Strengthening United States National Defense With America's Beautiful Clean Coal Power Generation Fleet
Directs the use of domestic coal in military and defense applications.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
Establishes coal as essential to grid reliability, energy security, and military readiness, contrasting intermittent energy sources with coal's continuous availability.
States that coal generation is critical to national and economic security, directing federal installations and mission-critical facilities to prioritize coal-fired power procurement.
Directs the Secretary of War to negotiate long-term power purchase agreements with coal-fired facilities serving DOW installations, prioritizing grid reliability, fuel security, and defense mission assurance.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.