Paul Ryan: “I see that the committee's report that accompanies this bill encourages the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for…”

“I see that the committee's report that accompanies this bill encourages the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations to ensure that up to date building control technologies are used in the Pentagon as that building is renovated. As the chairman of the subcommittee that funds DOD's capital construction budget, he understands that installing inadequate building control systems can increase the operations costs in future years. I commend the chairman for this wisdom. However, the report suggests that the funding for this effort be taken from unobligated balances in the Energy Conservation Investment Program. The report further states that the Energy Conservation Investment Program has unobligated balances that total $39 million. I have received information that the unobligated balances in that account may be much smaller. If that is the case, the funds for the Pentagon building controls may not be available. I believe such a result is unintended. So I hope the Committee will look into this matter.”