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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1706 

To amend 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 

JULY 7, 2015 

Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. HEINRICH) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend 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 TECHNOLOGIES. 

3 Subtitle C of title V of the Energy Independence and 

4 Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 

5 1661) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 530. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR7 MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 

8 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

10 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg11 et. 

12 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term 

13 ‘information technology’ has the meaning given that 

14 term in section 11101 of title 40, United States 

15 Code. 

16 ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION STRAT17 EGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

18 of this section, each Federal agency shall coordinate with 

19 the Director, the Secretary, and the Administrator of the 

20 Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implemen21 tation strategy (that includes best practices and measure22 ment and verification techniques) for the maintenance, 

23 purchase, and use by the Federal agency of energy-effi24 cient and energy-saving information technologies, taking 

25 into consideration the performance goals established under 

26 subsection (d). 


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1 ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In developing an implemen2 tation strategy under subsection (b), each Federal agency 

3 shall consider— 

4 ‘‘(1) advanced metering infrastructure; 

5 ‘‘(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and 

6 methods of increasing asset and infrastructure utili7 zation; 

8 ‘‘(3) advanced power management tools; 

9 ‘‘(4) building information modeling, including 

10 building energy management; 

11 ‘‘(5) secure telework and travel substitution 

12 tools; and 

13 ‘‘(6) mechanisms to ensure that the agency re14 alizes the energy cost savings brought about through 

15 increased efficiency and utilization. 

16 ‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE GOALS.— 

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

18 after the date of enactment of this section, the Di19 rector, in consultation with the Secretary, shall es20 tablish performance goals for evaluating the efforts 

21 of Federal agencies in improving the maintenance, 

22 purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-sav23 ing information technology. 

24 ‘‘(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Chief Information 

25 Officers Council established under section 3603 of 


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1 title 44, United States Code, shall recommend best 

2 practices for the attainment of the performance 

3 goals, which shall include Federal agency consider4 ation of the use of— 

5 ‘‘(A) energy savings performance con6 tracting; and 

7 ‘‘(B) utility energy services contracting. 

8 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) AGENCY REPORTS.—Each Federal agency 

10 shall include in the report of the agency under sec11 tion 527 a description of the efforts and results of 

12 the agency under this section. 

13 ‘‘(2) OMB GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REPORTS

14 AND SCORECARDS.—Effective beginning not later 

15 than October 1, 2016, the Director shall include in 

16 the annual report and scorecard of the Director re17 quired under section 528 a description of the efforts 

18 and results of Federal agencies under this section.’’. 

19 SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS. 

20 Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security 

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

22 (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (3); 

23 and 

24 (2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and 

25 inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Ad3 ministrator shall carry out subsection (b) in collabo4 ration with information technology industry and 

5 other key stakeholders, with the goal of producing 

6 results that accurately reflect the best knowledge in 

7 the most pertinent domains. 

8 ‘‘(2) ORGANIZATIONS.—In collaborating under 

9 paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Administrator 

10 shall pay particular attention to organizations 

11 that— 

12 ‘‘(A) have members with expertise in en13 ergy efficiency and in the development, oper14 ation, and functionality of data centers, infor15 mation technology equipment, and software, 

16 such as representatives of hardware manufac17 turers, data center operators, and facility man18 agers; 

19 ‘‘(B) obtain and address input from De20 partment of Energy National Laboratories or 

21 any college, university, research institution, in22 dustry association, company, or public interest 

23 group with applicable expertise; 

24 ‘‘(C) follow— 


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1 ‘‘(i) commonly accepted procedures 

2 for the development of specifications; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) accredited standards development 

4 processes; and 

5 ‘‘(D) have a mission to promote energy ef6 ficiency for data centers and information tech7 nology. 

8 ‘‘(d) MEASUREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.—The 

9 Secretary and the Administrator shall consider and assess 

10 the adequacy of the specifications, measurements, and 

11 benchmarks described in subsection (b) for use by— 

12 ‘‘(1) the Federal Energy Management Program; 

13 ‘‘(2) the Energy Star program established by 

14 section 324A of the Energy Policy and Conservation 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 6294a); and 

16 ‘‘(3) other efficiency programs of the Depart17 ment of Energy or the Environmental Protection 

18 Agency. 

19 ‘‘(e) STUDY.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in collaboration 

21 with the Administrator, shall make available to the public 

22 an update to the Report to Congress on Server and Data 

23 Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007, 

24 under section 1 of Public Law 109–431 (120 Stat. 2920), 

25 that provides— 


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1 ‘‘(1) a comparison and gap analysis of the esti2 mates and projections contained in the original re3 port with new data regarding the period from 2007 

4 through 2014; 

5 ‘‘(2) an analysis considering the impact of in6 formation technologies (including virtualization and 

7 cloud computing) in the public and private sectors; 

8 ‘‘(3) an evaluation of the impact of the com9 bination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social 

10 media, and big data on data center energy usage; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(4) updated projections and recommendations 

13 for best practices through fiscal year 2020. 

14 ‘‘(f) DATA CENTER ENERGY PRACTITIONER PRO15 GRAM.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collabo17 ration with key stakeholders and the Director of the 

18 Office of Management and Budget, shall carry out 

19 a data center energy practitioner program that leads 

20 to the certification of energy practitioners qualified 

21 to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportu22 nities in Federal data centers. 

23 ‘‘(2) PERIODIC EVALUATIONS.—Each Federal 

24 agency shall consider having the data centers of the 

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1 tioners certified pursuant to the program, whenever 

2 practicable, using certified practitioners employed by 

3 the agency. 

4 ‘‘(g) OPEN DATA INITIATIVE.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in collabo6 ration with key stakeholders and the Office of Man7 agement and Budget, shall carry out an open data 

8 initiative for Federal data center energy usage data 

9 to make such data available and accessible in a man10 ner that encourages further data center innovation, 

11 optimization, and consolidation. 

12 ‘‘(2) MODEL.—In carrying out the initiative, 

13 the Secretary shall consider the use of the online 

14 Data Center Maturity Model. 

15 ‘‘(h) INTERNATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND

16 METRICS.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key 

17 stakeholders, shall actively participate in efforts to har18 monize global specifications and metrics for data center 

19 energy efficiency. 

20 ‘‘(i) DATA CENTER UTILIZATION METRIC.—The Sec21 retary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facili22 tate the development of an efficiency metric that measures 

23 the energy efficiency of a data center (including equipment 

24 and facilities). 


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1 ‘‘(j) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 

2 The Secretary and the Administrator shall not disclose 

3 any proprietary information or trade secrets provided by 

4 any individual or company for the purposes of carrying 

5 out this section or the programs and initiatives carried out 

6 under this section.’’. 

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