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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1261 

To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy 

Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote energy efficiency 

via information and computing technologies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. RISCH) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 

Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and 

the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to 

promote energy efficiency via information and computing 

technologies, and for other purposes. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Efficient Gov5 ernment Technology Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR2 MATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECH3 NOLOGIES. 

4 Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation 

5 Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating the second subsection (f) 

7 (relating to large capital energy investments) as sub8 section (g); and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(h) FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR

11 ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFORMATION

12 AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of this subsection, each Fed15 eral agency shall collaborate with the Director of the 

16 Office of Management and Budget (referred to in 

17 this subsection as the ‘Director’) to develop an im18 plementation strategy (including best-practices and 

19 measurement and verification techniques) for the 

20 maintenance, purchase, and use by the Federal 

21 agency of energy-efficient and energy-saving infor22 mation and communications technologies and prac23 tices. 

24 ‘‘(2) CONTENT.—Each implementation strategy 

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1 cific operating requirements and statutory mission of 

2 the agency. 

3 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—In developing an im4 plementation strategy, each Federal agency shall— 

5 ‘‘(A) consider information and communica6 tions technologies (referred to in this subsection 

7 as ‘ICT’) and related infrastructure and prac8 tices, such as— 

9 ‘‘(i) advanced metering infrastructure; 

10 ‘‘(ii) ICT services and products; 

11 ‘‘(iii) efficient data center strategies 

12 and methods of increasing ICT asset and 

13 related infrastructure utilization; 

14 ‘‘(iv) ICT and related infrastructure 

15 power management; 

16 ‘‘(v) building information modeling, 

17 including building energy management; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(vi) secure telework and travel sub20 stitution tools; and 

21 ‘‘(B) ensure that the agency realizes the 

22 savings and rewards brought about through in23 creased efficiency and utilization. 

24 ‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE GOALS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

2 days after the date of enactment of this sub3 section, the Director, in consultation with the 

4 Secretary, shall establish performance goals for 

5 evaluating the efforts of Federal agencies in im6 proving the maintenance, purchase, and use of 

7 energy-efficient and energy-saving information 

8 and communications technology systems and 

9 practices. 

10 ‘‘(B) ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CEN11 TERS.—The Director shall include within the 

12 performance goals established under this para13 graph— 

14 ‘‘(i) specifications and benchmarks 

15 that will enable Federal data center opera16 tors to make more informed decisions 

17 about the energy efficiency and cost sav18 ings of data centers, including an overall 

19 Federal target for increased energy effi20 ciency, with initial reliance on the Power 

21 Usage Effectiveness metric; 

22 ‘‘(ii) overall asset utilization; and 

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1 clude a requirement for agencies to evalu2 ate the use of energy savings performance 

3 contracting and utility energy services con4 tracting as preferred acquisition methods. 

5 ‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.—The performance 

6 goals established under this paragraph shall— 

7 ‘‘(i) measure information technology 

8 costs over a specific time period of 3 to 5 

9 years; 

10 ‘‘(ii) measure cost savings attained via 

11 the use of energy-efficient and energy-sav12 ing information and communications solu13 tions during the same time period; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) provide, to the maximum extent 

15 practicable, a complete picture of all costs 

16 and savings, including energy costs and 

17 savings. 

18 ‘‘(5) FEDERAL DATA CENTERS TASK FORCE.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall 

20 maintain a Governmentwide Data Center Task 

21 Force comprised of Federal data center pro22 gram managers, facilities managers, and sus23 tainability officers. 

24 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The members of the task 

25 force shall— 


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1 ‘‘(i) be responsible for working to2 gether to share progress toward individual 

3 agency goals and the overall Federal target 

4 for increased energy efficiency; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) regularly exchange best practices 

6 and other strategic information related to 

7 energy efficiency with the private sector. 

8 ‘‘(6) REPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) AGENCY REPORTS.—Each Federal 

10 agency subject to the requirements of this sub11 section shall include in the report of the agency 

12 under section 527 of the Energy Independence 

13 and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17143) a 

14 description of the efforts and results of the 

15 agency under this subsection. 

16 ‘‘(B) OMB GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY RE17 PORTS AND SCORECARDS.—Effective beginning 

18 not later than October 1, 2013, the Director 

19 shall include in the annual report and scorecard 

20 of the Director required under section 528 of 

21 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 

22 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17144) a description of the ef23 forts and results of Federal agencies under this 

24 subsection.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS. 

2 Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security 

3 Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (1) 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 

7 after the date of enactment of the Energy Efficient 

8 Government Technology Act, the Secretary and the 

9 Administrator shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) designate an established information 

11 technology industry organization to coordinate 

12 the program described in subsection (b); and 

13 ‘‘(B) make the designation public, includ14 ing on an appropriate website.’’; 

15 (2) by striking subsections (e) and (f) and in16 serting the following: 

17 ‘‘(e) STUDY.—The Secretary, with assistance from 

18 the Administrator, shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) not later than December 31, 2013, make 

20 available to the public an update to the Report to 

21 Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Effi22 ciency published on August 2, 2007, under section 

23 1 of Public Law 109–431 (120 Stat. 2920), that 

24 provides— 

25 ‘‘(A) a comparison and gap analysis of the 

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1 nal report with new data regarding the period 

2 from 2007 through 2012; 

3 ‘‘(B) an analysis considering the impact of 

4 information and communications technologies 

5 asset and related infrastructure utilization solu6 tions, to include virtualization and cloud com7 puting-based solutions, in the public and private 

8 sectors; and 

9 ‘‘(C) updated projections and recommenda10 tions for best practices; and 

11 ‘‘(2) collaborate with the organization des12 ignated under subsection (c) in preparing the report. 

13 ‘‘(f) DATA CENTER ENERGY PRACTITIONER PRO14 GRAM.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collabo16 ration with the organization designated under sub17 section (c) and the Federal Chief Information Offi18 cer, shall maintain a data center energy practitioner 

19 program that leads to the certification of energy 

20 practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage 

21 and efficiency opportunities in data centers. 

22 ‘‘(2) EVALUATIONS.—Each Federal agency 

23 shall have the data centers of the agency evaluated 

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1 ant to the program, whenever practicable using cer2 tified practitioners employed by the agency.’’; 

3 (3) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub4 section (j); and 

5 (4) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(g) OPEN DATA INITIATIVE.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collabo9 ration with the organization designated under sub10 section (c) and the Federal Chief Information Offi11 cer, shall establish an open data initiative for Fed12 eral data center energy usage data, with the purpose 

13 of making the data available and accessible in a 

14 manner that empowers further data center innova15 tion while protecting United States national security 

16 interests. 

17 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—In establishing the ini18 tiative, the Secretary shall consider use of the online 

19 Data Center Maturity Model. 

20 ‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND

21 METRICS.—The Secretary, in collaboration with the orga22 nization designated under subsection (c), shall actively 

23 participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications 

24 and metrics for data center energy efficiency. 


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1 ‘‘(i) ICT ASSET UTILIZATION METRIC.—The Sec2 retary, in collaboration with the organization designated 

3 under subsection (c), shall assist in the development of 

4 an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency 

5 of the overall data center, including information and com6 munications technology systems and related infrastruc7 ture.’’. 

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