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Calendar No. 533 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 506 

[Report No. 110–241] 

To improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use of highperformance green buildings, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2007 

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Ms. SNOWE, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. KERRY, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. LUGAR, and 

Mr. DODD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

DECEMBER 12, 2007 

Reported by Mrs. BOXER, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To improve efficiency in the Federal Government through 

the use of high-performance green buildings, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

3 ‘‘High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007’’. 

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

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Definitions. 

TITLE I—OFFICE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDINGS 

Sec. 101. Oversight. 

Sec. 102. Office of High-Performance Green Buildings. 

Sec. 103. Green Building Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 104. Public outreach. 

Sec. 105. Research and development. 

Sec. 106. Budget and life-cycle costing and contracting. 

Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—HEALTHY HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS 

Sec. 201. Definition of high-performance school. 

Sec. 202. Grants for healthy school environments. 

Sec. 203. Model guidelines for siting of school facilities. 

Sec. 204. Public outreach. 

Sec. 205. Environmental health program. 

Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—STRENGTHENING FEDERAL LEADERSHIP 

Sec. 301. Incentives. 

Sec. 302. Federal procurement. 

Sec. 303. Federal green building performance. 

TITLE IV—DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 

Sec. 401. Coordination of goals. 

Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis9 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv10 ices. 


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1 (2) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ 

2 means the Green Building Advisory Committee es3 tablished under section 103(a). 

4 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

5 the individual appointed to the position established 

6 under section 101(a). 

7 (4) FEDERAL FACILITY.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal fa9 cility’’ means any building or facility the in10 tended use of which requires the building or fa11 cility to be— 

12 (i) accessible to the public; and 

13 (ii) constructed or altered by or on be14 half of the United States. 

15 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal fa16 cility’’ does not include a privately-owned resi17 dential or commercial structure that is not 

18 leased by the Federal Government. 

19 (5) HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDING.— 

20 The term ‘‘high-performance green building’’ means 

21 a building— 

22 (A) that, during its life-cycle— 

23 (i) reduces energy, water, and mate24 rial resource use and the generation of 

25 waste; 


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1 (ii) improves indoor environmental 

2 quality, including protecting indoor air 

3 quality during construction, using low4 emitting materials, improving thermal 

5 comfort, and improving lighting and acous6 tic environments that affect occupant 

7 health and productivity; 

8 (iii) improves indoor and outdoor im9 pacts of the building on human health and 

10 the environment; 

11 (iv) increases the use of environ12 mentally preferable products, including 

13 biobased, recycled content, and nontoxic 

14 products with lower life-cycle impacts; 

15 (v) increases reuse and recycling op16 portunities; and 

17 (vi) integrates systems in the building; 

18 and 

19 (B) for which, during its planning, design, 

20 and construction, the environmental and energy 

21 impacts of building location and site design are 

22 considered. 

23 (6) LIFE CYCLE.—The term ‘‘life cycle’’, with 

24 respect to a high-performance green building, means 

25 all stages of the useful life of the building (including 


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1 components, equipment, systems, and controls of the 

2 building) beginning at conception of a green building 

3 project and continuing through site selection, design, 

4 construction, landscaping, commissioning, operation, 

5 maintenance, renovation, deconstruction or demoli6 tion, removal, and recycling of the green building. 

7 (7) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘life8 cycle assessment’’ means a comprehensive system 

9 approach for measuring the environmental perform10 ance of a product or service over the life of the prod11 uct or service, beginning at raw materials acquisition 

12 and continuing through manufacturing, transpor13 tation, installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste 

14 management. 

15 (8) LIFE-CYCLE COSTING.—The term ‘‘life-cycle 

16 costing’’, with respect to a high-performance green 

17 building, means a technique of economic evaluation 

18 that— 

19 (A) sums, over a given study period, the 

20 costs of initial investment (less resale value), re21 placements, operations (including energy use), 

22 and maintenance and repair of an investment 

23 decision; and 

24 (B) is expressed— 


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1 (i) in present value terms, in the case 

2 of a study period equivalent to the longest 

3 useful life of the building, determined by 

4 taking into consideration the typical life of 

5 such a building in the area in which the 

6 building is to be located; or 

7 (ii) in annual value terms, in the case 

8 of any other study period. 

9 (9) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Of10 fice of High-Performance Green Buildings estab11 lished under section 102(a). 

12 TITLE I—OFFICE OF HIGH-PER13 FORMANCE GREEN BUILD14 INGS 

15 SEC. 101. OVERSIGHT. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 

17 within the General Services Administration, and appoint 

18 an individual to serve as Director in, a position in the ca19 reer-reserved Senior Executive service, to— 

20 (1) establish and manage the Office in accord21 ance with section 102; and 

22 (2) carry out other duties as required under 

23 this Act. 

24 (b) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of the Di25 rector shall not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for 


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1 the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 

2 5, United States Code, including any applicable locality3 based comparability payment that may be authorized 

4 under section 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title. 

5 SEC. 102. OFFICE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILD6 INGS. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish 

8 within the General Services Administration an Office of 

9 High-Performance Green Buildings. 

10 (b) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 

11 (1) ensure full coordination of high-performance 

12 green building information and activities within the 

13 General Services Administration and all relevant 

14 Federal agencies, including, at a minimum— 

15 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

16 (B) the Office of the Federal Environ17 mental Executive; 

18 (C) the Office of Federal Procurement Pol19 icy; 

20 (D) the Department of Energy; 

21 (E) the Department of Health and Human 

22 Services; 

23 (F) the Department of Defense; and 

24 (G) such other Federal agencies as the Di25 rector considers to be appropriate; 


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1 (2) establish a senior-level green building advi2 sory committee, which shall provide advice and rec3 ommendations in accordance with section 103; 

4 (3) identify and biennially reassess improved or 

5 higher rating standards recommended by the Com6 mittee; 

7 (4) establish a national high-performance green 

8 building clearinghouse in accordance with section 

9 104, which shall provide green building information 

10 through— 

11 (A) outreach; 

12 (B) education; and 

13 (C) the provision of technical assistance; 

14 (5) ensure full coordination of research and de15 velopment information relating to high-performance 

16 green building initiatives under section 105; 

17 (6) identify and develop green building stand18 ards that could be used for all types of Federal fa19 cilities in accordance with section 105; 

20 (7) establish green practices that can be used 

21 throughout the life of a Federal facility; 

22 (8) review and analyze current Federal budget 

23 practices and life-cycle costing issues, and make rec24 ommendations to Congress, in accordance with sec25 tion 106; and 


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1 (9) complete and submit the report described in 

2 subsection (c). 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Di5 rector shall submit to Congress a report that— 

6 (1) describes the status of the green building 

7 initiatives under this Act and other Federal pro8 grams in effect as of the date of the report, includ9 ing— 

