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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1999 

To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement for 

the Federal Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2013 

Mr. MURPHY of Florida (for himself, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. PETERS of California, 

Mr. RICE of South Carolina, and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to 

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 

concerned 

A BILL 

To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue 

enhancement for the Federal Government. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency Act’’ or 

6 the ‘‘SAVE Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, 

FEDERAL CONTRACTS, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

Subtitle A—Amendments Relating to Federal Property, Federal Contracts, 

and Information Technology 

Sec. 101. Management of Federal excess and underutilized real property. 

Sec. 102. Promotion of competition in Federal contracting. 

Sec. 103. Promotion of strategic sourcing in Federal contracting. 

Sec. 104. Avoiding duplicative information technology investments. 

Sec. 105. Strengthening oversight of information technology operations. 

Subtitle B—Data Center Consolidation 

Sec. 111. Purpose. 

Sec. 112. Definitions. 

Sec. 113. Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative. 

Sec. 114. Performance requirements related to data center consolidation. 

Sec. 115. Cost savings related to data center optimization. 

Sec. 116. Reporting requirements to Congress and the Federal Chief Information Officer. 

Sec. 117. Reduction and consolidation of data centers. 

TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 201. Rescission of unobligated budget authority for Department of Energy 

ATVM loan program. 

Sec. 202. Report on implementation of certain Medicare and Medicaid fraud 

detection and program integrity provisions. 

Sec. 203. Enhancement of agricultural quarantine and inspection fees. 

Sec. 204. Authorization of depleted uranium sales. 

Sec. 205. Coordination of diesel emissions controls. 

Sec. 206. Repeal of duplicative catfish inspection program. 


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1 TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING 

2 TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, FED3 ERAL CONTRACTS, AND IN4 FORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

5 Subtitle A—Amendments Relating 

6 to Federal Property, Federal 

7 Contracts, and Information 

8 Technology 

9 SEC. 101. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL EXCESS AND UNDER10 UTILIZED REAL PROPERTY. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 

12 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

13 following new subchapter: 

14 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—MANAGING FEDERAL 

15 EXCESS AND UNDERUTILIZED REAL PROPERTY 

16 ‘‘§ 621. National strategy and plan to manage Federal 

17 excess and underutilized real property 

18 ‘‘(a) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—Not less than 6 months 

19 after the date of the enactment of this subchapter, and 

20 every two years thereafter, the Director of the Office of 

21 Management and Budget, in consultation with the head 

22 of each designated agency, shall develop and publish a na23 tional strategy for managing excess property and under24 utilized Federal real property. The national strategy shall 

25 include the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) A statement of purpose, scope, and meth2 odology. 

3 ‘‘(2) A definition of excess and underutilized 

4 Federal real property, along with a list of risk fac5 tors that lead to such property becoming excess or 

6 underutilized. 

7 ‘‘(3) Goals, subordinate objectives, activities, 

8 and performance measures, including the milestones 

9 and time frames for achieving objectives. 

10 ‘‘(4) Resources, investments, and risk manage11 ment. 

12 ‘‘(5) Organizational roles, responsibilities, and 

13 coordination. 

14 ‘‘(6) Integration and implementation plans. 

15 ‘‘(7) For each national strategy after the first, 

16 a description of how the previous national strategy 

17 has been implemented. 

18 ‘‘(b) DATA.—Not less than 6 months after the date 

19 of the enactment of this subchapter, and every two years 

20 thereafter, the Administrator of General Services, in con21 sultation with the head of each designated agency, shall 

22 develop and implement a plan to improve the Federal Real 

23 Property Profile established in accordance with Executive 

24 Order 13327 (40 U.S.C. 121 note; relating to Federal real 

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1 lected is complete, accurate, and consistent. The plan shall 

2 include the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) Clearly defined data collection require4 ments and consistent data reporting to the database 

5 across Federal agencies. 

