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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1713 

To reduce Federal expenditures associated with data center real estate and 

electricity consumption, to implement savings reductions proposed by 

Federal employees, to reduce energy costs across Federal Executive agencies, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 4, 2011 

Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia (for himself and Mr. BLUMENAUER) introduced the 

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

Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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 Federal expenditures associated with data center 

real estate and electricity consumption, to implement savings reductions proposed by Federal employees, to reduce 

energy costs across Federal Executive agencies, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Federal Cost Reduction Act of 2011’’. 


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

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Reduction and consolidation of data centers. 

Sec. 5. GSA reports. 

Sec. 6. Reduction of printing. 

Sec. 7. Implementation of Federal employee cost savings proposals. 

Sec. 8. Power purchase agreement program. 

Sec. 9. Federal facility energy efficiency and renewable energy projects fund. 

Sec. 10. Incentives for Executive agencies for utility energy savings contracts. 

Sec. 11. Renewable energy facilities surveys by Executive agencies. 

Sec. 12. Adoption of personal computer power savings techniques by Executive 

agencies. 

Sec. 13. Federal energy management and data collection standard. 

Sec. 14. Advanced metering best practices for advanced metering. 

Sec. 15. Availability of funds for design updates. 

Sec. 16. Continuous commissioning within the Federal building stock. 

Sec. 17. Elimination of State matching requirement for energy efficiency upgrades at National Guard and reserve armories and readiness 

centers. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) The number of Federal data centers has 

6 quintupled over the past decade from 400 to more 

7 than 2,000. 

8 (2) Data center consolidation, including data 

9 centers of the House of Representatives, has reduced 

10 electricity expenses and requisite real estate where it 

11 has been pursued. 

12 (3) Federal energy expenses exceed $24 billion 

13 annually, while most existing Federal facilities do 

14 not meet efficiency standards that are expected for 

15 new Federal construction. 


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1 (4) Contract period limitations of 10 years for 

2 Federal Executive agencies limit deployment of do3 mestic energy sources that could reduce long-term 

4 Federal energy expenses. 

5 (5) Energy saving performance contracts can 

6 offer low or zero cost options for improving energy 

7 efficiency in Federal facilities. 

8 (6) The Federal Government spends $1.3 bil9 lion annually on employee printing. 

10 (7) Federal employees estimate that they imme11 diately recycle 35 percent of all paper printed, 

12 equating to $440.4 million in potential annual sav13 ings. 

14 (8) Only 9 percent of Federal Executive agen15 cies have automatic duplex printing. 

16 (9) The Department of Veterans Affairs has de17 veloped an acquisition personnel training center to 

18 improve Federal employee productivity and reduce 

19 employee turnover. 

20 (10) Federal employees have proposed more 

21 than 18,000 ways to save taxpayer money through 

22 the ‘‘Save Awards’’. 

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

24 In this Act: 


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1 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT2 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com3 mittees’’ means— 

4 (A) the Committee on Oversight and Gov5 ernment Reform of the House of Representa6 tives; and 

7 (B) the Committee on Homeland Security 

8 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

9 (2) ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CON10 TRACT.—The term ‘‘energy savings performance 

11 contract’’ means a contract that provides for the 

12 performance of services for the design, acquisition, 

13 installation, testing, operation, and, where appro14 priate, maintenance and repair of an identified en15 ergy conservation measure or series of measures at 

16 one or more locations. 

17 (3) FEDERAL DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘Fed18 eral data center’’— 

19 (A) means a room within a conventional 

20 building that is devoted to data processing serv21 ers, including server closets that are typically 

22 less than 200 square feet and server rooms that 

23 are typically less than 500 square feet; 


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1 (B) means larger floor spaces or entire 

2 buildings dedicated to housing servers, storage 

3 devices, and network equipment; and 

4 (C) does not include any facilities that are 

5 exclusively devoted to communications and net6 work equipment (such as telephone exchanges 

7 and telecommunications rooms and closets). 

8 (4) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—Except as provided 

9 in section 8, the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the 

10 meaning given that term in section 105 of title 5, 

11 United States Code. 

12 SEC. 4. REDUCTION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DATA CEN13 TERS. 

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

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

16 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con17 sultation with the Administrator of General Services and 

18 the heads of other Executive agencies, shall issue rec19 ommendations for reducing or consolidating the number 

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

21 enactment of this Act— 

22 (1) by at least 40 percent not later than Sep23 tember 30, 2016; and 

24 (2) by at least 80 percent not later than Sep25 tember 30, 2021. 