10 (A) the extent to which the programs are 

11 being carried out in accordance with this Act; 

12 and 

13 (B) the status of funding requests and ap14 propriations for those programs; 

15 (2) identifies within the planning, budgeting, 

16 and construction process all types of Federal facility 

17 procedures that inhibit new and existing Federal fa18 cilities from becoming high-performance green build19 ings as measured by— 

20 (A) a silver rating, as defined by the Lead21 ership in Energy and Environmental Design 

22 Building Rating System standard established by 

23 the United States Green Building Council (or 

24 an equivalent rating obtained through a com25 parable system); or 


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1 (B) an improved or higher rating standard, 

2 as identified by the Committee; 

3 (3) identifies inconsistencies, as reported to the 

4 Committee, in Federal law with respect to product 

5 acquisition guidelines and high-performance product 

6 guidelines; 

7 (4) recommends language for uniform stand8 ards for use by Federal agencies in environmentally 

9 responsible acquisition; 

10 (5) in coordination with the Office of Manage11 ment and Budget, reviews the budget process for 

12 capital programs with respect to alternatives for— 

13 (A) restructuring of budgets to require the 

14 use of complete energy- and environmental-cost 

15 accounting; 

16 (B) using operations expenditures in budg17 et-related decisions while simultaneously incor18 porating productivity and health measures (as 

19 those measures can be quantified by the Office, 

20 with the assistance of universities and national 

21 laboratories); 

22 (C) permitting Federal agencies to retain 

23 all identified savings accrued as a result of the 

24 use of life cycle costing; and 


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1 (D) identifying short- and long-term cost 

2 savings that accrue from high-performance 

3 green buildings, including those relating to 

4 health and productivity; 

5 (6) identifies green, self-sustaining technologies 

6 to address the operational needs of Federal facilities 

7 in times of national security emergencies, natural 

8 disasters, or other dire emergencies; 

9 (7) summarizes and highlights development, at 

10 the State and local level, of green building initia11 tives, including Executive orders, policies, or laws 

12 adopted promoting green building (including the sta13 tus of implementation of those initiatives); and 

14 (8) includes, for the 2-year period covered by 

15 the report, recommendations to address each of the 

16 matters, and a plan for implementation of each rec17 ommendation, described in paragraphs (1) through 

18 (6). 

19 (d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Office shall carry out 

20 each plan for implementation of recommendations under 

21 subsection (c)(7). 

22 SEC. 103. GREEN BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

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1 lish an advisory committee, to be known as the ‘‘Green 

2 Building Advisory Committee’’. 

3 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be 

5 composed of representatives of, at a minimum— 

6 (A) each agency referred to in section 

7 102(b)(1); and 

8 (B) other relevant agencies and entities, as 

9 determined by the Director, including at least 1 

10 representative of each of— 

11 (i) State and local governmental green 

12 building programs; 

13 (ii) independent green building asso14 ciations or councils; 

15 (iii) building experts, including archi16 tects, material suppliers, and construction 

17 contractors; 

18 (iv) security advisors focusing on na19 tional security needs, natural disasters, 

20 and other dire emergency situations; and 

21 (v) environmental health experts, in22 cluding those with experience in children’s 

23 health. 


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1 (2) NON-FEDERAL MEMBERS.—The total num2 ber of non-Federal members on the Committee at 

3 any time shall not exceed 15. 

4 (c) MEETINGS.—The Director shall establish a reg5 ular schedule of meetings for the Committee. 

6 (d) DUTIES.—The Committee shall provide advice 

7 and expertise for use by the Director in carrying out the 

8 duties under this Act, including such recommendations re9 lating to Federal activities carried out under sections 104 

10 through 106 as are agreed to by a majority of the mem11 bers of the Committee. 

12 (e) FACA EXEMPTION.—The Committee shall not be 

13 subject to section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee 

14 Act (5 U.S.C. App.). 

15 SEC. 104. PUBLIC OUTREACH. 

16 The Director, in coordination with the Committee, 

17 shall carry out public outreach to inform individuals and 

18 entities of the information and services available Govern19 ment-wide by— 

20 (1) establishing and maintaining a national 

21 high-performance green building clearinghouse, in22 cluding on the Internet, that— 

23 (A) identifies existing similar efforts and 

24 coordinates activities of common interest; and 


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1 (B) provides information relating to high2 performance green buildings, including 

3 hyperlinks to Internet sites that describe related 

4 activities, information, and resources of— 

5 (i) the Federal Government; 

6 (ii) State and local governments; 

7 (iii) the private sector (including non8 governmental and nonprofit entities and 

9 organizations); and 

10 (iv) other relevant organizations, in11 cluding those from other countries; 

12 (2) identifying and recommending educational 

13 resources for implementing high-performance green 

14 building practices, including security and emergency 

15 benefits and practices; 

16 (3) providing access to technical assistance on 

17 using tools and resources to make more cost-effec18 tive, energy-efficient, health-protective, and environ19 mentally beneficial decisions for constructing high20 performance green buildings, including tools avail21 able to conduct life-cycle costing and life-cycle as22 sessment; 

23 (4) providing information on application proc24 esses for certifying a high-performance green build25 ing, including certification and commissioning; 


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1 (5) providing technical information, market re2 search, or other forms of assistance or advice that 

3 would be useful in planning and constructing high4 performance green buildings; and 

5 (6) using such other methods as are determined 

6 by the Director to be appropriate. 

7 SEC. 105. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director, in coordination 

9 with the Committee, shall— 

10 (1)(A) survey existing research and studies re11 lating to high-performance green buildings; and 

12 (B) coordinate activities of common interest; 

13 (2) develop and recommend a high-performance 

14 green building research plan that— 

15 (A) identifies information and research 

16 needs, including the relationships between 

17 human health, occupant productivity, and each 

18 of— 

19 (i) emissions from materials and prod20 ucts in the building; 

21 (ii) natural day lighting; 

22 (iii) ventilation choices and tech23 nologies; 

24 (iv) heating, cooling, and system con25 trol choices and technologies; 


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1 (v) moisture control and mold; 

2 (vi) maintenance, cleaning, and pest 

3 control activities; 

4 (vii) acoustics; and 

5 (viii) other issues relating to the 

6 health, comfort, productivity, and perform7 ance of occupants of the building; and 

8 (B) promotes the development and dissemi9 nation of high-performance green building 

10 measurement tools that, at a minimum, may be 

11 used— 

12 (i) to monitor and assess the life-cycle 

13 performance of facilities (including dem14 onstration projects) built as high-perform15 ance green buildings; and 

16 (ii) to perform life-cycle assessments; 

17 (3) assist the budget and life-cycle costing func18 tions of the Office under section 106; 

19 (4) study and identify potential benefits of 

20 green buildings relating to security, natural disaster, 

21 and emergency needs of the Federal Government; 

22 and 

23 (5) support other research initiatives deter24 mined by the Office. 


