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42 U.S.C. § 8257 — Interagency Energy Management Task Force

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42 U.S.C. § 8257 — Interagency Energy Management Task Force

**(a) In general** To assist the interagency committee organized under [section 7266 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7266&num=0&edition=prelim) to coordinate the activities of the Federal Government in promoting energy conservation and the efficient use of energy and in informing non-Federal entities of the Federal experience in energy conservation, the Secretary shall establish an Interagency Energy Management Task Force (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Task Force”). **(b) Members** The Task Force shall be composed of the chief energy managers of agencies represented on the interagency committee organized under [section 7266 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7266&num=0&edition=prelim). **(c) Duties** The Task Force shall meet when the Secretary requests, but not less often than twice a year, to— (1) assess the progress of the various agencies in achieving energy savings; (2) collect and disseminate information to agencies, States, local governments, and the public on effective survey techniques, innovative approaches to the efficient use of energy, incentive programs developed under [section 8256 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8256&num=0&edition=prelim), innovative contracting methods developed under subchapter VII of this chapter, the use of cogeneration facilities and renewable resources, and other technologies that promote the conservation and efficient use of energy; (3) coordinate energy surveys conducted by the agencies; (4) develop options for use in conserving energy; (5) report to the committee organized under [section 7266 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/vie

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42 U.S.C. § 8256 — Incentives for agencies

**(a) Contracts** (1) Each agency shall establish a program of incentives for conserving, and otherwise making more efficient use of, energy as a result of entering into contracts under subchapter VII of this chapter. (2) The Secretary shall, not later than 18 months after October 24, 1992, and after consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of General Services, develop appropriate procedures and methods for use by agencies to implement the incentives referred to in paragraph (1). **(b) Federal Energy Efficiency Fund** (1) The Secretary shall establish a Federal Energy Efficiency Fund to provide grants to agencies to assist them in meeting the requirements of [section 8253 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8253&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) Not later than June 30, 1993, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to be followed by agencies submitting proposals for such grants. All agencies shall be eligible to submit proposals for grants under the Fund. (3) The Secretary shall award grants from the Fund after a competitive assessment of the technical and economic effectiveness of each agency proposal. The Secretary shall consider the following factors in determining whether to provide funding under this subsection: (A) The cost-effectiveness of the project. (B) The amount of energy and cost savings anticipated to the Federal Government. (C) The amount of funding committed to the project by the agency requesting financial assistance. (D) The extent that a proposal leverages financing from other non-Federal sources. (E) Any other factor which the Secretary determines will result in the greatest amount of energy and cost savings t

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42 U.S.C. § 8253 — Energy and water management requirements

**(a) Energy performance requirement for Federal buildings** (1) Subject to paragraph (2), each agency shall apply energy conservation measures to, and shall improve the design for the construction of, the Federal buildings of the agency (including each industrial or laboratory facility) so that the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal years 2006 through 2015 is reduced, as compared with the energy consumption per gross square foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal year 2003, by the percentage specified in the following table: Fiscal YearPercentage Reduction 20062 20074 20089 200912 201015 201118 201221 201324 201427 201530. (2) An agency may exclude from the requirements of paragraph (1) any building, and the associated energy consumption and gross square footage, in which energy intensive activities are carried out. Each agency shall identify and list in each report made under [section 8258(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8258/a&num=0&edition=prelim) the buildings designated by it for such exclusion. (3) Not later than December 31, 2014, the Secretary shall review the results of the implementation of the energy performance requirement established under paragraph (1) and submit to Congress recommendations concerning energy performance requirements for fiscal years 2016 through 2025. **(b) Energy and water management requirement for Federal agencies** (1) **In general.—** — Each agency shall— (A) not later than October 1, 2022, to the maximum extent practicable, begin installing in Federal buildings owned by the United States all energy and water conservation measures determined by the Secretary to be life cycle cost-effective (as def

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42 U.S.C. § 7266 — Regional Energy Advisory Boards

**(a) Establishment; membership** The Governors of the various States may establish Regional Energy Advisory Boards for their regions with such membership as they may determine. **(b) Observers** Representatives of the Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality, the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall be entitled to participate as observers in the deliberations of any Board established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission or any regional commission under title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act [[42 U.S.C. 3181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section3181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] shall be entitled to participate as an observer in the deliberations of any such Board which contains one or more States which are members of such Commission. **(c) Recommendations of Board** Each Board established pursuant to subsection (a) may make such recommendations as it determines to be appropriate to programs of the Department having a direct effect on the region. **(d) Notice of reasons not to adopt recommendations** If any Regional Advisory Board makes specific recommendations pursuant to subsection (c), the Secretary shall, if such recommendations are not adopted in the implementation of the program, notify the Board in writing of his reasons for not adopting such recommendations.