6 ‘‘(2) Designation of performance measures that 

7 are linked to performance goals and that are con8 sistent with the requirements in Executive Order 

9 13327, or any amendment to or replacement of such 

10 Executive order. 

11 ‘‘(3) Recommendations for how Federal agen12 cies can collaborate effectively to provide data when 

13 determining data collection requirements and lim14 iting the number of measures collected to those de15 termined to be essential, taking into account the cost 

16 and effort involved in collecting the data when deter17 mining data collection requirements. 

18 ‘‘(4) For each plan after the first, a description 

19 of how the previous plan has been implemented. 

20 ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION.— 

21 ‘‘(1) SUBMISSION.—The national strategy re22 quired by subsection (a) and the plan required by 

23 subsection (b) shall be submitted to each committee 

24 of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives and 

25 the Senate. 


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1 ‘‘(2) OMB PUBLICATION.—The national strat2 egy required by subsection (a) shall be published on 

3 the Web site of the Office of Management and 

4 Budget. 

5 ‘‘(3) GSA PUBLICATION.—The plan required by 

6 subsection (b) shall be published on the Web site of 

7 the General Services Administration. 

8 ‘‘(d) DESIGNATED AGENCY DEFINED.—In this sec9 tion, the term ‘designated agency’ means each agency list10 ed in section 901(b) of title 31.’’. 

11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

12 at the beginning of chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, 

13 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—MANAGING FEDERAL EXCESS AND UNDERUTILIZED REAL

PROPERTY

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘621. National strategy and plan to manage Federal excess and underutilized 

real property.’’. 

15 SEC. 102. PROMOTION OF COMPETITION IN FEDERAL CON16 TRACTING. 

17 (a) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY.— 

18 Not later than six months after the date of enactment of 

19 this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol20 icy shall issue guidance to Federal agencies to reinvigorate 

21 the role of the competition advocate, consistent with the 


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1 recommendations of the Government Accountability Office 

2 in its report GAO–10–833 (July 26, 2010). 

3 (b) ELEMENTS OF GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued 

4 pursuant to subsection (a) shall include key factors agen5 cies should consider in appointing and utilizing competi6 tion advocates, such as placement within the organization, 

7 skill set, and potential methods to effectively carry out 

8 their duties, and shall direct agencies to require their com9 petition advocates to actively involve program offices in 

10 highlighting opportunities to increase competition. 

11 SEC. 103. PROMOTION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING IN FED12 ERAL CONTRACTING. 

13 (a) SAVINGS GOALS.—Not later than six months 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, and for 4 years 

15 annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Manage16 ment and Budget shall issue Government-wide savings 

17 goals for the strategic sourcing of goods and services by 

18 executive agencies required to designate or appoint a Chief 

19 Financial Officer as set forth in section 901 of title 31. 

20 The Director may issue goals required by this section that 

21 are customized to individual agencies or sourcing efforts. 

22 (b) MATTERS COVERED.—In complying with sub23 section (a), the Director shall provide at a minimum— 


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1 (1) guidance to executive agencies on calcu2 lating savings generated from strategic sourcing ef3 forts; and 

4 (2) standards to measure progress towards 

5 meeting savings goals established by subsection (a). 

6 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 

7 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Con8 gress a report on the extent of savings realized through 

9 the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive 

10 agencies during the period Government-wide savings goals 

11 are required to be issued pursuant to subsection (a). 

12 SEC. 104. AVOIDING DUPLICATIVE INFORMATION TECH13 NOLOGY INVESTMENTS. 

14 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to im15 prove transparency in order to ensure that agencies avoid 

16 making duplicative information technology investments. 

17 (b) REPORTING POTENTIAL DUPLICATION.— 

18 (1) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCY CHIEF INFOR19 MATION OFFICERS.—Each agency chief information 

20 officer shall utilize existing or newly developed trans21 parency mechanisms to report to the Director of the 

22 Office of Management and Budget, not later than 

23 six months after the date of enactment of this Act 

24 and at least annually thereafter, on the results of 

25 the agency’s efforts to identify and eliminate, where 


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1 appropriate, each potentially duplicative information 

2 technology investment. 

