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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1072 

To require Federal agencies to conduct their environmental, transportation, 

and energy-related activities in support of their respective missions in 

an environmentally, economically, and fiscally sound manner, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mr. STEVENS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To require Federal agencies to conduct their environmental, 

transportation, and energy-related activities in support 

of their respective missions in an environmentally, economically, and fiscally sound manner, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Federal Agency Environmental Responsibility Act’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—FEDERAL AGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 

Sec. 101. Declaration of policy. 

Sec. 102. Agency goals. 

Sec. 103. Duties of heads of agencies.

Sec. 104. Additional duties of the chairman of the Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

Sec. 105. Duties of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

Sec. 106. Duties of the Federal Environmental Executive. 

Sec. 107. Limitations. 

Sec. 108. Exemption authority. 

Sec. 109. General provisions. 

Sec. 110. Energy efficient standby power devices. 

Sec. 111. Public utility contracting authority. 

Sec. 112. Project costs for energy innovations. 

Sec. 113. Definitions. 

TITLE II—ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING 

Sec. 201. Statement of purpose. 

Sec. 202. Replacement of low energy efficient bulbs. 

Sec. 203. Disposal plan. 

Sec. 204. Progress report. 

Sec. 205. Working with industry. 

Sec. 206. Definitions. 

1 TITLE I—FEDERAL AGENCY EN2 VIRONMENTAL RESPONSI3 BILITY 

4 SEC. 101. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

5 The Congress finds and declares that it is the policy 

6 of the United States that Federal agencies conduct their 

7 environmental, transportation, and energy-related activi8 ties under the law in support of their respective missions 

9 in an environmentally, economically and fiscally sound, in10 tegrated, continuously improving, efficient, and sustain11 able manner. 

12 SEC. 102. AGENCY GOALS. 

13 The head of each agency shall— 


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1 (1) improve energy efficiency and reduce green2 house gas emissions of the agency, through reduc3 tion of energy intensity by— 

4 (A) 3 percent annually through the end of 

5 fiscal year 2014; or 

6 (B) 30 percent by the end of fiscal year 

7 2014, relative to the baseline of the agency’s 

8 energy use in fiscal year 2003; 

9 (2) ensure that— 

10 (A) at least half of the statutorily required 

11 renewable energy consumed by the agency in a 

12 fiscal year comes from new renewable sources; 

13 and 

14 (B) to the extent feasible, the agency im15 plements renewable energy generation projects 

16 on agency property for agency use; 

17 (3) beginning in fiscal year 2008, reduce water 

18 consumption intensity, relative to the baseline of the 

19 agency’s water consumption in fiscal year 2007 and 

20 including both indoor and outdoor consumption, 

21 through life-cycle cost-effective measures by 2 per22 cent annually through the end of fiscal year 2014 or 

23 16 percent by the end of fiscal year 2014; 

24 (4) require in agency acquisitions of goods and 

25 services— 


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1 (A) the use of sustainable environmental 

2 practices, including acquisition of biobased, en3 vironmentally preferable, energy-efficient, 

4 water-efficient, and recycled-content products; 

5 and 

6 (B) the use of paper that has at least 30 

7 percent post-consumer fiber content; 

8 (5) ensure that the agency— 

9 (A) reduces the quantity of toxic and haz10 ardous chemicals and materials acquired, used, 

11 or disposed of by the agency; 

12 (B) increases diversion of solid waste as 

13 appropriate; and 

14 (C) maintains cost-effective waste preven15 tion and recycling programs in its facilities; 

16 (6) ensure that if the agency operates a fleet of 

17 at least 20 motor vehicles, the agency, relative to 

18 agency baselines for fiscal year 2005— 

19 (A) reduces the fleet’s total consumption of 

20 petroleum products by 2 percent annually 

21 through the end of fiscal year 2014; 

22 (B) increases the total fuel consumption 

23 that is non-petroleum-based by 10 percent an24 nually; and 


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1 (C) uses plug-in hybrid vehicles when such 

2 vehicles are commercially available at a cost 

3 reasonably comparable, on the basis of life-cycle 

4 cost, to other vehicles; and 

5 (8) ensure that the agency— 

6 (A) when acquiring an electronic product 

7 to meet its requirements, meets at least 95 per8 cent of those requirements with an electronic 

9 product that is registered for the Electronic 

10 Product Environmental Assessment Tool, un11 less there is no Electronic Product Environ12 mental Assessment Tool standard for such 

13 product; 

14 (B) enables the Energy Star feature on 

15 agency computers and monitors; 

16 (C) establishes and implements policies to 

17 extend the useful life of agency electronic equip18 ment; and 

19 (D) uses environmentally sound practices 

20 with respect to disposition of agency electronic 

21 equipment that has reached the end of its use22 ful life. 

