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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 115 

To provide for grants from the Secretary of Education to State and local 

educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2013 

Mr. HOLT (for himself, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. POLIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To provide for grants from the Secretary of Education to 

State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart 

schools and Energy Star programs. 

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 ‘‘School Building En5 hancement Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 The Secretary of Education may provide grants— 

8 (1) to State educational agencies and local edu9 cational agencies for providing intensive technical asVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:42 Jan 10, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H115.IH H115

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1 sistance for, and assisting the implementation of, the 

2 EnergySmart Schools Program of the Department 

3 of Energy and the Energy Star for K–12 School 

4 Districts program of the Environmental Protection 

5 Agency; 

6 (2) to local educational agencies that become 

7 partners through the Energy Star for K–12 School 

8 Districts program of the Environmental Protection 

9 Agency; and 

10 (3) to State educational agencies for use in the 

11 development of State-level school energy efficiency 

12 quality plans, in partnership with the Secretary of 

13 Energy, including— 

14 (A) standards for school building design, 

15 construction, and renovation; and 

16 (B) proposals for the systematic improve17 ment (including benchmarks and timelines) of 

18 environmental conditions in and around schools 

19 throughout the State, including— 

20 (i) environmentally preferable pur21 chasing of products for instruction and 

22 maintenance; 

23 (ii) increasing the use of alternative 

24 energy fuels in school buses; 


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1 (iii) maximization of transportation 

2 choices for students, staff, and other mem3 bers of the community; and 

4 (iv) individual prescriptive efficiency 

5 improvements such as lighting improve6 ments, roofing, high efficiency HVAC sys7 tems, and mechanical and envelope insula8 tion. 

9 SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE. 

10 The Federal share of the cost of a project or activity 

11 carried out using funds from a grant under this Act shall 

12 not exceed 90 percent. 

13 SEC. 4. GRANT PRIORITY. 

14 In providing grants under section 2(1), the Secretary 

15 of Education shall give priority to projects to provide as16 sistance to State educational agencies and local edu17 cational agencies that have a demonstrated need for en18 ergy efficiency improvement. 

19 SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 

20 For purposes of this Act, the terms ‘‘State edu21 cational agency’’ and ‘‘local educational agency’’ have the 

22 meanings given those terms in section 9101 of the Ele23 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

24 7801). 


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1 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec3 retary of Education to carry out this Act such sums as 

4 may be necessary for the period encompassing fiscal years 

5 2014 through 2019. 

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