3 (2) FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR.—Not later 

4 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

5 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 

6 Budget shall issue a policy requiring consistency 

7 among all agencies in identifying information tech8 nology investments in any required reporting, and 

9 such investments shall include applicable research 

10 and development projects and mission-essential sys11 tems. 

12 SEC. 105. STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT OF INFORMATION 

13 TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS. 

14 Section 11303(b) of title 40, United States Code, is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para17 graph (6); and 

18 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol19 lowing new paragraph (5): 

20 ‘‘(5) ANALYSES OF INVESTMENTS IN OPER21 ATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—The Director shall re22 quire each executive agency to develop a policy con23 sistent with OMB guidance for performing analysis 

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1 ment is achieving expected cost, schedule, perform2 ance, and other goals, and to determine whether the 

3 investment provides the most cost effective way of 

4 delivering business value. The agencies shall conduct 

5 these operational analyses on a yearly basis and 

6 shall report the results to the Director and through 

7 existing or newly developed transparency mecha8 nisms.’’. 

9 Subtitle B—Data Center 

10 Consolidation 

11 SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 

12 The purpose of this subtitle is to optimize Federal 

13 data center usage and efficiency. 

14 SEC. 112. DEFINITIONS. 

15 In this subtitle: 

16 (1) FEDERAL DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION INI17 TIATIVE.—The term ‘‘Federal Data Center Optimi18 zation Initiative’’ or the ‘‘Initiative’’ means the ini19 tiative developed and implemented by the Director, 

20 through the Federal Chief Information Officer, as 

21 required under section 113. 

22 (2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 

23 agency’’ means any agency included in the Federal 

24 Data Center Optimization Initiative. 


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1 (3) FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.— 

2 The term ‘‘Federal Chief Information Officer’’ 

3 means the Administrator of the Office of Electronic 

4 Government established under section 3602 of title 

5 44, United States Code. 

6 (4) DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘data center’’ 

7 means a closet, room, floor, or building for the stor8 age, management, and dissemination of data and in9 formation, as defined by the Federal Chief Informa10 tion Officer under guidance issued pursuant to this 

11 section. 

12 (5) FEDERAL DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘Fed13 eral data center’’ means any data center of a cov14 ered agency used or operated by a covered agency, 

15 by a contractor of a covered agency, or by another 

16 organization on behalf of a covered agency. 

17 (6) SERVER UTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘server 

18 utilization’’ refers to the activity level of a server rel19 ative to its maximum activity level, expressed as a 

20 percentage. 

21 (7) POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS.—The term 

22 ‘‘power usage effectiveness’’ means the ratio ob23 tained by dividing the total amount of electricity and 

24 other power consumed in running a data center by 


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1 the power consumed by the information and commu2 nications technology in the data center. 

3 SEC. 113. FEDERAL DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION INITIA4 TIVE. 

5 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR INITIATIVE.—The Federal 

6 Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 

7 information officers of covered agencies, shall develop and 

8 implement an initiative, to be known as the Federal Data 

9 Center Optimization Initiative, to optimize the usage and 

10 efficiency of Federal data centers by meeting the require11 ments of this Act and taking additional measures, as ap12 propriate. 

13 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—Within 6 months 

14 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 

15 Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 

16 information officers of covered agencies, shall develop and 

17 submit to Congress a plan for implementation of the Ini18 tiative required by subsection (a) by each covered agency. 

19 In developing the plan, the Federal Chief Information Of20 ficer shall take into account the findings and recommenda21 tions of the Comptroller General review required by sec22 tion 115(e). 

23 (c) MATTERS COVERED.—The plan shall include— 

24 (1) descriptions of how covered agencies will 

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1 ture, equipment, applications, personnel, increases in 

2 multiorganizational use, and other appropriate meth3 ods to meet the requirements of the initiative; and 

4 (2) appropriate consideration of shifting feder5 ally owned data centers to commercially owned data 

6 centers. 