23 SEC. 103. DUTIES OF HEADS OF AGENCIES. 

24 The head of each agency shall— 


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1 (1) implement sustainable practices within the 

2 agency for— 

3 (A) energy efficiency, greenhouse gas emis4 sions avoidance or reduction, and petroleum 

5 products use reduction; 

6 (B) renewable energy, including bioenergy; 

7 (C) water conservation; 

8 (D) acquisition; 

9 (E) pollution and waste prevention and re10 cycling; 

11 (F) reduction or elimination of acquisition 

12 and use of toxic or hazardous chemicals; 

13 (G) high performance construction, lease, 

14 operation, and maintenance of buildings; 

15 (H) vehicle fleet management; and 

16 (I) electronic equipment management; 

17 (2) implement within the agency environmental 

18 management systems at all appropriate organiza19 tional levels to ensure— 

20 (A) the use of environmental management 

21 systems as the primary management approach 

22 for addressing environmental aspects of internal 

23 agency operations and activities, including envi24 ronmental aspects of energy and transportation 

25 functions; 


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1 (B) establishment of agency objectives and 

2 targets to ensure implementation of this title; 

3 and 

4 (C) collection, analysis, and reporting of 

5 information to measure performance in the im6 plementation of this title; 

7 (3) establish within the agency programs for— 

8 (A) environmental management training; 

9 (B) environmental compliance review and 

10 audit; and 

11 (C) leadership awards to recognize out12 standing environmental, energy, or transpor13 tation management performance in the agency; 

14 (4) within 30 days after the date of enactment 

15 of this Act— 

16 (A) designate a senior civilian officer of the 

17 United States, compensated annually in an 

18 amount at or above the amount payable at level 

19 IV of the Executive Schedule, to be responsible 

20 for implementation of this title within the agen21 cy; 

22 (B) report such designation to the Director 

23 of the Office of Management and Budget and 

24 the Chairman of the Council on Environmental 

25 Quality; and 


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1 (C) assign the designated official the au2 thority and duty— 

3 (i) to monitor and report to the head 

4 of the agency on agency activities to carry 

5 out paragraphs (1) and (2) of this sub6 section; and 

7 (ii) to perform such other duties relat8 ing to the implementation of this title 

9 within the agency as the head of the agen10 cy deems appropriate; 

11 (5) ensure that contracts entered into after the 

12 date of enactment of this Act for contractor oper13 ation of government-owned facilities or vehicles re14 quire the contractor to comply with the provisions of 

15 this title with respect to such facilities or vehicles to 

16 the same extent as the agency would be required to 

17 comply if the agency operated the facilities or vehi18 cles; 

19 (6) ensure that agreements, permits, leases, li20 censes, or other legally-binding obligations between 

21 the agency and a tenant or concessionaire entered 

22 into after the date of enactment of this Act, to the 

23 extent the head of the agency determines appro24 priate, that the tenant or concessionaire take actions 

25 relating to matters within the scope of the contract 


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1 that facilitate the agency’s compliance with the re2 quirements of this section; 

3 (7) provide reports on agency implementation of 

4 this title to the Chairman of the Council on such 

5 schedule and in such format as the Chairman of the 

6 Council may require; and 

7 (8) provide information and assistance to the 

8 Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 

9 the Chairman of the Council, and the Federal Envi10 ronmental Executive. 

11 SEC. 104. ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 

12 COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. 

13 The Chairman of the Council on Environmental 

14 Quality— 

15 (1)(A) shall establish a Steering Committee on 

16 Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and 

17 Transportation Management to advise the Director 

18 of the Office of Management and Budget and the 

19 Chairman of the Council on the performance of their 

20 functions under this title that shall consist exclu21 sively of— 

22 (i) the Federal Environmental Executive, 

23 who shall chair, convene, and preside at meet24 ings of, determine the agenda of, and direct the 

25 work of, the Steering Committee; and 


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1 (ii) the senior officials designated under 

2 section 103(4)(A); and 

3 (B) may establish subcommittees of the Steer4 ing Committee, to assist it in developing its advice 

5 on particular subjects; 

6 (2) may, after consultation with the Director of 

7 the Office of Management and Budget and the 

8 Steering Committee, issue instructions to implement 

9 this title, other than instructions within the author10 ity of the Director to issue under section 105; and 

11 (3) shall administer a presidential leadership 

12 award program to recognize exceptional and out13 standing environmental, energy, or transportation 

14 management performance and excellence in agency 

15 efforts to implement this title. 

