§2914 Military construction projects for energy resilience, energy security, and energy conservation

Summary

Allows the Secretary of Defense to carry out military construction projects that improve energy resilience, energy security, or energy conservation using money made available for that purpose. When the Department sends a Form 1391 to Congress for one of these projects, it must say the project title, location, a short description of the work, the original and current cost estimates if different, and any other helpful information. For energy conservation projects, the Form 1391 must also show the original and current savings-to-investment ratios and simple payback estimates, the estimated measurement and verification (M&V) cost, and a short M&V plan and its funding source. For energy resilience or security projects, the Form 1391 must explain how the project will improve mission assurance, support critical mission functions, and fix known vulnerabilities. A military department can use operation and maintenance funds instead of construction funds if it notifies the congressional defense committees with the current cost estimate, the fund source, and a certification that waiting for construction funds would stop timely assurance of energy resilience, security, or conservation for critical national security functions. Work using those funds can only start after a seven-day waiting period that begins when the notice is sent electronically under section 480. The total from operation and maintenance funds for these projects cannot exceed $100,000,000 in any fiscal year. Projects may include work on utility systems the United States does not own and energy tasks in energy savings performance contracts. Projects that connect to the Department of Defense Information Network must include cybersecurity supply-chain risk-management tools for continuous analysis, monitoring, and mitigation. The Secretary should use commercial tools and existing vulnerability databases when practical. Starting in fiscal year 2026, any new cyber supply-chain requirements must be documented in the annual guidance sent with the President’s budget. A "covered project" means a project tied to the DoD Information Network that gets funds under this rule. This applies to projects with a Form 1391 submitted for the Department of Defense budget for fiscal year 2023 and later.