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

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

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**(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 to the Federal Government. (4) There are authorized to be appropriated, to remain available to be expended, to carry out this subsection not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years thereafter. **(c) Utility incentive programs** (1) Agencies are authorized and encouraged to participate in programs to increase energy efficiency and for water conservation or the management of electricity demand conducted by gas, water, or electric utilities and generally available to customers of such utilities. (2) Each agency may accept any financial incentive, goods, or services generally available from any such utility, to increase energy efficiency or to conserve water or manage electricity demand. (3) Each agency is encouraged to enter into negotiations with electric, water, and gas utilities to design cost-effective demand management and conservation incentive programs to address the unique needs of facilities utilized by such agency. (4) If an agency satisfies the criteria which generally apply to other customers of a utility incentive program, such agency may not be denied collection of rebates or other incentives. **(d) Financial incentive program for facility energy managers** (1) The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Task Force established pursuant to [section 8257 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8257&num=0&edition=prelim), establish a financial bonus program to reward, with funds made available for such purpose, outstanding Federal facility energy managers in agencies and the United States Postal Service. (2) Not later than June 1, 1993, the Secretary shall issue procedures for implementing and conducting the award program, including the criteria to be used in selecting outstanding energy managers and contributors who have— (A) improved energy performance through increased energy efficiency; (B) implemented proven energy efficiency and energy conservation techniques, devices, equipment, or procedures; (C) developed and implemented training programs for facility energy managers, operators, and maintenance personnel; (D) developed and implemented employee awareness programs; (E) succeeded in generating utility incentives, shared energy savings contracts, and other federally approved performance based energy savings contracts; (F) made successful efforts to fulfill compliance with energy reduction mandates, including the provisions of [section 8253 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8253&num=0&edition=prelim); and (G) succeeded in the implementation of the guidelines established under section 8262e 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. (3) There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection not more than $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995. **(e) Retention of energy and water savings** An agency may retain any funds appropriated to that agency for energy expenditures, water expenditures, or wastewater treatment expenditures, at buildings subject to the requirements of section 8253(a) and (b) of this title, that are not made because of energy savings or water savings. Except as otherwise provided by law, such funds may be used only for energy efficiency, water conservation, or unconventional and renewable energy resources projects. Such projects shall be subject to the requirements of [section 3307 of title 40](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section3307&num=0&edition=prelim).

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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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2 U.S.C. § 1824 — Energy and environmental measures in Capitol Complex Master Plan

**(a) In general** To the maximum extent practicable, the Architect of the Capitol shall include energy efficiency and conservation measures, greenhouse gas emission reduction measures, and other appropriate environmental measures in the Capitol Complex Master Plan. **(b) Report** Not later than 6 months after December 19, 2007, the Architect of the Capitol shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, a report on the energy efficiency and conservation measures, greenhouse gas emission reduction measures, and other appropriate environmental measures included in the Capitol Complex Master Plan pursuant to subsection (a).

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40 U.S.C. § 3307 — Congressional approval of proposed projects

**(a) Resolutions Required Before Appropriations May Be Made.—** The following appropriations may be made only if the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives adopt resolutions approving the purpose for which the appropriation is made: (1) An appropriation to construct, alter, or acquire any building to be used as a public building which involves a total expenditure in excess of $1,500,000, so that the equitable distribution of public buildings throughout the United States with due regard for the comparative urgency of need for the buildings, except as provided in [section 3305(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section3305/b&num=0&edition=prelim), is ensured. (2) An appropriation to lease any space at an average annual rental in excess of $1,500,000 for use for public purposes. (3) An appropriation to alter any building, or part of the building, which is under lease by the Federal Government for use for a public purpose if the cost of the alteration will exceed $750,000. **(b) Transmission to Congress of Prospectus of Proposed Project.—** To secure consideration for the approval referred to in subsection (a), the Administrator of General Services (referred to in this section as the “Administrator”) shall transmit to Congress a prospectus of the proposed facility, including— (1) a brief description of the building to be constructed, altered, or acquired, or the space to be leased, under this chapter; (2) the location of the building or space to be leased and an estimate of the maximum cost to the Government of the facility to be constructed, altered, or acquired, or the space to be leased; (3) a comprehensive pl

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42 U.S.C. § 8262e — Federal energy cost accounting and management

**(a) Guidelines** Not later than 120 days after October 24, 1992, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in cooperation with the Secretary, the Administrator of General Services, and the Secretary of Defense, shall establish guidelines to be employed by each Federal agency to assess accurate energy consumption for all buildings or facilities which the agency owns, operates, manages or leases, where the Government pays utilities separate from the lease and the Government operates the leased space. Such guidelines are to be used in reports required under [section 8258 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8258&num=0&edition=prelim). Each agency shall implement such guidelines no later than 120 days after their establishment. Each facility energy manager shall maintain energy consumption and energy cost records for review by the Inspector General, the Congress, and the general public. **(b) Contents of guidelines** Such guidelines shall include the establishment of a monitoring system to determine— (1) which facilities are the most costly to operate when measured on an energy consumption per square foot basis or other relevant analytical basis; (2) unusual or abnormal changes in energy consumption; and (3) the accuracy of utility charges for electric and gas consumption. **(c) Federally leased space energy reporting requirement** The Administrator of General Services shall include, in each report submitted under [section 8262a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8262a&num=0&edition=prelim), the estimated energy cost of leased buildings or space in which the Federal Government does not directly pay the utility bills.

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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. § 8258 — Reports

**(a) Reports to Secretary** Each agency shall transmit a report to the Secretary, at times specified by the Secretary but at least annually, with complete information on its activities under this part, including information on— (1) the agency’s progress in achieving the goals established by [section 8253 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8253&num=0&edition=prelim); and (2) the procedures being used by the agency pursuant to [section 8256(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8256/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim), the number of contracts entered into by such agency under subchapter VII of this chapter, the energy and cost savings that have resulted from such contracts and any termination penalty exposure, the use of such cost savings under [section 8256(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8256/c&num=0&edition=prelim), and any problem encountered in entering into such contracts and otherwise implementing [section 8256 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section8256&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Reports to the President and Congress** The Secretary shall report, not later than April 2 of each year, with respect to each fiscal year beginning after November 5, 1988, to the President and Congress— (1) on all activities carried out under this part and on the progress made toward achievement of the objectives of this part, including— (A) a copy of the list of the exclusions made under sections 8253(a)(2) and 8253(c)(3) of this title; (B) the information required under section 8253(b)(2) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title; and (C) a state

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

Page 7560 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 8256 1 See References in Text note below. § 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 enter- ing into contracts under subchapter VII of this chapter. (2) The Secretary shall, not later than 18 months after October 24, 1992, and after con- sultation with the Director of the Office of Man- agement and Budget, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of General Services, de- velop appropriate procedures and methods for use by agencies to implement the incentives re- ferred to in paragraph (1). (b) Federal Energy Efficiency Fund (1) The Secretary shall establish a Federal En- ergy Efficiency Fund to provide grants to agen- cies to assist them in meeting the requirements of section 8253 of this title. (2) Not later than June 30, 1993, the Secretary shall issue guidelines to be followed by agencies submitting proposals for such grants. All agen- cies 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 as- sistance. (D) The extent that a proposal leverages fi- nancing from other non-Federal sources. (E) Any other factor which the Secretary de- termines will result in the gr

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