16 SEC. 105. DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 

17 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. 

18 In implementing the policy of this title, the Director 

19 of the Office of Management and Budget shall, after con20 sultation with the Chairman of the Council and the Steer21 ing Committee, issue instructions to the heads of agencies 

22 concerning— 

23 (1) the periodic evaluation of agency implemen24 tation of this title; 


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1 (2) budget and appropriations matters relating 

2 to implementation of this title; 

3 (3) implementation of section 102(4) of this 

4 title; and 

5 (4) amendments of the Federal Acquisition 

6 Regulation necessary to implement this title. 

7 SEC. 106. DUTIES OF THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL EX8 ECUTIVE. 

9 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is estab10 lished within the Environmental Protection Agency a Fed11 eral Environmental Office. The Office shall be headed by 

12 the Federal Environmental Executive, who shall be ap13 pointed by the President. 

14 (b) DUTIES.—The Federal Environmental Executive 

15 shall— 

16 (1) monitor, and advise the Chairman of the 

17 Council on, performance by agencies with the re18 quirements of sections 102 and 103 of this title; 

19 (2) submit a report to the President, through 

20 the Chairman of the Council, not less often than 

21 once every 2 years, on the activities of agencies to 

22 comply with the requirements of this title; and 

23 (3) advise the Chairman of the Council on the 

24 Chairman’s exercise of the authority provided by 

25 section 104(3) of this title. 


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1 SEC. 107. LIMITATIONS. 

2 (a) UNITED STATES OPERATIONS.—Except as pro3 vided in subsection (b), this title shall apply to an agency 

4 only with respect to the activities, personnel, resources, 

5 and facilities of the agency that are located within the 

6 United States. 

7 (b) FOREIGN OPERATIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an agency may 

9 provide that this title shall apply in whole or in part 

10 with respect to the activities, personnel, resources, 

11 and facilities of the agency that are not located with12 in the United States, if the head of the agency de13 termines that such application is in the interest of 

14 the United States. 

15 (2) OTHER FOREIGN OPERATIONS.—The head 

16 of an agency shall manage activities, personnel, re17 sources, and facilities of the agency that are not lo18 cated within the United States, and with respect to 

19 which the head of the agency has not made a deter20 mination under subsection (a) of this section, in a 

21 manner consistent with the policy of this title to the 

22 extent the head of the agency determines prac23 ticable. 

24 SEC. 108. EXEMPTION AUTHORITY. 

25 (a) INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES.—The Director of 

26 National Intelligence may exempt an intelligence activity 


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1 of the United States, and related personnel, resources, and 

2 facilities, from the provisions of this title to the extent the 

3 Director determines necessary to protect intelligence 

4 sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure. 

5 (b) LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—The head of 

6 an agency may exempt law enforcement activities of that 

7 agency, and related personnel, resources, and facilities, 

8 from the provisions of this title to the extent the head of 

9 an agency determines necessary to protect undercover op10 erations from unauthorized disclosure. 

11 (c) SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES.—The head of an 

12 agency may exempt law enforcement, protective, emer13 gency response, or military tactical vehicle fleets of that 

14 agency from the provisions of this title. Notwithstanding 

15 any such exemption, the head of an agency shall manage 

16 fleets of such vehicles in a manner consistent with the pol17 icy of this title to the extent practicable. 

18 (d) ACTIVITIES.—The head of an agency may submit 

19 to the President, through the Chairman of the Council, 

20 a request for an exemption of an agency activity and re21 lated personnel, resources, and facilities from this title. 

22 SEC. 109. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—This title shall be implemented in 

24 a manner consistent with applicable law and subject to 

25 the availability of appropriations. 


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1 (b) OMB FUNCTIONS.—Nothing in this title shall be 

2 construed to impair or otherwise affect the functions of 

3 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget re4 lating to budget, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

5 (c) NO RIGHT OF RECOURSE.—This title is intended 

6 only to improve the internal management of the Federal 

7 Government and is not intended to, and does not, create 

8 any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable 

9 at law or in equity by a party against the United States, 

10 its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, entities, offi11 cers, employees or agents, or any other person. 