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

2 6 months after the issuance of recommendations by the 

3 Director of the Office of Management and Budget under 

4 subsection (a), the head of each Executive agency shall 

5 implement the recommendations by reducing the number 

6 of Federal data centers in accordance with such rec7 ommendations. 

8 SEC. 5. GSA REPORTS. 

9 (a) REPORT ON REDUCING REAL ESTATE COSTS

10 AND ENERGY EXPENDITURES.—Not later than one year 

11 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Adminis12 trator of General Services shall submit to the appropriate 

13 congressional committees a report on the following: 

14 (1) Recommendations to reduce long-term real 

15 estate costs through consolidating or eliminating 

16 leased space and any additional authority that might 

17 be necessary to replace leased space with owned 

18 space if the payback period is 15 years or fewer. 

19 (2) A description of a plan by the General Serv20 ices Administration to use energy saving perform21 ance contracts and other low-capital investments to 

22 reduce energy expenditures. 

23 (b) REPORT AND PLAN TO REDUCE FEDERAL AUTO24 MOBILE PARKING EXPENSES.— 


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1 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 6 months 

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad3 ministrator of General Services shall submit to the 

4 Congress a report on the annual expense for each of 

5 fiscal years 2000 through 2010 for Federal employee 

6 parking, including— 

7 (A) parking spaces and parking facilities 

8 that are leased or owned by the Federal Gov9 ernment; 

10 (B) maintenance and construction costs for 

11 such spaces and facilities; and 

12 (C) the total construction costs for parking 

13 facilities that are used by Federal employees for 

14 fiscal years 2000 through 2010. 

15 (2) PLAN TO REDUCE PARKING EXPENSES.— 

16 Not later than one year after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the General Services Administra18 tion shall submit a report to Congress that includes 

19 a plan, using existing agency authorities, to reduce 

20 the expense for Federal employee parking by at least 

21 five percent annually for each of the next 5 fiscal 

22 years after date of enactment of this Act. 

23 SEC. 6. REDUCTION OF PRINTING. 

24 Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact25 ment of this Act, each Executive agency shall establish 


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1 a plan to reduce by 35 percent the volume of material 

2 printed during fiscal year 2011 for each of fiscal years 

3 2012 through 2022, including a requirement for duplex 

4 printing as the default setting on all Federal printers and 

5 copiers, where applicable, and shall submit such plan to 

6 the Office of the Environmental Executive. 

7 SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COST 

8 SAVINGS PROPOSALS. 

9 Not later than 12 months after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Personnel 

11 Management shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

12 committees a plan to implement Federal employee cost 

13 savings proposals. 

14 SEC. 8. POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROGRAM. 

15 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 (1) COST-EFFECTIVE.—The term ‘‘cost-effec17 tive’’ means, with respect to a power purchase agree18 ment entered into by the head of an Executive agen19 cy for a Federal facility that is owned or controlled 

20 by the Executive agency, that the 30-year average 

21 cost for the purchase of electricity under the power 

22 purchase agreement from 1 or more renewable en23 ergy generating systems is not greater than an 

24 amount equal to 110 percent of the cost of an equal 

25 quantity of electricity from the current electricity 


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1 supplier of the Federal facility, taking into consider2 ation each— 

3 (A) applicable cost, including any cost re4 sulting from— 

5 (i) a demand charge; 

6 (ii) an applicable rider; 

7 (iii) a fuel adjustment charge; or 

8 (iv) any other surcharge; and 

9 (B) reasonably anticipated increase in the 

10 cost of the electricity resulting from— 

11 (i) inflation; 

12 (ii) increased regulatory requirements; 

13 (iii) decreased availability of fossil 

14 fuels; and 

15 (iv) any other factor that may in16 crease the cost of electricity. 

17 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

18 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

19 133 of title 41, United States Code. 

20 (3) FEDERAL FACILITY.—The term ‘‘Federal 

21 facility’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘facility’’ 

22 in section 543(f)(1)(C) of the National Energy Con23 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(1)(C)). 

24 (4) GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.—The term 

25 ‘‘Government corporation’’ has the meaning given 


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1 the term in section 103 of title 5, United States 

2 Code. 

3 (5) RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE.—The term 

4 ‘‘renewable energy source’’ has the meaning given 

5 the term in section 551 of the National Energy Con6 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8259). 