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1 (b) INDOOR AIR QUALITY.—The Director, in con2 sultation with the Committee, shall develop and carry out 

3 a comprehensive indoor air quality program for all Federal 

4 facilities to ensure the safety of Federal workers and facil5 ity occupants— 

6 (1) during new construction and renovation of 

7 facilities; and 

8 (2) in existing facilities. 

9 SEC. 106. BUDGET AND LIFE-CYCLE COSTING AND CON10 TRACTING. 

11 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director, in coordination 

12 with the Committee, shall— 

13 (1) identify, review, and analyze current budget 

14 and contracting practices that affect achievement of 

15 high-performance green buildings, including the 

16 identification of barriers to green building life-cycle 

17 costing and budgetary issues; 

18 (2) develop guidance and conduct training ses19 sions with budget specialists and contracting per20 sonnel from Federal agencies and budget examiners 

21 to apply life-cycle cost criteria to actual projects; 

22 (3) identify tools to aid life-cycle cost decision23 making; and 

24 (4) explore the feasibility of incorporating the 

25 benefits of green buildings, such as security benefits, 


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1 into a cost-budget analysis to aid in life-cycle costing 

2 for budget and decision making processes. 

3 SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

5 this title $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 

6 2012, to remain available until expended. 

7 TITLE II—HEALTHY HIGH8 PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS 

9 SEC. 201. DEFINITION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOL. 

10 In this title, the term ‘‘high-performance school’’ has 

11 the meaning given the term ‘‘healthy, high-performance 

12 school building’’ in section 5586 of the Elementary and 

13 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7277e). 

14 SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS. 

15 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

16 Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, 

17 may provide grants to qualified State agencies for use in— 

18 (1) providing technical assistance for programs 

19 of the Environmental Protection Agency (including 

20 the Tools for Schools Program and the Healthy 

21 School Environmental Assessment Tool) to schools 

22 for use in addressing environmental issues; and 

23 (2) development of State school environmental 

24 quality plans that include— 


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1 (A) standards for school building design, 

2 construction, and renovation; and 

3 (B) identification of ongoing school build4 ing environmental problems in the State and 

5 recommended solutions to address those prob6 lems, including assessment of information on 

7 the exposure of children to environmental haz8 ards in school facilities. 

9 SEC. 203. MODEL GUIDELINES FOR SITING OF SCHOOL FA10 CILITIES. 

11 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

12 Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Education 

13 and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall 

14 develop school site selection guidelines that account for— 

15 (1) the special vulnerability of children to haz16 ardous substances or pollution exposures in any case 

17 in which the potential for contamination at a poten18 tial school site exists; 

19 (2) modes of transportation available to stu20 dents and staff; and 

21 (3) the potential use of a school at the site as 

22 an emergency shelter. 

23 SEC. 204. PUBLIC OUTREACH. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi25 ronmental Protection Agency shall provide to the Director 


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1 information relating to all activities carried out under this 

2 title, which the Director shall include in the report de3 scribed in section 102(c). 

4 (b) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Director shall ensure, 

5 to the maximum extent practicable, that the public clear6 inghouse established under section 104 receives and makes 

7 available information on the exposure of children to envi8 ronmental hazards in school facilities, as provided by the 

9 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

10 SEC. 205. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Envi12 ronmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the 

13 Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and 

14 Human Services, and other relevant agencies, shall issue 

15 guidelines for use by the State in developing and imple16 menting an environmental health program for schools 

17 that— 

18 (1) takes into account the status and findings 

19 of Federal research initiatives established under this 

20 Act and other relevant Federal law with respect to 

21 school facilities, including relevant updates on trends 

22 in the field, such as the impact of school facility en23 vironments on student and staff— 

24 (A) health, safety, and productivity; and 

25 (B) disabilities or special needs; 


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1 (2) provides research using relevant tools iden2 tified or developed in accordance with section 105(a) 

3 to quantify the relationships between— 

4 (A) human health, occupant productivity, 

5 and student performance; and 

6 (B) with respect to school facilities, each 

7 of— 

8 (i) pollutant emissions from materials 

9 and products; 

10 (ii) natural day lighting; 

11 (iii) ventilation choices and tech12 nologies; 

13 (iv) heating and cooling choices and 

14 technologies; 

15 (v) moisture control and mold; 

16 (vi) maintenance, cleaning, and pest 

17 control activities; 

18 (vii) acoustics; and 

19 (viii) other issues relating to the 

20 health, comfort, productivity, and perform21 ance of occupants of the school facilities; 

22 (3) provides technical assistance on siting, de23 sign, management, and operation of school facilities, 

24 including facilities used by students with disabilities 

25 or special needs; 


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1 (4) collaborates with federally funded pediatric 

2 environmental health centers to assist in on-site 

3 school environmental investigations; 

4 (5) assists States and the public in better un5 derstanding and improving the environmental health 

6 of children; and 

7 (6) provides to the Office a biennial report of 

8 all activities carried out under this title, which the 

9 Director shall include in the report described in sec10 tion 102(c). 

11 (b) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Director shall ensure, 

12 to the maximum extent practicable, that the public clear13 inghouse established under section 104 receives and makes 

14 available— 

15 (1) information from the Administrator of the 

16 Environmental Protection Agency that is contained 

17 in the report described in subsection (a)(6); and 

18 (2) information on the exposure of children to 

19 environmental hazards in school facilities, as pro20 vided by the Administrator of the Environmental 

21 Protection Agency. 

22 SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

24 this title $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 

25 through 2012, to remain available until expended. 


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1 TITLE III—STRENGTHENING 

2 FEDERAL LEADERSHIP 

3 SEC. 301. INCENTIVES. 

4 As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act, the Director shall identify incentives to encour6 age the use of green buildings and related technology in 

7 the operations of the Federal Government, including 

8 through— 

9 (1) the provision of recognition awards; and 

10 (2) the maximum feasible retention of financial 

11 savings in the annual budgets of Federal agencies. 

12 SEC. 302. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

14 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

15 of Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the 

16 Director and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisi17 tion, Technology, and Logistics, shall promulgate revisions 

18 of the applicable acquisition regulations, to take effect as 

19 of the date of promulgation of the revisions— 

20 (1) to direct any Federal procurement execu21 tives involved in the acquisition, construction, or 

22 major renovation (including contracting for the con23 struction or major renovation) of any facility, to the 

24 maximum extent practicable— 

25 (A) to employ integrated design principles; 


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1 (B) to optimize building and systems en2 ergy performance; 

3 (C) to protect and conserve water; 

4 (D) to enhance indoor environmental qual5 ity; and 

6 (E) to reduce environmental impacts of 

7 materials and waste flows; and 

8 (2) to direct Federal procurement executives in9 volved in leasing buildings, to give preference to the 

10 lease of facilities that, to the maximum extent prac11 ticable— 

12 (A) are energy-efficient; and 

13 (B) have applied contemporary high-per14 formance and sustainable design principles dur15 ing construction or renovation. 