7 SEC. 114. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 

8 DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION. 

9 (a) SERVER UTILIZATION.—Each covered agency 

10 may use the following methods to achieve the maximum 

11 server utilization possible as determined by the Federal 

12 Chief Information Officer: 

13 (1) The closing of existing data centers that 

14 lack adequate server utilization, as determined by 

15 the Federal Chief Information Officer. If the agency 

16 fails to close such data centers, the agency shall pro17 vide a detailed explanation as to why this data cen18 ter should remain in use as part of the submitted 

19 plan. The Federal Chief Information Officer shall in20 clude an assessment of the agency explanation in the 

21 annual report to Congress. 

22 (2) The consolidation of services within existing 

23 data centers to increase server utilization rates. 

24 (3) Any other method that the Federal Chief 

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1 information officers of covered agencies, determines 

2 necessary to optimize server utilization. 

3 (b) POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS.—Each covered 

4 agency may use the following methods to achieve the max5 imum energy efficiency possible as determined by the Fed6 eral Chief Information Officer: 

7 (1) The use of the measurement of power usage 

8 effectiveness to calculate data center energy effi9 ciency. 

10 (2) The use of power meters in data centers to 

11 frequently measure power consumption over time. 

12 (3) The establishment of power usage effective13 ness goals for each data center. 

14 (4) The adoption of best practices for man15 aging— 

16 (A) temperature and airflow in data cen17 ters; and 

18 (B) power supply efficiency. 

19 (5) The implementation of any other method 

20 that the Federal Chief Information Officer, in con21 sultation with the Chief Information Officers of cov22 ered agencies, determines necessary to optimize data 

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1 SEC. 115. COST SAVINGS RELATED TO DATA CENTER OPTI2 MIZATION. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK COSTS.—Each covered 

4 agency shall track costs resulting from implementation of 

5 the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within 

6 the agency and submit a report on those costs annually 

7 to the Federal Chief Information Officer. Covered agencies 

8 shall determine the net costs from data consolidation on 

9 an annual basis. 

10 (1) FACTORS.—In calculating net costs each 

11 year under subsection (a), a covered agency shall use 

12 the following factors: 

13 (A) Energy costs. 

14 (B) Personnel costs. 

15 (C) Real estate costs. 

16 (D) Capital expense costs. 

17 (E) Operating system, database, and other 

18 software license expense costs. 

19 (F) Other appropriate costs, as determined 

20 by the agency in consultation with the Federal 

21 Chief Information Officer. 

22 (b) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK SAVINGS.—Each cov23 ered agency shall track savings resulting from implemen24 tation of the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative 

25 within the agency and submit a report on those savings 

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1 ered agencies shall determine the net savings from data 

2 consolidation on an annual basis. 

3 (1) FACTORS.—In calculating net savings each 

4 year under subsection (b), a covered agency shall use 

5 the following factors: 

6 (A) Energy savings. 

7 (B) Personnel savings. 

8 (C) Real estate savings. 

9 (D) Capital expense savings. 

10 (E) Operating system, database, and other 

11 software license expense savings. 

12 (F) Other appropriate savings, as deter13 mined by the agency in consultation with the 

14 Federal Chief Information Officer. 

15 (c) REQUIREMENT TO USE COST-EFFECTIVE MEAS16 URES.—Covered agencies shall use the most cost-effective 

17 measures to implement the Federal Data Center Optimi18 zation Initiative. 

19 (d) USE OF SAVINGS.—Any savings resulting from 

20 implementation of the Federal Data Center Optimization 

21 Initiative within a covered agency shall be used for the 

22 following purposes: 

23 (1) To offset the costs of implementing the Ini24 tiative within the agency. 


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1 (2) To further enhance information technology 

2 capabilities and services within the agency. 

3 (e) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE4 VIEW.—Not later than 3 months after the date of the en5 actment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

6 States shall examine methods for calculating savings from 

7 the Initiative and using them for the purposes identified 

8 in subsection (d), including establishment and use of a 

9 special revolving fund that supports data centers and serv10 er optimization, and shall submit to the Federal Chief In11 formation Officer and Congress a report on the Comp12 troller General’s findings and recommendations. 