7 (b) POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROJECTS.— 

8 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF HEADS OF EXECUTIVE

9 AGENCIES.—In accordance with paragraphs (2) and 

10 (3), the head of each Executive agency or a designee 

11 may establish 1 or more projects under which the 

12 head of the Executive agency may offer to enter into 

13 power purchase agreements during the 10-year pe14 riod beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 

15 for the purchase of electricity from 1 or more Fed16 eral facilities that are owned or controlled by the 

17 Executive agency from renewable energy sources lo18 cated at the Federal facility. 

19 (2) COST-EFFECTIVE REQUIREMENT.—A head 

20 of an Executive agency described in paragraph (1) 

21 may offer to enter into a power purchase agreement 

22 described in that paragraph only if the power pur23 chase agreement is cost-effective. 

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1 (including regulations), the term of a power pur2 chase agreement described in paragraph (1) may not 

3 be longer than a period of 30 years. 

4 (4) ALLOCATION OF INCREMENTAL COSTS.— 

5 Each head of an Executive agency (including the 

6 Administrator of General Services) who enters into 

7 a power purchase agreement under paragraph (1) 

8 for the purchase of electricity at a Federal facility 

9 that is owned or controlled by the Executive agency 

10 for distribution to 1 or more other Executive agen11 cies shall allocate, on an annual basis for the period 

12 covered by the power purchase agreement, the incre13 mental cost or incremental savings of the power pur14 chase agreement for the purchase of electricity at a 

15 Federal facility from renewable energy sources (as 

16 compared to the cost of electricity from the elec17 tricity supplier of the Federal facility) among each 

18 user of the Federal facility based on the proportion 

19 that— 

20 (A) the electricity usage of the user of the 

21 Federal facility; bears to 

22 (B) the aggregate electricity usage of all 

23 users of the Federal facility. 

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1 enter into an interagency agreement as part of a power 

2 purchase agreement that involves more than 1 Federal fa3 cility. 

4 (d) NEGOTIATED RATE AS BASIS FOR DETERMINING

5 COST EFFECTIVENESS OF FUTURE ENERGY EFFICIENCY

6 OR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS.—An Executive 

7 agency that enters into a power purchase agreement may 

8 not use the negotiated rate as a basis for determining the 

9 business case or economic feasibility of future energy effi10 ciency or renewable energy projects. 

11 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Energy shall 

12 promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out 

13 this section. 

14 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

15 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

16 such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2012 

17 through 2015, to remain available until expended. 

18 SEC. 9. FEDERAL FACILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RE19 NEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FUND. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

21 Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be 

22 known as the ‘‘Federal Facility Energy Efficiency and Re23 newable Energy Projects Fund’’ (referred to in this sec24 tion as the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting of such amounts as are 

25 appropriated to the Fund under subsection (b). 


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1 (b) TRANSFERS TO FUND.— 

2 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

3 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund 

4 $500,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 (2) LOAN REPAYMENTS.—There are appro6 priated to the Fund, out of funds of the Treasury 

7 not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 

8 loan amounts repaid and received in the Treasury 

9 under subsection (e). 

10 (c) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), on 

12 request by the Secretary of Energy (referred to in 

13 this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), the Secretary of the 

14 Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the Sec15 retary such amounts as the Secretary determines are 

16 necessary to provide assistance for energy efficiency 

17 and renewable energy projects carried out at Federal 

18 facilities in accordance with subsection (e). 

19 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—An amount 

20 not exceeding 10 percent of the amounts in the 

21 Fund shall be available for each fiscal year to pay 

22 the administrative expenses necessary to carry out 

23 this section. 

24 (d) TRANSFERS OF AMOUNTS.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts required to be 

2 transferred to the Fund under this section shall be 

3 transferred at least monthly from the general fund 

4 of the Treasury to the Fund on the basis of esti5 mates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

6 (2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Proper adjustment shall 

7 be made in amounts subsequently transferred to the 

8 extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than 

9 the amounts required to be transferred. 

10 (e) FEDERAL FACILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND

11 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FUND PROGRAM.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 

13 a Federal facility energy efficiency and renewable 

14 energy projects fund program under which the Sec15 retary shall make loans to Executive agencies to as16 sist the agencies in reducing energy use and related 

17 purposes, as determined by the Secretary. 

18 (2) GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATIONS.—Not later 

19 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

20 Act, the Secretary shall issue guidelines for Execu21 tive agencies to submit applications for loans under 

22 this subsection. 

23 (3) ELIGIBILITY.—Each Executive agency shall 

24 be eligible to submit an application for a loan under 

25 this subsection. 


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1 (4) LOAN AWARDS.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

3 award loans under this subsection on a competi4 tive basis. 