16 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 

17 date of promulgation of the revised regulations under sub18 section (a), the Director shall issue guidance to all Federal 

19 procurement executives providing direction and the option 

20 to renegotiate the design of proposed facilities, renovations 

21 for existing facilities, and leased facilities to incorporate 

22 improvements that are consistent with this section. 

23 SEC. 303. FEDERAL GREEN BUILDING PERFORMANCE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 31 of each 

25 of the 2 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which this 


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1 Act is enacted, and at such times thereafter as the Comp2 troller General of the United States determines to be ap3 propriate, the Comptroller General of the United States 

4 shall, with respect to the fiscal years that have passed 

5 since the preceding report— 

6 (1) conduct an audit of the implementation of 

7 this Act; and 

8 (2) submit to the Office, the Committee, the 

9 Administrator, and Congress a report describing the 

10 results of the audit. 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—An audit under subsection (a) shall 

12 include a review, with respect to the period covered by the 

13 report under subsection (a)(2), of— 

14 (1) budget, life-cycle costing, and contracting 

15 issues, using best practices identified by the Comp16 troller General of the United States and heads of 

17 other agencies in accordance with section 106; 

18 (2) the level of coordination among the Office, 

19 the Office of Management and Budget, and relevant 

20 agencies; 

21 (3) the performance of the Office in carrying 

22 out the implementation plan; 

23 (4) the design stage of high-performance green 

24 building measures; 


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1 (5) high-performance building data that were 

2 collected and reported to the Office; and 

3 (6) such other matters as the Comptroller Gen4 eral of the United States determines to be appro5 priate. 

6 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SCORECARD.— 

7 The Director shall consult with the Committee to enhance, 

8 and assist in the implementation of, the Environmental 

9 Stewardship Scorecard announced at the White House 

10 summit on Federal sustainable buildings in January 2006, 

11 to measure the implementation by each Federal agency of 

12 sustainable design and green building initiatives. 

13 TITLE IV—DEMONSTRATION 

14 PROJECT 

15 SEC. 401. COORDINATION OF GOALS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 

17 guidelines to implement a demonstration project to con18 tribute to the research goals of the Office. 

19 (b) PROJECTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with guide21 lines established by the Director under subsection 

22 (a) and the duties of the Director described in title 

23 I, the Director shall carry out 3 demonstration 

24 projects. 


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1 (2) LOCATION OF PROJECTS.—Each project 

2 carried out under paragraph (1) shall be located in 

3 a Federal building in a State recommended by the 

4 Director in accordance with subsection (c). 

5 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Each project carried out 

6 under paragraph (1) shall— 

7 (A) provide for the evaluation of the infor8 mation obtained through the conduct of projects 

9 and activities under this Act; and 

10 (B) achieve a platinum rating, as defined 

11 by the Leadership in Energy and Environ12 mental Design Building Rating System stand13 ard established by the United States Green 

14 Building Council (or an equivalent rating ob15 tained through a comparable system). 

16 (c) CRITERIA.—With respect to the existing or pro17 posed Federal facility at which a demonstration project 

18 under this section is conducted, the Federal facility 

19 shall— 

20 (1) be an appropriate model for a project relat21 ing to— 

22 (A) the effectiveness of high-performance 

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1 (B) analysis of materials, components, and 

2 systems, including the impact on the health of 

3 building occupants; 

4 (C) life-cycle costing and life-cycle assess5 ment of building materials and systems; and 

6 (D) location and design that promote ac7 cess to the Federal facility through walking, 

8 biking, and mass transit; and 

9 (2) possess sufficient technological and organi10 zational adaptability. 

11 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

12 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through 

13 September 30, 2013, the Director shall submit to the Ad14 ministrator a report that describes the status of and find15 ings regarding the demonstration project. 

16 SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

17 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

18 the Federal demonstration project described in section 

19 401(b) $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 

20 through 2012, to remain available until expended. 

21 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

23 ‘‘High-Performance Green Buildings Act of 2007’’. 

24 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 

25 Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—OFFICE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDINGS 

Sec. 101. Oversight. 

Sec. 102. Office of High-Performance Green Buildings. 

Sec. 103. Green Building Advisory Committee. 

Sec. 104. Public outreach. 

Sec. 105. Research and development. 

Sec. 106. Budget and life-cycle costing and contracting. 

Sec. 107. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE II—HEALTHY HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS 

Sec. 201. Definition of high-performance school. 

Sec. 202. Grants for healthy school environments. 

Sec. 203. Model guidelines for siting of school facilities. 

Sec. 204. Public outreach. 

Sec. 205. Environmental health program. 

Sec. 206. Authorization of appropriations. 

TITLE III—STRENGTHENING FEDERAL LEADERSHIP 

Sec. 301. Incentives. 

Sec. 302. Federal procurement. 

Sec. 303. Federal green building performance. 

Sec. 304. Storm water runoff requirements for Federal development projects. 

TITLE IV—DEMONSTRATION PROJECT 

Sec. 401. Coordination of goals. 

Sec. 402. Authorization of appropriations. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 

3 (1) high-performance green buildings— 

4 (A) reduce energy, water, and material re5 source use and the generation of waste; 

6 (B) improve indoor environmental quality, 

7 and protect indoor air quality by, for example, 

8 using materials that emit fewer or no toxic 

9 chemicals into the indoor air; 

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1 (D) improve lighting and the acoustic envi2 ronment; 

3 (E) improve the health and productivity of 

4 individuals who live and work in the buildings; 

5 (F) improve indoor and outdoor impacts of 

6 the buildings on human health and the environ7 ment; 

8 (G) increase the use of environmentally 

9 preferable products, including biobased, recycled, 

10 and nontoxic products with lower lifecycle im11 pacts; and 

12 (H) increase opportunities for reuse of ma13 terials and for recycling; 

14 (2) during the planning, design, and construc15 tion of a high-performance green building, the envi16 ronmental and energy impacts of building location 

17 and site design, the minimization of energy and ma18 terials use, and the environmental impacts of the 

19 building are considered; 

20 (3) according to the United States Green Build21 ing Council, certified green buildings, as compared to 

22 conventional buildings— 

23 (A) use an average of 36 percent less total 

24 energy (and in some cases up to 50 to 70 percent 

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1 (B) use 30 percent less water; and 

2 (C) reduce waste costs, often by 50 to 90 

3 percent; 

4 (4) the benefits of high-performance green build5 ings are important, because in the United States, 