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42 U.S.C. § 8258b — Survey of energy saving potential

**(a) In general** The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Interagency Energy Management Task Force established under [section 8257 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8257&num=0&edition=prelim), carry out an energy survey for the purposes of— (1) determining the maximum potential cost effective energy savings that may be achieved in a representative sample of buildings owned or leased by the Federal Government in different areas of the country; (2) making recommendations for cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in those buildings and in other similar Federal buildings; and (3) identifying barriers which may prevent an agency’s ability to comply with [section 8253 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8253&num=0&edition=prelim) and other energy management goals. **(b) Implementation** (1) The Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Government Operations, and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives, within 180 days after October 24, 1992, a plan for implementing this section. (2) The Secretary shall designate buildings to be surveyed in the project so as to obtain a sample of the buildings of the types and in the climates that is representative of buildings owned or leased by Federal agencies in the United States that consume the major portion of the energy consumed in Federal buildings. Such sample shall include, where appropriate, the following types of Federal facility space: (A) Housing. (B) Storage. (C) Office. (D) Servi

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42 U.S.C. § 8262 — Definitions

For purposes of this subtitle— 11 See References in Text note below. (1) the term “agency” means 22 So in original. The word “means” probably should not appear. has the meaning given such term in [section 551(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=prelim), except that such term does not include the United States Postal Service; (2) the term “facility energy supervisor” means the employee with responsibility for the daily operations of a Federal facility, including the management, installation, operation, and maintenance of energy systems in Federal facilities which may include more than one building; (3) the term “trained energy manager” means a person who has demonstrated proficiency, or who has completed a course of study in the areas of fundamentals of building energy systems, building energy codes and applicable professional standards, energy accounting and analysis, life-cycle cost methodology, fuel supply and pricing, and instrumentation for energy surveys and audits; (4) the term “Task Force” means the Interagency Energy Management Task Force established under [section 8257 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8257&num=0&edition=prelim); and (5) the term “energy conservation measures” has the meaning given such term in [section 8259(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8259/4&num=0&edition=prelim).

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42 U.S.C. § 8257 — Interagency Energy Management Task

Page 7561 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 8257 tion 8262e of this title, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. AMENDMENTS 2007—Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 110–140 struck out par. (5) which read as follows: ‘‘(5)(A) An amount equal to fifty percent of the en- ergy and water cost savings realized by an agency (other than the Department of Defense) with respect to funds appropriated for any fiscal year beginning after fiscal year 1992 (including financial benefits resulting from energy savings performance contracts under sub- chapter VII of this chapter and utility energy effi- ciency rebates) shall, subject to appropriation, remain available for expenditure by such agency for additional energy efficiency measures which may include related employee incentive programs, particularly at those fa- cilities at which energy savings were achieved. ‘‘(B) Agencies shall establish a fund and maintain strict financial accounting and controls for savings re- alized and expenditures made under this subsection. Records maintained pursuant to this subparagraph shall be made available for public inspection upon re- quest.’’ 2005—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 109–58 added subsec. (e). 1992—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–486, § 152(f)(1), (2), sub- stituted ‘‘Contracts’’ for ‘‘In general’’ in heading, des- ignated existing provisions as par. (1), and redesignated former subsec. (b) as subsec. (a)(2) and amended it gen- erally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ‘‘The head of each agency shall, no later than 120 days after November 5, 1988, implement procedures for enter- ing into such contracts and for identifying, verifying, and utilizing, on a fiscal year basis, the cost savings re- sulting from such contracts.’’ Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–486, § 152(f)(4), added

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