5 (B) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall 

6 convene a committee of Executive agencies to 

7 determine allocation from the Fund to carry out 

8 this subsection after a competitive assessment 

9 of the technical and economic effectiveness of 

10 each application for a loan under this sub11 section. 

12 (C) SELECTION.—In determining whether 

13 to provide a loan to an Executive agency for a 

14 project under this subsection, the Secretary 

15 shall consider— 

16 (i) the cost-effectiveness of the 

17 project; 

18 (ii) the amount of energy and cost 

19 savings anticipated to the Federal Govern20 ment; 

21 (iii) the amount of funding committed 

22 to the project by the agency; 

23 (iv) the extent that a project will le24 verage financing from other non-Federal 

25 sources; and 


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1 (v) any other factor that the Secretary 

2 determines will result in the greatest 

3 amount of energy and cost savings to the 

4 Federal Government. 

5 SEC. 10. INCENTIVES FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCIES FOR UTIL6 ITY ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACTS. 

7 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 

9 the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of General 

10 Services, shall promulgate regulations that enable Execu11 tive agencies to retain the financial savings that result 

12 from entering into utility energy savings contracts. 

13 SEC. 11. RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITIES SURVEYS BY EX14 ECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 

17 in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Ad18 ministrator of General Services, shall promulgate regula19 tions that establish appropriate methods and procedures 

20 for use by Executive agencies to implement, unless incon21 sistent with the mission of the Executive agencies or im22 practicable due to environmental constraints, the identi23 fication of all potential locations at Federal facilities of 

24 the agencies for renewable energy projects (including 

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1 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.— 

2 Not later than 1 year after the date of the promulgation 

3 of regulations under subsection (a), each Executive agency 

4 shall complete the report of the agency that identifies po5 tential locations described in subsection (a). 

6 SEC. 12. ADOPTION OF PERSONAL COMPUTER POWER SAV7 INGS TECHNIQUES BY EXECUTIVE AGENCIES. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 

10 in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Sec11 retary of Veterans Affairs, and the Administrator of Gen12 eral Services, shall issue guidance for Executive agencies 

13 to employ advanced tools allowing energy savings through 

14 the use of computer hardware, energy efficiency software, 

15 and power management tools. 

16 (b) REPORTS ON PLANS AND SAVINGS.—Not later 

17 than 90 days after the date of the issuance of the guidance 

18 under subsection (a), each Executive agency shall submit 

19 to the Secretary of Energy a report that describes— 

20 (1) the plan of the agency for implementing the 

21 guidance within the agency; and 

22 (2) estimated energy and financial savings from 

23 employing the tools described in subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 13. FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND DATA COL2 LECTION STANDARD. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, 

5 in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Admin6 istrator of General Services, the Office of Science and 

7 Technology Policy, and relevant industry and nonprofit 

8 groups, shall develop and issue guidance on a Federal en9 ergy management and data collection standard. 

10 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—Guidance described in sub11 section (a) shall include, at a minimum, a plan for the 

12 General Services Administration to publish energy con13 sumption data for individual Federal facilities on a single, 

14 searchable website, accessible by the public at no cost to 

15 access. 

16 SEC. 14. ADVANCED METERING BEST PRACTICES FOR AD17 VANCED METERING. 

18 Section 543(e) of the National Energy Conservation 

19 Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(e)) is amended by striking 

20 paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 

21 ‘‘(3) PLAN.— 

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

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1 scribing the manner in which the agency will 

2 implement the requirements of paragraph (1), 

3 including— 

4 ‘‘(i) how the agency will designate 

5 personnel primarily responsible for achiev6 ing the requirements; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) a demonstration by the agency, 

8 complete with documentation, of any find9 ing that advanced meters or advanced me10 tering devices (as those terms are used in 

11 paragraph (1)), are not practicable. 

12 ‘‘(B) UPDATES.—Reports submitted under 

13 subparagraph (A) shall be updated annually. 

14 ‘‘(4) BEST PRACTICES REPORT.— 

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

16 days after the date of enactment of the Federal 

17 Cost Reduction Act of 2011, the Secretary of 

18 Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of 

19 Defense and the Administrator of General Serv20 ices, shall develop, and issue a report on, best 

21 practices for the use of advanced metering of 

22 energy use in Federal facilities, buildings, and 

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1 ‘‘(B) UPDATING.—The report described 

2 under subparagraph (A) shall be updated annu3 ally. 

