S. 442 

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two 

An Act 

To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the Administrator of General 

Services to procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting 

products and to issue guidance on the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy 

of those products, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bulb Replacement Improving 

Government with High-efficiency Technology Act’’ or the ‘‘BRIGHT 

Act’’. 

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE. 

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

Act, the Administrator of General Services shall— 

(1) issue guidance to Federal agencies for the procurement 

and use of the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient 

lighting systems (as determined in accordance with section 

3313 of title 40, United States Code) to increase the efficiency, 

effectiveness, and economy of the Federal Government; and 

(2) publish on the internet or otherwise make available 

to State, local, and Tribal entities information on ways to 

improve efficiency, effectiveness, and economy by procuring and 

using the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient 

lighting systems (as determined in accordance with section 

3313 of title 40, United States Code). 

SEC. 3. PROCUREMENT OF LIFE-CYCLE COST EFFECTIVE AND ENERGY 

EFFICIENT LIGHTING SYSTEMS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3313 of title 40, United States Code, 

is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (h); 

(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (f) through (i), respectively; 

(3) by striking the section designation and heading and 

all that follows through the end of subsection (c) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘§ 3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and energy 

efficient lighting systems 

‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Administrator’ means the 

Administrator of General Services. 

‘‘(2) LIGHTING SYSTEM.—The term ‘lighting system’ means 

the elements required to maintain a desired light level, 
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including lamps, light fixtures, fixture distribution, sensors and 

control technologies, interior design elements, and daylighting 

sources. 

‘‘(b) PROCUREMENT.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent practicable, the 

Administrator shall— 

‘‘(A) procure the most life-cycle cost effective and energy 

efficient lighting systems; and 

‘‘(B) ensure that procurements after the date of enactment of the BRIGHT Act of lighting systems or the individual components of lighting systems maximize life-cycle 

cost effectiveness and energy efficiency. 

‘‘(2) USE.—Each public building constructed, altered, 

acquired, or leased by the Administrator shall be equipped, 

to the maximum extent practicable as determined by the 

Administrator, with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy 

efficient lighting systems for each application. 

‘‘(c) MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—Each individual 

component of a lighting system, including a lamp or fixture, that 

is replaced by the Administrator in the normal course of maintenance of public buildings shall be replaced, to the maximum extent 

practicable, with the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting system possible for the application. 

‘‘(d) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

‘‘(1) CONTRACTING OPTIONS.—In carrying out this section, 

the Administrator shall consider appropriate contracting 

options for the procurement of the most life-cycle cost effective 

and energy efficient lighting systems. 

‘‘(2) PROCUREMENT AND USE.—In making a determination 

under this section concerning the practicability of procuring 

and installing the most life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting system, the Administrator shall consider— 

‘‘(A) the compatibility of the lighting system with 

existing equipment, including consideration of a cost effective retrofit; 

‘‘(B) whether procurement and use of the lighting 

system could result in interference with productivity; 

‘‘(C) the aesthetics relating to the use of the lighting 

system; and 

‘‘(D) such other factors as the Administrator determines 

to be appropriate. 

‘‘(e) LIFE-CYCLE COST EFFECTIVE.—The Administrator shall use 

the procedures and methods established under section 544(a) of 

the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8254(a)) 

in determining whether a lighting system is life-cycle cost effective.’’; 

(4) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated)— 

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘lighting fixture or bulb’’ and inserting ‘‘lighting system’’; 

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the fixture or bulb 

is’’ and inserting ‘‘the lighting system or the individual 

components of the lighting system are’’; and 

(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fixture or bulb’’ and 

inserting ‘‘lighting system’’; 

(5) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by inserting 

‘‘procurement and’’ before ‘‘use in public buildings’’; and 

(6) in subsection (h) (as so redesignated), by inserting 

‘‘procurement and’’ before ‘‘use of energy efficient’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 33 of title 

40, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 

to section 3313 and inserting the following: 

‘‘3313. Procurement of life-cycle cost effective and energy efficient lighting systems.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.