12 SEC. 110. ENERGY EFFICIENT STANDBY POWER DEVICES. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever a Federal agency pur14 chases a commercially available, off-the-shelf product that 

15 uses an external standby power device, or that contains 

16 an internal standby power function, it shall purchase— 

17 (1) products that use no more than 1 Watt in 

18 their standby power mode; or 

19 (2) when such a product is not available, prod20 ucts with the lowest standby power wattage while in 

21 their standby power mode. 

22 (b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) applies only if com23 pliance with its requirements is practicable and life-cycle 

24 cost-effective, and a product’s utility and performance is 


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1 not be compromised by compliance with those require2 ments. 

3 (c) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary of Energy, in con4 sultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Adminis5 trator of the General Services Administration shall com6 pile and maintain a list of products subject to subsection 

7 (a) and a list of products that meet the requirements of 

8 that subsection. 

9 SEC. 111. PUBLIC UTILITY CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. 

10 Section 501(b)(1)(B) of title 40, United States Code, 

11 is amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘(B) PUBLIC UTILITY CONTRACTS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A contract for 

14 public utility services may be made for a 

15 period of not more than 10 years. 

16 ‘‘(ii) RENEWABLE ENERGY CON17 TRACTS.—A contract for renewable energy 

18 may be made for a period of not more than 

19 20 years. 

20 ‘‘(iii) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara21 graph: 

22 ‘‘(I) PUBLIC UTILITY SERV23 ICES.—The term ‘public utility serv24 ices’ means generation, transmission, 


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1 distribution, or other services directly 

2 used in providing electric energy. 

3 ‘‘(II) RENEWABLE ENERGY.— 

4 The term ‘renewable energy’ means 

5 electric energy generated from solar, 

6 wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (in7 cluding tidal, wave, current, and ther8 mal), geothermal, municipal solid 

9 waste, or new hydroelectric generation 

10 capacity achieved from increased effi11 ciency, or additional new capacity an 

12 existing hydroelectric project.’’. 

13 SEC. 112. PROJECT COSTS FOR ENERGY INNOVATIONS. 

14 Section 3307(c) of title 40, United States Code, is 

15 amended by striking ‘‘cost.’’ and inserting ‘‘cost, unless 

16 the increase is for the addition of energy-efficient tech17 nologies that were not included in the design of the build18 ing on the date the prospectus was transmitted to Con19 gress and the amount of the increase is projected to be 

20 recoverable during the first 10 years of the operation (or 

21 operational phase) of the building.’’. 

22 SEC. 113. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this title: 

24 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means an 

25 executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, 


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1 United States Code, excluding the Government Ac2 countability Office. 

3 (2) CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL.—The term 

4 ‘‘Chairman of the Council’’ means the Chairman of 

5 the Council on Environmental Quality, including in 

6 the Chairman’s capacity as Director of the Office of 

7 Environmental Quality. 

8 (3) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 

9 Council on Environmental Quality. 

10 (4) ENVIRONMENTAL.—The term ‘‘environ11 mental’’ means environmental aspects of internal 

12 agency operations and activities, including those en13 vironmental aspects related to energy and transpor14 tation functions. 

15 (5) GREENHOUSE GAS.—The term ‘‘greenhouse 

16 gas’’ means carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, 

17 hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur 

18 hexafluoride. 

19 (6) LIFE-CYCLE COST-EFFECTIVE.—The term 

20 ‘‘life-cycle cost-effective’’ means the life-cycle costs 

21 of a product, project, or measure are estimated to be 

22 equal to or less than the base case (i.e., current or 

23 standard practice or product). 

24 (7) NEW RENEWABLE SOURCES.—The term 

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1 able energy placed into service after January 1, 

2 1999. 

3 (8) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renew4 able energy’’ means energy produced by solar, wind, 

5 biomass, landfill gas, ocean (including tidal, wave, 

6 current and thermal), geothermal, municipal solid 

7 waste, or new hydroelectric generation capacity 

8 achieved from increased efficiency or additions of 

9 new capacity at an existing hydroelectric project. 

10 (9) ENERGY INTENSITY.—The term ‘‘energy in11 tensity’’ means energy consumption per square foot 

12 of building space, including industrial or laboratory 

13 facilities. 