13 SEC. 116. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO CONGRESS AND 

14 THE FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI15 CER. 

16 (a) AGENCY REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CIO.— 

17 Each year, each covered agency shall submit to the Fed18 eral Chief Information Officer a report on the implementa19 tion of the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative, 

20 including savings resulting from such implementation. The 

21 report shall include an update of the agency’s plan for im22 plementing the Initiative. 

23 (b) FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER RE24 QUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Each year, the 

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1 evant congressional committees a report that assesses 

2 agency progress in carrying out the Federal Data Center 

3 Optimization Initiative and updates the plan under section 

4 113. The report may be included as part of the annual 

5 report required under section 3606 of title 44, United 

6 States Code. 

7 SEC. 117. REDUCTION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DATA CEN8 TERS. 

9 (a) OMB RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 6 

10 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

11 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con12 sultation with the Administrator of General Services and 

13 the heads of other executive agencies, shall issue rec14 ommendations for reducing or consolidating the number 

15 of Federal data centers in existence as of the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act— 

17 (1) by at least 40 percent not later than Sep18 tember 30, 2018; and 

19 (2) by at least 80 percent not later than Sep20 tember 30, 2023. 

21 (b) REDUCTION OF DATA CENTERS.—Not later than 

22 6 months after the issuance of recommendations by the 

23 Director of the Office of Management and Budget under 

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1 Federal data centers in accordance with such rec2 ommendations. 

3 TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

4 SEC. 201. RESCISSION OF UNOBLIGATED BUDGET AUTHOR5 ITY FOR DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ATVM 

6 LOAN PROGRAM. 

7 Of the funds made available by section 129 of the 

8 Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Con9 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2009, Public Law 110–329, 

10 the unobligated balance is hereby rescinded. 

11 SEC. 202. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN 

12 MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD DETEC13 TION AND PROGRAM INTEGRITY PROVISIONS. 

14 Section 1128J(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 

15 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7k(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at 

16 the end the following new clause: 

17 ‘‘(iii) REPORT ON INTEGRATED DATA

18 REPOSITORY AND ONE PROGRAM INTEG19 RITY SYSTEM.—Not later than six months 

20 after the date of enactment of this clause, 

21 the Secretary shall submit to the appro22 priate congressional committees a report 

23 on the following: 

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1 schedules for fully implementing and 

2 expanding the use of the Integrated 

3 Data Repository, including actions 

4 taken to finalize, implement, and 

5 manage plans for incorporating data 

6 into the Integrated Data Repository 

7 and actions taken to define measur8 able financial benefits expected from 

9 the implementation of the Integrated 

10 Data Repository. 

11 ‘‘(II) ONE PROGRAM INTEGRITY

12 SYSTEM.—Actions taken to plan, 

13 schedule, and conduct training on the 

14 One Program Integrity System, a 

15 Web-based portal and suite of soft16 ware tools used to analyze and extract 

17 data from the Integrated Data Repos18 itory, and actions taken to define 

19 measurable financial benefits expected 

20 from the use of the One Program In21 tegrity System.’’. 


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1 SEC. 203. ENHANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL QUARANTINE 

2 AND INSPECTION FEES. 

3 Section 2509(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva4 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136a(a)) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting striking 

7 ‘‘commercial aircraft, commercial truck, or railroad 

8 car’’ and inserting ‘‘private vessel, commercial air9 craft, private aircraft, commercial truck, commercial 

10 bus, or railroad car’’; and 

11 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

12 following new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—In setting the fees under 

14 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the 

15 amount of the fees is commensurate with the aggre16 gate costs of agricultural quarantine and inspection 

17 services. The costs of the services conducted under 

18 subparagraph (A) of such paragraph, with respect to 

19 commercial aircraft or other vehicles, includes the 

20 costs of any related inspections of passengers arriv21 ing on the commercial aircraft or other vehicles.’’. 