6 buildings are responsible for approximately— 

7 (A) 39 percent of primary energy use; 

8 (B) 12 percent of potable water use; 

9 (C) 136,000,000 tons of building-related 

10 construction and demolition debris; 

11 (D) 70 percent of United States resource 

12 consumption; and 

13 (E) 70 percent of electricity consumption; 

14 (5) green building certification programs can be 

15 highly beneficial by disseminating up-to-date infor16 mation and expertise regarding high-performance 

17 green buildings, and by providing third-party 

18 verification of green building design, practices, and 

19 materials, and other aspects of buildings; and 

20 (6) a July 2006 study completed for the General 

21 Services Administration, entitled ‘‘Sustainable Build22 ing Rating Systems Summary,’’ concluded that— 

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1 (B) the Leadership in Energy and Environ2 mental Design (LEED) standard for green 

3 building certification is ‘‘currently the dominant 

4 system in the United States market and is being 

5 adapted to multiple markets worldwide’’; and 

6 (C) there are other useful green building 

7 certification or rating programs in various 

8 stages of development and adoption, including 

9 the Green Globes program and other rating sys10 tems. 

11 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

12 (1) to encourage the Federal Government to act 

13 as an example for State and local governments, the 

14 private sector, and individuals by building high-per15 formance green buildings that reduce energy use and 

16 environmental impacts; 

17 (2) to establish an Office within the General 

18 Services Administration, and a Green Building Advi19 sory Committee, to advance the goals of conducting 

20 research and development and public outreach, and to 

21 move the Federal Government toward construction of 

22 high-performance green buildings; 

23 (3) to encourage States, local governments, and 

24 school systems to site, build, renovate, and operate 

25 high-performance green schools through the adoption 


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1 of voluntary guidelines for those schools, the dissemi2 nation of grants, and the adoption of environmental 

3 health plans and programs; 

4 (4) to strengthen Federal leadership on high-per5 formance green buildings through the adoption of in6 centives for high-performance green buildings, and 

7 improved green procurement by Federal agencies; and 

8 (5) to demonstrate that high-performance green 

9 buildings can and do provide significant benefits, in 

10 order to encourage wider adoption of green building 

11 practices, through the adoption of demonstration 

12 projects. 

13 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

14 In this Act: 

15 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis16 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Services. 

17 (2) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ means 

18 the Green Building Advisory Committee established 

19 under section 103(a). 

20 (3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 

21 individual appointed to the position established under 

22 section 101(a). 

23 (4) FEDERAL FACILITY.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal facil25 ity’’ means any building or facility the intended 


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1 use of which requires the building or facility to 

2 be— 

3 (i) accessible to the public; and 

4 (ii) constructed or altered by or on be5 half of the United States. 

6 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘Federal facil7 ity’’ does not include a privately-owned residen8 tial or commercial structure that is not leased by 

9 the Federal Government. 

10 (5) HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDING.—The 

11 term ‘‘high-performance green building’’ means a 

12 building— 

13 (A) that, during its life-cycle— 

14 (i) reduces energy, water, and material 

15 resource use and the generation of waste; 

16 (ii) improves indoor environmental 

17 quality, including protecting indoor air 

18 quality during construction, using low19 emitting materials, improving thermal com20 fort, and improving lighting and acoustic 

21 environments that affect occupant health 

22 and productivity; 

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1 (iv) increases the use of environ2 mentally preferable products, including 

3 biobased, recycled content, and nontoxic 

4 products with lower life-cycle impacts; 

5 (v) increases reuse and recycling op6 portunities; and 

7 (vi) integrates systems in the building; 

8 and 

9 (B) for which, during its planning, design, 

10 and construction, the environmental and energy 

11 impacts of building location and site design are 

12 considered. 

13 (6) LIFE CYCLE.—The term ‘‘life cycle’’, with re14 spect to a high-performance green building, means all 

15 stages of the useful life of the building (including com16 ponents, equipment, systems, and controls of the 

17 building) beginning at conception of a green building 

18 project and continuing through site selection, design, 

19 construction, landscaping, commissioning, operation, 

20 maintenance, renovation, deconstruction or demoli21 tion, removal, and recycling of the green building. 

22 (7) LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT.—The term ‘‘life23 cycle assessment’’ means a comprehensive system ap24 proach for measuring the environmental performance 

25 of a product or service over the life of the product or 


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1 service, beginning at raw materials acquisition and 

2 continuing through manufacturing, transportation, 

3 installation, use, reuse, and end-of-life waste manage4 ment. 

5 (8) LIFE-CYCLE COSTING.—The term ‘‘life-cycle 

6 costing’’, with respect to a high-performance green 

7 building, means a technique of economic evaluation 

8 that— 

9 (A) sums, over a given study period, the 

10 costs of initial investment (less resale value), re11 placements, operations (including energy use), 

12 and maintenance and repair of an investment 

13 decision; and 

14 (B) is expressed— 

15 (i) in present value terms, in the case 

16 of a study period equivalent to the longest 

17 useful life of the building, determined by 

18 taking into consideration the typical life of 

19 such a building in the area in which the 

20 building is to be located; or 

21 (ii) in annual value terms, in the case 

22 of any other study period. 

23 (9) OFFICE.—The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office 

24 of High-Performance Green Buildings established 

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1 TITLE I—OFFICE OF HIGH-PER2 FORMANCE GREEN BUILD3 INGS 

4 SEC. 101. OVERSIGHT. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall establish 

6 within the General Services Administration, and appoint 

7 an individual to serve as Director in, a position in the ca8 reer-reserved Senior Executive service, to— 

9 (1) establish and manage the Office in accord10 ance with section 102; and 

11 (2) carry out other duties as required under this 

12 Act. 

13 (b) COMPENSATION.—The compensation of the Direc14 tor shall not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay for the 

15 Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5, 

16 United States Code, including any applicable locality-based 

17 comparability payment that may be authorized under sec18 tion 5304(h)(2)(C) of that title. 

