42 U.S.C. § 8262f — Inspector General review and agency ac-

Page 7570 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 8262f 1 See References in Text note below. facilities which the agency owns, operates, man- ages or leases, where the Government pays utili- ties 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. Each agency shall implement such guidelines no later than 120 days after their es- tablishment. 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 establish- ment of a monitoring system to determine— (1) which facilities are the most costly to op- erate when measured on an energy consump- tion per square foot basis or other relevant an- alytical basis; (2) unusual or abnormal changes in energy consumption; and (3) the accuracy of utility charges for elec- tric and gas consumption. (c) Federally leased space energy reporting re- quirement The Administrator of General Services shall include, in each report submitted under section 8262a of this title, the estimated energy cost of leased buildings or space in which the Federal Government does not directly pay the utility bills. (Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 159, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2857.) 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. § 8262f. Inspector General review and agency ac- countability (a) Audit survey Not later than 120 days after October 24, 1992, each Inspector General created to conduct and supervise audits and investigations relating to the programs and operations of the establish- ments listed in section 401(1) of title 5, and the Chief Postal Inspector of the United States Postal Service, in accordance with section 415(f) of title 5 shall— (1) identify agency compliance activities to meet the requirements of section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) and any other matters relevant to implementing the goals of such Act; and (2) determine if the agency has the internal accounting mechanisms necessary to assess the accuracy and reliability of energy con- sumption and energy cost figures required under such section. (b) President’s Council on Integrity and Effi- ciency report to Congress Not later than 150 days after October 24, 1992, the President’s Council on Integrity and Effi- ciency shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Com- mittee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Committee on Government Operations, and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives, on the review conducted by the Inspector General of each agency under this section. (c) Inspector General review Each Inspector General established under sec- tion 402 of title 5 is encouraged to conduct peri- odic reviews of agency compliance with part 3 of title V of the National Energy Conservation Pol- icy Act [42 U.S.C. 8251 et seq.], the provisions of this subtitle,1 and other laws relating to energy consumption. Such reviews shall not be incon- sistent with the performance of the required du- ties of the Inspector General’s office. (Pub. L. 102–486, title I, § 160, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2858; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(82), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4351.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The National Energy Conservation Policy Act, re- ferred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (c), is Pub. L. 95–619, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3206. Part 3 of title V of the Act is clas- sified generally to part B (§ 8251 et seq.) of subchapter III of chapter 91 of this title. For complete classifica- tion of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 8201 of this title and Tables. This subtitle, referred to in subsec. (c), is subtitle F (§§ 151–168) of title I of Pub. L. 102–486, Oct. 24, 1992, 106 Stat. 2843, which enacted this section and sections 8258a, 8258b, 8262a to 8262k of this title, amended sec- tions 8252 to 8256, 8258, 8259, 8287, and 8287c of this title and section 490 of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, enacted provisions set out as notes under section 8262h of this title and former sec- tion 1815 of Title 2, The Congress, and repealed provi- sions set out as a note under section 8253 of this title. For complete classification of subtitle F to the Code, see Tables. 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 2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(82)(A), in in- troductory provisions, substituted ‘‘section 401(1) of title 5,’’ for ‘‘section 11(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),’’ and ‘‘section 415(f) of title 5’’ for ‘‘section 8E(f)(1) as established by section 8E(a)(2) of the Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988 (Public Law 100–504)’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(82)(B), substituted ‘‘section 402 of title 5’’ for ‘‘section 2 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’. 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 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