42 U.S.C. § 8262g — Procurement and identification of en-

Page 7571 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 8262g of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on En- ergy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and ex- changes and insurance generally transferred to Com- mittee on Financial Services of House of Representa- tives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001. Committee on Government Operations of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Rep- resentatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Rep- resentatives changed to Committee on Government Re- form of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. Com- mittee on Government Reform of House of Representa- tives changed to Committee on Oversight and Govern- ment Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Con- gress, Jan. 9, 2019. Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representa- tives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eight- eenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023. Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of Representatives treated as referring to Com- mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2. § 8262g. Procurement and identification of en- ergy efficient products (a) Procurement The Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, each shall undertake a program to include energy efficient products in carrying out their procurement and supply functions. (b) Identification program The Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, each shall implement, in conjunction with carrying out their procure- ment and supply functions, a program to iden- tify and designate those energy efficient prod- ucts that offer significant potential savings, using, to the extent practicable, the life cycle cost methods and procedures developed under section 8254 of this title. The Secretary of En- ergy shall, to the extent necessary to carry out this section and after consultation with the aforementioned agency heads, provide estimates of the degree of relative energy efficiency of products. (c) Guidelines The Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall issue guidelines to encourage the acquisition and use by all Fed- eral agencies of products identified pursuant to this section. The Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall consider, and place emphasis on, the acquisition of such products as part of the Agency’s ongoing review of military specifications. (d) Report to Congress Not later than December 31 of 1993 and there- after as part of the report required under section 8258(b) of this title, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, the Administrator of Gen- eral Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall report on the progress, status, activities, and re- sults of the programs under subsections (a), (b), and (c). The report shall include— (1) the types and functions of each product identified under subsection (b), and efforts un- dertaken by the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Di- rector of the Defense Logistics Agency to en- courage the acquisition and use of such prod- ucts; (2) the actions taken by the Administrator of General Services, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency to identify products under subsection (b), the barriers which inhibit implementation of identification of such products, and rec- ommendations for legislative action, if nec- essary; (3) progress on the development and issuance of guidelines under subsection (c); (4) an indication of whether energy cost sav- ings technologies identified by the Advanced Building Technology Council, under section 1701j–2(h) of title 12, have been used in the identification of products under subsection (b); (5) an estimate of the potential cost savings to the Federal Government from acquiring products identified under subsection (b) with respect to which energy is a significant com- ponent of life cycle cost, based on the quan- tities of such products that could be utilized throughout the Government; and (6) the actual quantities acquired of prod- ucts described in paragraph (5). (Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 161, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2858; Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1052(c), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 718.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Energy Con- servation Policy Act which comprises this chapter. AMENDMENTS 1995—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–66 substituted ‘‘there- after as part of the report required under section 8258(b) of this title,’’ for ‘‘of each year thereafter,’’ in intro- ductory provisions. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which the 12th item on page 85 identifies a reporting provision which, as subse- quently amended, is contained in subsec. (d) of this sec- tion), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set Page 7572 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 8262h out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance. Executive Documents EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 12845 Ex. Ord. No. 12845, Apr. 21, 1993, 58 F.R. 21887, which required Federal agencies to procure computer equip- ment that met EPA Energy Star requirements for en- ergy efficiency, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 13123, § 604, June 3, 1999, 64 F.R. 30859, formerly set out as a note under section 8251 of this title. § 8262h. United States Postal Service energy reg- ulations (a) In general The Postmaster General shall issue regula- tions to ensure the reliable and accurate ac- counting of energy consumption costs for all buildings or facilities which it owns, leases, op- erates, or manages. Such regulations shall— (1) establish a monitoring system to deter- mine which facilities are the most costly to operate on an energy consumption per square foot basis or other relevant analytical basis; (2) identify unusual or abnormal changes in energy consumption; and (3) check the accuracy of utility charges for electricity and gas consumption. (b) Identification of energy efficiency products The Postmaster General shall actively under- take a program to identify and procure energy efficiency products for use in its facilities. In carrying out this subsection, the Postmaster General shall, to the maximum extent prac- ticable, incorporate energy efficient information available on Federal Supply Schedules main- tained by the General Services Administration and the Defense Logistics Agency. (Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 163, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2860.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Energy Con- servation Policy Act which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BUILDING ENERGY SURVEY AND REPORT Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 164, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2860, directed Postmaster General to conduct an energy survey, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 8259(5), for purposes of determining maximum potential cost effective energy savings that may be achieved in a representative sam- ple of buildings owned or leased by United States Post- al Service in different areas of the country, making recommendations for cost effective energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements in those buildings and in other similar United States Postal Service buildings, and identifying barriers which may prevent the United States Postal Service from complying with energy management goals, and further directed Post- master General to transmit to Congress within 180 days after Oct. 24, 1992, a plan for implementing this survey, and to report to Congress on the findings and conclu- sions of such survey as soon as practicable after its completion. § 8262i. United States Postal Service energy man- agement report Not later than one year after October 24, 1992, and not later than January 1 of each year there- after, the Postmaster General shall submit a re- port to the Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sources of the Senate and the Committee on En- ergy and Commerce and the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House of Rep- resentatives on the United States Postal Serv- ice’s building management program as it relates to energy efficiency. The report shall include, but not be limited to— (1) a description of actions taken to reduce energy consumption; (2) future plans to reduce energy consump- tion; (3) an assessment of the success of the en- ergy conservation program; (4) a statement of energy costs incurred in operating and maintaining all United States Postal Service facilities; and (5) the status of the energy efficient procure- ment program established under section 8262h of this title. (Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 165, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2861.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and not as part of the National Energy Con- servation Policy Act which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Governmental Affairs of Senate changed to Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- ernmental Affairs of Senate, effective Jan. 4, 2005, by Senate Resolution No. 445, One Hundred Eighth Con- gress, Oct. 9, 2004. Committee on Energy and Commerce of House of Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Commerce of House of Representatives changed to Committee on En- ergy and Commerce of House of Representatives, and jurisdiction over matters relating to securities and ex- changes and insurance generally transferred to Com- mittee on Financial Services of House of Representa- tives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Jan. 3, 2001. ABOLITION OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of House of Representatives abolished by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995. Ref- erences to Committee on Post Office and Civil Service treated as referring to Committee on Government Re- form and Oversight of House of Representatives, see section 1(b) of Pub. L. 104–14, set out as a note pre- ceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight of House of Rep- resentatives changed to Committee on Government Re- form of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999. Com- mittee on Government Reform of House of Representa- tives changed to Committee on Oversight and Govern- ment Reform of House of Representatives by House