19 SEC. 102. OFFICE OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILD20 INGS. 

21 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish 

22 within the General Services Administration an Office of 

23 High-Performance Green Buildings. 

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1 (1) ensure full coordination of high-performance 

2 green building information and activities within the 

3 General Services Administration and all relevant 

4 Federal agencies, including, at a minimum— 

5 (A) the Environmental Protection Agency; 

6 (B) the Office of the Federal Environmental 

7 Executive; 

8 (C) the Office of Federal Procurement Pol9 icy; 

10 (D) the Department of Energy; 

11 (E) the Department of Health and Human 

12 Services; 

13 (F) the Department of Defense; and 

14 (G) such other Federal agencies as the Di15 rector considers to be appropriate; 

16 (2) establish a senior-level green building advi17 sory committee, which shall provide advice and rec18 ommendations in accordance with section 103; 

19 (3) identify and biennially reassess improved or 

20 higher rating standards recommended by the Com21 mittee; 

22 (4) establish a national high-performance green 

23 building clearinghouse in accordance with section 

24 104, which shall provide green building information 

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1 (A) outreach; 

2 (B) education; and 

3 (C) the provision of technical assistance; 

4 (5) ensure full coordination of research and de5 velopment information relating to high-performance 

6 green building initiatives under section 105; 

7 (6) identify and develop green building stand8 ards that could be used for all types of Federal facili9 ties in accordance with section 105; 

10 (7) establish green practices that can be used 

11 throughout the life of a Federal facility; 

12 (8) review and analyze current Federal budget 

13 practices and life-cycle costing issues, and make rec14 ommendations to Congress, in accordance with section 

15 106; and 

16 (9) complete and submit the report described in 

17 subsection (c). 

18 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Direc20 tor shall submit to Congress a report that— 

21 (1) describes the status of the green building ini22 tiatives under this Act and other Federal programs in 

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1 (A) the extent to which the programs are 

2 being carried out in accordance with this Act; 

3 and 

4 (B) the status of funding requests and ap5 propriations for those programs; 

6 (2) identifies within the planning, budgeting, 

7 and construction process all types of Federal facility 

8 procedures that inhibit new and existing Federal fa9 cilities from becoming high-performance green build10 ings, as measured by the standard for high-perform11 ance green buildings identified in accordance with 

12 subsection (d); 

13 (3) identifies inconsistencies, as reported to the 

14 Committee, in Federal law with respect to product ac15 quisition guidelines and high-performance product 

16 guidelines; 

17 (4) recommends language for uniform standards 

18 for use by Federal agencies in environmentally re19 sponsible acquisition; 

20 (5) in coordination with the Office of Manage21 ment and Budget, reviews the budget process for cap22 ital programs with respect to alternatives for— 

23 (A) restructuring of budgets to require the 

24 use of complete energy- and environmental-cost 

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1 (B) using operations expenditures in budg2 et-related decisions while simultaneously incor3 porating productivity and health measures (as 

4 those measures can be quantified by the Office, 

5 with the assistance of universities and national 

6 laboratories); 

7 (C) permitting Federal agencies to retain 

8 all identified savings accrued as a result of the 

9 use of life cycle costing; and 

10 (D) identifying short- and long-term cost 

11 savings that accrue from high-performance green 

12 buildings, including those relating to health and 

13 productivity; 

14 (6) identifies green, self-sustaining technologies 

15 to address the operational needs of Federal facilities 

16 in times of national security emergencies, natural dis17 asters, or other dire emergencies; 

18 (7) summarizes and highlights development, at 

19 the State and local level, of green building initiatives, 

20 including Executive orders, policies, or laws adopted 

21 promoting green building (including the status of im22 plementation of those initiatives); and 

23 (8) includes, for the 2-year period covered by the 

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1 ommendation, described in paragraphs (1) through 

2 (6). 

3 (d) IDENTIFICATION OF STANDARD.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of subsection 

5 (c)(2), not later than 60 days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, the Director shall identify a stand7 ard that the Director determines to be the most likely 

8 to encourage a comprehensive and environmentally9 sound approach to certification of green buildings. 

10 (2) BASIS.—The standard identified under para11 graph (1) shall be based on— 

12 (A) a biennial study, which shall be carried 

13 out by the Director to compare and evaluate 

14 standards; 

15 (B) the ability and availability of assessors 

16 and auditors to independently verify the criteria 

17 and measurement of metrics at the scale nec18 essary to implement this Act; 

19 (C) the ability of the applicable standard20 setting organization to collect and reflect public 

21 comment; 

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1 (E) an evaluation of the adequacy of the 

2 standard, which shall give credit for— 

3 (i) efficient and sustainable use of 

4 water, energy, and other natural resources; 

5 (ii) use of renewable energy sources; 

6 (iii) improved indoor environmental 

7 quality through enhanced indoor air qual8 ity, thermal comfort, acoustics, day light9 ing, pollutant source control, and use of 

10 low-emission materials and building system 

11 controls; and 

12 (iv) such other criteria as the Director 

13 determines to be appropriate; and 

14 (F) national recognition within the build15 ing industry. 

16 (3) BIENNIAL REVIEW.—The Director shall— 

17 (A) conduct a biennial review of the stand18 ard identified under paragraph (1); and 

19 (B) include the results of each biennial re20 view in the report required to be submitted under 

21 subsection (c). 

22 (e) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Office shall carry out each 

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1 SEC. 103. GREEN BUILDING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 

2 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

3 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish 

4 an advisory committee, to be known as the ‘‘Green Building 

5 Advisory Committee’’. 

6 (b) MEMBERSHIP.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be com8 posed of representatives of, at a minimum— 

9 (A) each agency referred to in section 

10 102(b)(1); and 

11 (B) other relevant agencies and entities, as 

12 determined by the Director, including at least 1 

13 representative of each of— 

14 (i) State and local governmental green 

15 building programs; 

16 (ii) independent green building asso17 ciations or councils; 

18 (iii) building experts, including archi19 tects, material suppliers, and construction 

20 contractors; 

21 (iv) security advisors focusing on na22 tional security needs, natural disasters, and 

23 other dire emergency situations; and 

24 (v) environmental health experts, in25 cluding those with experience in children’s 

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1 (2) NON-FEDERAL MEMBERS.—The total number 

2 of non-Federal members on the Committee at any 

3 time shall not exceed 15. 

4 (c) MEETINGS.—The Director shall establish a regular 

5 schedule of meetings for the Committee. 

6 (d) DUTIES.—The Committee shall provide advice and 

7 expertise for use by the Director in carrying out the duties 

8 under this Act, including such recommendations relating 

9 to Federal activities carried out under sections 104 through 

10 106 as are agreed to by a majority of the members of the 

11 Committee. 

12 (e) FACA EXEMPTION.—The Committee shall not be 

13 subject to section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

14 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

15 SEC. 104. PUBLIC OUTREACH. 

16 The Director, in coordination with the Committee, 

17 shall carry out public outreach to inform individuals and 

18 entities of the information and services available Govern19 ment-wide by— 

20 (1) establishing and maintaining a national 

21 high-performance green building clearinghouse, in22 cluding on the Internet, that— 

23 (A) identifies existing similar efforts and 

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1 (B) provides information relating to high2 performance green buildings, including 

3 hyperlinks to Internet sites that describe related 

4 activities, information, and resources of— 

5 (i) the Federal Government; 

6 (ii) State and local governments; 

7 (iii) the private sector (including non8 governmental and nonprofit entities and or9 ganizations); and 

10 (iv) other relevant organizations, in11 cluding those from other countries; 

12 (2) identifying and recommending educational 

13 resources for implementing high-performance green 

14 building practices, including security and emergency 

15 benefits and practices; 

16 (3) providing access to technical assistance on 

17 using tools and resources to make more cost-effective, 

18 energy-efficient, health-protective, and environ19 mentally beneficial decisions for constructing high20 performance green buildings, including tools available 

21 to conduct life-cycle costing and life-cycle assessment; 

22 (4) providing information on application proc23 esses for certifying a high-performance green building, 

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1 (5) providing technical information, market re2 search, or other forms of assistance or advice that 

3 would be useful in planning and constructing high4 performance green buildings; and 

5 (6) using such other methods as are determined 

6 by the Director to be appropriate. 