22 SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF DEPLETED URANIUM SALES. 

23 (a) Section 3112(a) of the USEC Privatization Act, 

24 Public Law 104–134 (42 U.S.C. 2297h–10), is amended 

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1 ‘‘(a) TRANSFERS AND SALES BY THE SECRETARY.— 

2 The Secretary shall not provide enrichment services or 

3 transfer or sell any uranium to any person except as con4 sistent with this section. For purposes of this section, with 

5 the exception of subsection (b), ‘uranium’ shall include but 

6 not be limited to natural uranium concentrates, natural 

7 uranium hexafluoride, high enriched uranium, low en8 riched uranium, depleted uranium, and any byproduct of 

9 uranium processing.’’. 

10 (b) Section 3112(d) is amended— 

11 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sell natural 

12 and low-enriched uranium (including low-enriched 

13 uranium derived from highly enriched uranium)’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘transfer or sell any uranium’’; and 

15 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘natural or 

16 low-enriched uranium’’ and inserting ‘‘any ura17 nium’’. 

18 (c) Section 3112(f) is renumbered as 3112(h). 

19 (d) After section 3112(e), insert new subsections (f) 

20 and (g) as follows: 

21 ‘‘(f) REPORTING.—Not less than 30 days nor more 

22 than two years prior to the transfer or sale of any uranium 

23 for any purpose, the Secretary shall notify the House and 

24 Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House Energy 


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1 and Commerce Committee, and the Senate Committee on 

2 Energy and Natural Resources of the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) The amount of uranium to be transferred 

4 or sold. 

5 ‘‘(2) An estimate by the Secretary of the gross 

6 market value of the uranium on the expected date 

7 of the transfer or sale of the uranium. 

8 ‘‘(3) The expected date of transfer or sale of 

9 the uranium. 

10 ‘‘(4) The recipient of the uranium. 

11 ‘‘(5) The funds, if any, the Secretary expects to 

12 receive in exchange for the uranium, and the Sec13 retary’s plans for the funds, and, if the Secretary 

14 plans to retain the funds, a citation of the legal au15 thority for doing so. 

16 ‘‘(6) The value of the services and materials the 

17 Secretary expects to receive in exchange for the ura18 nium, including any changes to the gross value of 

19 the uranium by the recipient for uranium to be pro20 vided to the Department of Energy. 

21 ‘‘(7) The purpose of the transfer or sale. 

22 ‘‘(g) LIST OF TRANSFERS AND SALES.—The Sec23 retary shall maintain a list identifying all notifications re24 quired by subsection (f) of this section and for each notifi25 cation identifying the expected date of the notification, the 


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1 actual date of the transaction and any information per2 taining to the actual transaction that differs from the in3 formation provided in the notification. For each notifica4 tion, the list shall identify the date of the relevant Secre5 tarial determination, if any, pursuant to subsection 

6 (d)(2)(B) of this section.’’. 

7 SEC. 205. COORDINATION OF DIESEL EMISSIONS CON8 TROLS. 

9 The Director of the Office of Management and Budg10 et shall, not later than six months after the date of enact11 ment of this Act, develop a strategy— 

12 (1) to assess the collective results of Federal 

13 funding of activities that have the effect of reducing 

14 mobile source diesel emissions; and 

15 (2) to identify and eliminate any unnecessary 

16 duplication, overlap, and fragmentation of such ac17 tivities. 

18 SEC. 206. REPEAL OF DUPLICATIVE CATFISH INSPECTION 

19 PROGRAM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact21 ment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

22 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.), subsection (b) of section 11016 

23 of such Act (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2130) and 

24 the amendments made by such subsection are repealed. 


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1 (b) APPLICATION.—The Federal Meat Inspection Act 

2 (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) shall be applied and administered 

3 as if subsection (b) of section 11016 (Public Law 110– 

4 246; 122 Stat. 2130) of the Food, Conservation, and En5 ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) and the amend6 ments made by such subsection had not been enacted. 

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