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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2196 

To direct President, utilizing the Western Area Power Administration, to 

acquire renewable energy in amounts sufficient to ensure that, of the 

total amount of electric energy the Federal Government consumes during 

any fiscal year, certain minimum amounts shall be renewable energy, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2011 

Mr. MARKEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 

Committee on Natural Resources, 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 direct President, utilizing the Western Area Power Administration, to acquire renewable energy in amounts 

sufficient to ensure that, of the total amount of electric 

energy the Federal Government consumes during any 

fiscal year, certain minimum amounts shall be renewable 

energy, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Renewable En3 ergy Expansion Act’’ or the ‘‘FREE Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. RENEWABLE ENERGY REQUIREMENT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 203 of 

6 the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(a)) is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.— 

9 ‘‘(1) The President, utilizing the Western Area 

10 Power Administration for electric energy procure11 ment when practicable, shall ensure that, to the ex12 tent economically feasible and technically prac13 ticable, of the total amount of electric energy the 

14 Federal Government consumes during any fiscal 

15 year, the following amounts shall be renewable en16 ergy: 

17 ‘‘(A) Not less than 10 percent in fiscal 

18 year 2014. 

19 ‘‘(B) Not less than 12.5 percent in fiscal 

20 years 2015 through 2016. 

21 ‘‘(C) Not less than 15 percent in fiscal 

22 years 2017 through 2018. 

23 ‘‘(D) Not less than 17.5 percent in fiscal 

24 years 2019 through 2020. 

25 ‘‘(E) Not less than 20 percent in fiscal 

26 years 2021 through 2022. 


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1 ‘‘(F) Not less than 22.5 percent in fiscal 

2 years 2023 through 2024. 

3 ‘‘(G) Not less than 25 percent in fiscal 

4 year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

5 ‘‘(2) Nothing in this subsection shall require ex6 isting electric energy customers of the Western Area 

7 Power Administration to pay any of the costs the 

8 Administration incurs associated with compliance 

9 with this subsection.’’. 

10 (b) PRODUCTION ON FEDERAL AND INDIAN

11 LANDS.—Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

12 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended— 

13 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub14 section (e); and 

15 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(d) PRODUCTION ON FEDERAL AND INDIAN

18 LANDS.—The Secretary of the Interior shall seek to maxi19 mize the amounts of renewable energy produced on Fed20 eral lands and Indian land as defined in title XXVI of 

21 the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 

22 for purposes of compliance with subsection (a).’’. 

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