7 SEC. 105. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director, in coordination 

9 with the Committee, shall— 

10 (1)(A) survey existing research and studies relat11 ing to high-performance green buildings; and 

12 (B) coordinate activities of common interest; 

13 (2) develop and recommend a high-performance 

14 green building research plan that— 

15 (A) identifies information and research 

16 needs, including the relationships between 

17 human health, occupant productivity, and each 

18 of— 

19 (i) emissions from materials and prod20 ucts in the building; 

21 (ii) natural day lighting; 

22 (iii) ventilation choices and tech23 nologies; 

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1 (v) moisture control and mold; 

2 (vi) maintenance, cleaning, and pest 

3 control activities; 

4 (vii) acoustics; and 

5 (viii) other issues relating to the 

6 health, comfort, productivity, and perform7 ance of occupants of the building; and 

8 (B) promotes the development and dissemi9 nation of high-performance green building meas10 urement tools that, at a minimum, may be 

11 used— 

12 (i) to monitor and assess the life-cycle 

13 performance of facilities (including dem14 onstration projects) built as high-perform15 ance green buildings; and 

16 (ii) to perform life-cycle assessments; 

17 (3) assist the budget and life-cycle costing func18 tions of the Office under section 106; 

19 (4) study and identify potential benefits of green 

20 buildings relating to security, natural disaster, and 

21 emergency needs of the Federal Government; and 

22 (5) support other research initiatives determined 

23 by the Office. 

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1 prehensive indoor air quality program for all Federal fa2 cilities to ensure the safety of Federal workers and facility 

3 occupants— 

4 (1) during new construction and renovation of 

5 facilities; and 

6 (2) in existing facilities. 

7 SEC. 106. BUDGET AND LIFE-CYCLE COSTING AND CON8 TRACTING. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director, in coordination 

10 with the Committee, shall— 

11 (1) identify, review, and analyze current budget 

12 and contracting practices that affect achievement of 

13 high-performance green buildings, including the iden14 tification of barriers to green building life-cycle cost15 ing and budgetary issues; 

16 (2) develop guidance and conduct training ses17 sions with budget specialists and contracting per18 sonnel from Federal agencies and budget examiners to 

19 apply life-cycle cost criteria to actual projects; 

20 (3) identify tools to aid life-cycle cost decision21 making; and 

22 (4) explore the feasibility of incorporating the 

23 benefits of green buildings, such as security benefits, 

24 into a cost-budget analysis to aid in life-cycle costing 

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1 SEC. 107. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

3 this title $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 

4 2012, to remain available until expended. 

5 TITLE II—HEALTHY HIGH6 PERFORMANCE SCHOOLS 

7 SEC. 201. DEFINITION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE SCHOOL. 

8 In this title, the term ‘‘high-performance school’’ has 

9 the meaning given the term ‘‘healthy, high-performance 

10 school building’’ in section 5586 of the Elementary and Sec11 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7277e). 

12 SEC. 202. GRANTS FOR HEALTHY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS. 

13 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

14 Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, 

15 may provide grants to qualified State agencies for use in— 

16 (1) providing technical assistance for programs 

17 of the Environmental Protection Agency (including 

18 the Tools for Schools Program and the Healthy School 

19 Environmental Assessment Tool) to schools for use in 

20 addressing environmental issues; and 

21 (2) development of State school environmental 

22 quality plans that include— 

23 (A) standards for school building design, 

24 construction, and renovation; and 

25 (B) identification of ongoing school building 

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1 ommended solutions to address those problems, 

2 including assessment of information on the expo3 sure of children to environmental hazards in 

4 school facilities. 

5 SEC. 203. MODEL GUIDELINES FOR SITING OF SCHOOL FA6 CILITIES. 

7 The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 

8 Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Education 

9 and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall de10 velop voluntary school site selection guidelines that account 

11 for— 

12 (1) the special vulnerability of children to haz13 ardous substances or pollution exposures in any case 

14 in which the potential for contamination at a poten15 tial school site exists; 

16 (2) modes of transportation available to students 

17 and staff; 

18 (3) the efficient use of energy; and 

19 (4) the potential use of a school at the site as an 

20 emergency shelter. 

21 SEC. 204. PUBLIC OUTREACH. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Environ23 mental Protection Agency shall provide to the Director in24 formation relating to all activities carried out under this 


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1 title, which the Director shall include in the report described 

2 in section 102(c). 

3 (b) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Director shall ensure, to 

4 the maximum extent practicable, that the public clearing5 house established under section 104 receives and makes 

6 available information on the exposure of children to envi7 ronmental hazards in school facilities, as provided by the 

8 Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

9 SEC. 205. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Environ11 mental Protection Agency, in consultation with the Sec12 retary of Education, the Secretary of Health and Human 

13 Services, and other relevant agencies, shall issue voluntary 

14 guidelines for use by the State in developing and imple15 menting an environmental health program for schools 

16 that— 

17 (1) takes into account the status and findings of 

18 Federal research initiatives established under this Act 

19 and other relevant Federal law with respect to school 

20 facilities, including relevant updates on trends in the 

21 field, such as the impact of school facility environ22 ments on student and staff— 

23 (A) health, safety, and productivity; and 

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1 (2) provides research using relevant tools identi2 fied or developed in accordance with section 105(a) to 

3 quantify the relationships between— 

4 (A) human health, occupant productivity, 

5 and student performance; and 

6 (B) with respect to school facilities, each 

7 of— 

8 (i) pollutant emissions from materials 

9 and products; 

10 (ii) natural day lighting; 

11 (iii) ventilation choices and tech12 nologies; 

13 (iv) heating and cooling choices and 

14 technologies; 

15 (v) moisture control and mold; 

16 (vi) maintenance, cleaning, and pest 

17 control activities; 

18 (vii) acoustics; and 

19 (viii) other issues relating to the 

20 health, comfort, productivity, and perform21 ance of occupants of the school facilities; 

22 (3) provides technical assistance on siting, de23 sign, management, and operation of school facilities, 

24 including facilities used by students with disabilities 

25 or special needs; 


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1 (4) collaborates with federally funded pediatric 

2 environmental health centers to assist in on-site school 

3 environmental investigations; 

4 (5) assists States and the public in better under5 standing and improving the environmental health of 

6 children; and 

7 (6) provides to the Office a biennial report of all 

8 activities carried out under this title, which the Di9 rector shall include in the report described in section 

10 102(c). 

