secretary
under subsection (b)(1).
(b) Identification of Navy Installations.—
(1) In general.—To carry out the pilot program required
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall select locations on
Navy installations for the installation of modular composite
utility poles.
(2) Considerations.—In making the selections under
paragraph (1), the Secretary—
(A) shall chose locations that have experienced utility
pole failures and electrical outages due to—
(i) excessive ice loading;
(ii) wind over 120 miles per hour; or
(iii) wildfires; and
(B) may consider, at the Secretary discretion, additional
factors in electrical equipment failure, including—
(i) environmental moisture, such as from swamps and
wetlands; and
(ii) wildlife interference and corruption.
(c) Installation of Modular Composite Utility Poles.—The
Secretary shall replace existing wood poles with modular
composite utility poles at each location selected by the
Secretary under subsection (b)(1) and evaluate the
performance of such composite poles.
(d) Report.—One year after the date of the installation of
the composite poles under subsection (c), the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
evaluating the performance of the composite poles.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized
to be appropriated $10,000,000 to the Secretary to carrying
out the pilot program required under subsection (a).
(f) Termination.—The authority to carry out the pilot
program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that
is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.