4 ‘‘(C) COMPONENTS.—The report shall in5 clude, at a minimum— 

6 ‘‘(i) summaries and analysis of the re7 ports by agencies under paragraph (3); 

8 ‘‘(ii) recommendations on standard re9 quirements or guidelines for automated en10 ergy management systems, including— 

11 ‘‘(I) potential common commu12 nications standards to allow data 

13 sharing and reporting; 

14 ‘‘(II) means of facilitating contin15 uous commissioning of buildings and 

16 evidence-based maintenance of build17 ings and building systems; and 

18 ‘‘(III) standards for sufficient 

19 levels of security and protection 

20 against cyber threats to ensure sys21 tems cannot be controlled by unau22 thorized persons; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) an analysis of— 

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1 loted, tested, or installed in Federal 

2 buildings; and 

3 ‘‘(II) existing techniques used 

4 within the private sector or other non5 Federal government buildings.’’. 

6 SEC. 15. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DESIGN UPDATES. 

7 Section 3307 of title 40, United States Code, is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) 

10 as subsections (e) through (i); and 

11 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DESIGN UP14 DATES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

16 for any project for which congressional approval is 

17 received under subsection (a) and for which the de18 sign has been substantially completed but construc19 tion has not begun, the Administrator of General 

20 Services may use appropriated funds to update the 

21 project design to meet applicable Federal building 

22 energy efficiency standards established under section 

23 305 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 6834) and other requirements estab25 lished under section 3312 of this title. 


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1 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The use of funds under 

2 paragraph (1) shall not exceed 125 percent of the 

3 estimated energy or other cost savings associated 

4 with the updates as determined by a life-cycle cost 

5 analysis under section 544 of the National Energy 

6 Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8254).’’. 

7 SEC. 16. CONTINUOUS COMMISSIONING WITHIN THE FED8 ERAL BUILDING STOCK. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3312 of title 40, United 

10 States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) 

12 as subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and 

13 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(c) CONTINUOUS COMMISSIONING WITHIN THE

16 FEDERAL BUILDING STOCK.— 

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

18 the date of enactment of the Federal Cost Reduction 

19 Act of 2011, the Administrator and the Secretary of 

20 Energy shall incorporate commissioning and re21 commissioning standards (as those terms are defined 

22 in section 543(f) of the National Energy Conserva23 tion Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(f))), for all real 

24 property that— 

25 ‘‘(A) is more than $10,000,000 in value; 


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1 ‘‘(B) has more than 50,000 square feet; or 

2 ‘‘(C) has energy intensity of more than $2 

3 per square foot. 

4 ‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

5 after the date of enactment of the Federal Cost Re6 duction Act of 2011, the Administrator and the Sec7 retary of Energy shall promulgate such regulations 

8 as are necessary to carry out this subsection.’’. 

9 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3312 of 

10 title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (e)(1) (as redesignated by 

12 subsection (a)(1)), by striking ‘‘and (c)’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘and (d)’’; 

14 (2) in the first sentence of subsection (f) (as so 

15 redesignated), by striking ‘‘and (c)’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘and (d)’’; and 

17 (3) in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by 

18 striking ‘‘subsection (b), (c), or (d) or for failure to 

19 carry out any recommendation under subsection (e)’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘subsection (b), (d), or (e) or for fail21 ure to carry out any recommendation under sub22 section (f)’’. 


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1 SEC. 17. ELIMINATION OF STATE MATCHING REQUIRE2 MENT FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY UPGRADES 

3 AT NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE ARMOR4 IES AND READINESS CENTERS. 

5 Section 18236(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

8 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 

9 (2) by striking ‘‘A contribution’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a contribution’’; 

11 (3) by striking ‘‘For the purpose’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘(3) For the purpose’’; and 

13 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) of 

14 paragraph (1), as so designated, the following new 

15 paragraph: 

16 ‘‘(2) If an armory or readiness center project for 

17 which a contribution is made under paragraph (4) or (5) 

18 of section 18233(a) of this title consists of or includes an 

19 energy efficiency upgrade, the Secretary of Defense shall 

20 cover— 

21 ‘‘(A) 100 percent of the cost of architectural, 

22 engineering, and design services related to the up23 grade (including advance architectural, engineering, 

24 and design services under section 18233(e) of this 

25 title), as provided in subparagraph (A) of paragraph 

26 (1); and 


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1 ‘‘(B) 100 percent of the cost of construction re2 lated to the upgrade, notwithstanding subparagraph 

3 (B) of paragraph (1), and payment of such cost 

4 shall not be considered in applying the limitation in 

5 such subparagraph.’’. 

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