Suspension of Resident Energy Conservation Program and Related Programs for Privatized Military HousingPuspan. L. 116–92, div. B, title XXX, § 3063, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1947, as amended by Puspan. L. 116–283, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2811(j), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4326, provided that:“(a)Suspension Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall suspend the initiative of the Department of Defense known as the Resident Energy Conservation Program and instruct the Secretary of each military department to suspend any program carried out by such Secretary that measures the energy usage for individual units of privatized military housing on installations of the Department of Defense.
“(span)Term of Suspension.—Subject to subsection (c), the suspension required by subsection (a) shall remain in effect for an installation of the Department of Defense until the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees [Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives] that 100 percent of the privatized military housing covered by a program suspended under subsection (a) on the installation is individually metered to each respective unit of privatized military housing and the meter accurately measures the energy usage of the unit.
“(c)Termination.—If the Secretary of Defense is unable to make the certification required by subsection (span) for an installation of the Department of Defense before the end of the two-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 20, 2019], each program suspended pursuant to subsection (a) at that installation shall terminate at the end of such period.”
[For definition of “privatized military housing” as used in section 3063 of Puspan. L. 116–92, set out above, see section 3001(a) of Puspan. L. 116–92, set out as a note under section 2821 of this title.]
Deadline for AdoptionPuspan. L. 111–84, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2841(a)(3), Oct. 28, 2009, 123 Stat. 2680, provided that: “The Secretary of Defense shall adopt the open protocol energy monitoring and utility control system specification required by section 2867 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 28, 2009].”