11 (b) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Director shall ensure, to 

12 the maximum extent practicable, that the public clearing13 house established under section 104 receives and makes 

14 available— 

15 (1) information from the Administrator of the 

16 Environmental Protection Agency that is contained 

17 in the report described in subsection (a)(6); and 

18 (2) information on the exposure of children to 

19 environmental hazards in school facilities, as pro20 vided by the Administrator of the Environmental 

21 Protection Agency. 

22 SEC. 206. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

23 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

24 this title $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 

25 through 2012, to remain available until expended. 


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1 TITLE III—STRENGTHENING 

2 FEDERAL LEADERSHIP 

3 SEC. 301. INCENTIVES. 

4 As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 

5 this Act, the Director shall identify incentives to encourage 

6 the use of green buildings and related technology in the op7 erations of the Federal Government, including through— 

8 (1) the provision of recognition awards; and 

9 (2) the maximum feasible retention of financial 

10 savings in the annual budgets of Federal agencies. 

11 SEC. 302. FEDERAL PROCUREMENT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

13 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 

14 Federal Procurement Policy, in consultation with the Di15 rector and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, 

16 Technology, and Logistics, shall promulgate revisions of the 

17 applicable acquisition regulations, to take effect as of the 

18 date of promulgation of the revisions— 

19 (1) to direct any Federal procurement executives 

20 involved in the acquisition, construction, or major 

21 renovation (including contracting for the construction 

22 or major renovation) of any facility, to the maximum 

23 extent practicable— 

24 (A) to employ integrated design principles; 


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1 (B) to optimize building and systems en2 ergy performance; 

3 (C) to protect and conserve water; 

4 (D) to enhance indoor environmental qual5 ity; and 

6 (E) to reduce environmental impacts of ma7 terials and waste flows; and 

8 (2) to direct Federal procurement executives in9 volved in leasing buildings, to give preference to the 

10 lease of facilities that, to the maximum extent prac11 ticable— 

12 (A) are energy-efficient; and 

13 (B) have applied contemporary high-per14 formance and sustainable design principles dur15 ing construction or renovation. 

16 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

17 of promulgation of the revised regulations under subsection 

18 (a), the Director shall issue guidance to all Federal procure19 ment executives providing direction and the option to re20 negotiate the design of proposed facilities, renovations for 

21 existing facilities, and leased facilities to incorporate im22 provements that are consistent with this section. 

23 SEC. 303. FEDERAL GREEN BUILDING PERFORMANCE. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 31 of each 

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1 Act is enacted, and at such times thereafter as the Comp2 troller General of the United States determines to be appro3 priate, the Comptroller General of the United States shall, 

4 with respect to the fiscal years that have passed since the 

5 preceding report— 

6 (1) conduct an audit of the implementation of 

7 this Act; and 

8 (2) submit to the Office, the Committee, the Ad9 ministrator, and Congress a report describing the re10 sults of the audit. 

11 (b) CONTENTS.—An audit under subsection (a) shall 

12 include a review, with respect to the period covered by the 

13 report under subsection (a)(2), of— 

14 (1) budget, life-cycle costing, and contracting 

15 issues, using best practices identified by the Comp16 troller General of the United States and heads of other 

17 agencies in accordance with section 106; 

18 (2) the level of coordination among the Office, 

19 the Office of Management and Budget, and relevant 

20 agencies; 

21 (3) the performance of the Office in carrying out 

22 the implementation plan; 

23 (4) the design stage of high-performance green 

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1 (5) high-performance building data that were 

2 collected and reported to the Office; and 

3 (6) such other matters as the Comptroller Gen4 eral of the United States determines to be appro5 priate. 

6 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SCORECARD.— 

7 The Director shall consult with the Committee to enhance, 

8 and assist in the implementation of, the Environmental 

9 Stewardship Scorecard announced at the White House sum10 mit on Federal sustainable buildings in January 2006, to 

11 measure the implementation by each Federal agency of sus12 tainable design and green building initiatives. 

13 SEC. 304. STORM WATER RUNOFF REQUIREMENTS FOR FED14 ERAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. 

15 The sponsor of any development or redevelopment 

16 project involving a Federal facility with a footprint that 

17 exceeds 5,000 square feet shall use site planning, design, 

18 construction, and maintenance strategies for the property 

19 to maintain, to the maximum extent technically feasible, 

20 the predevelopment hydrology of the property with regard 

21 to the temperature, rate, volume, and duration of flow. 


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1 TITLE IV—DEMONSTRATION 

2 PROJECT 

3 SEC. 401. COORDINATION OF GOALS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish guide5 lines to implement a demonstration project to contribute 

6 to the research goals of the Office. 

7 (b) PROJECTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with guidelines 

9 established by the Director under subsection (a) and 

10 the duties of the Director described in title I, the Di11 rector shall carry out 3 demonstration projects. 

12 (2) LOCATION OF PROJECTS.—Each project car13 ried out under paragraph (1) shall be located in a 

14 Federal building in a State recommended by the Di15 rector in accordance with subsection (c). 

16 (3) REQUIREMENTS.—Each project carried out 

17 under paragraph (1) shall— 

18 (A) provide for the evaluation of the infor19 mation obtained through the conduct of projects 

20 and activities under this Act; and 

21 (B) achieve the highest available rating 

22 under the standard identified pursuant to section 

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1 (c) CRITERIA.—With respect to the existing or pro2 posed Federal facility at which a demonstration project 

3 under this section is conducted, the Federal facility shall— 

4 (1) be an appropriate model for a project relat5 ing to— 

6 (A) the effectiveness of high-performance 

7 technologies; 

8 (B) analysis of materials, components, and 

9 systems, including the impact on the health of 

10 building occupants; 

11 (C) life-cycle costing and life-cycle assess12 ment of building materials and systems; and 

13 (D) location and design that promote access 

14 to the Federal facility through walking, biking, 

15 and mass transit; and 

16 (2) possess sufficient technological and organiza17 tional adaptability. 

18 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter through Sep20 tember 30, 2013, the Director shall submit to the Adminis21 trator a report that describes the status of and findings re22 garding the demonstration project. 

23 SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

24 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

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1 401(b) $10,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 

2 through 2012, to remain available until expended. 


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Calendar No. 533 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 506 

[Report No. 110

–241] 

A BILL 

To improve efficiency in the Federal Government 

ings, and for other purposes. through the use of high-performance green buildDECEMBER 12, 2007 

Reported with an amendment 


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