14 (10) STEERING COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Steer15 ing Committee’’ means the Steering Committee on 

16 Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and 

17 Transportation Management established under sec18 tion 104(1) of this title. 

19 (11) SUSTAINABLE.—The term ‘‘sustainable’’ 

20 means to create and maintain conditions, under 

21 which humans and nature can exist in productive 

22 harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic, 

23 and other requirements of present and future gen24 erations of Americans. 


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1 (12) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 

2 States’’ when used in a geographical sense, means 

3 the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Com4 monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 

5 the United States Virgin Islands, and the Northern 

6 Mariana Islands, and associated territorial waters 

7 and airspace. 

8 (13) WATER CONSUMPTION INTENSITY.—The 

9 term ‘‘water consumption intensity’’ means water 

10 consumption per square foot of building space, in11 cluding industrial or laboratory facilities. 

12 TITLE II—ENERGY EFFICIENT 

13 LIGHTING 

14 SEC. 201. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 

15 It is the purpose of this title to improve the energy 

16 efficiency of, and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions 

17 from, Federal buildings as a result of the increased use 

18 of energy efficient light bulbs. 

19 SEC. 202. REPLACEMENT OF LOW ENERGY EFFICIENT 

20 BULBS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 6 

22 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Ad23 ministrator shall implement a program to use energy-effi24 cient light bulbs in Federal buildings to replace low energy 

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1 (b) COMPLETE CHANGE-OVER.—Within 5 years after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 

3 ensure that— 

4 (1) all low energy efficient light bulbs in Fed5 eral buildings have been replaced by energy-efficient 

6 light bulbs; 

7 (2) all low energy efficient light bulbs in traffic 

8 signals on Federal property have been replaced by 

9 energy-efficient light bulbs; 

10 (3) all low energy efficient light bulbs in exte11 rior lights on Federal property have been replaced 

12 by energy-efficient light bulbs; 

13 (4) all exit signs on Federal property that have 

14 low energy efficient light bulbs have been replaced 

15 by energy-efficient light bulbs; and 

16 (5) only energy-efficient light bulbs may be 

17 used in Federal buildings. 

18 (c) EXCEPTIONS.—The Administrator may authorize 

19 exceptions to the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) 

20 for good cause shown. The Administrator shall include a 

21 description of any exceptions authorized by the Adminis22 trator in the report required by section 204(a). 


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1 SEC. 203. DISPOSAL PLAN. 

2 Within 6 months after the date of enactment of this 

3 Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the Adminis4 trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall— 

5 (1) develop a plan for the disposal of used light 

6 bulbs, including energy-efficient light bulbs that may 

7 contain mercury, that have been used by the Federal 

8 government, taking into consideration the disposition 

9 of bulbs with useful life remaining; and 

10 (2) shall submit the plan to the Senate Com11 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

12 and the House of Representatives Committee on En13 ergy and Commerce. 

14 SEC. 204. PROGRESS REPORT. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall report 

16 annually on progress in implementing this title. The report 

17 shall include information on energy savings, cost savings, 

18 greenhouse gas emissions avoided, and plans for the up19 coming fiscal year. The President shall include the most 

20 recent report in the Budget of the United States. 

21 (b) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall 

22 ensure that lessons learned from implementing this title 

23 are made available to the public in order to educate the 

24 public about the benefits of using energy-efficient light 

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1 SEC. 205. WORKING WITH INDUSTRY. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator, the Secretary 

3 of Energy, and the Director of the National Institute of 

4 Standards and Technology shall work with industry to de5 velop new consensus national standards for energy-effi6 cient light bulb disposal based upon the General Services 

7 Administration’s experience in implementing this title and 

8 other successful Federal programs utilizing energy effi9 cient light bulbs. 

10 (b) LABELING STANDARDS FOR HAZARDOUS EN11 ERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHT BULBS.—The Administrator, the 

12 Secretary of Energy, and the Director of the National In13 stitute of Standards and Technology shall work with man14 ufacturers and importers of energy-efficient light bulbs to 

15 develop consensus national standards for labeling energy16 efficient light bulbs containing mercury or other toxic sub17 stances. 

18 SEC. 206. DEFINITIONS. 

19 In this title: 

20 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis21 trator’’ means the Administrator of the General 

22 Services Administration. 

23 (2) ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT BULB.—The 

24 term ‘‘energy efficient light bulb’’ means— 

25 (A) for calendar years ending after the 

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1 ary 1, 2018, a light bulb with a lumens-per2 Watt rating of not less than 30; and 

3 (B) for calendar years ending after 2017, 

4 a light bulb with a lumens-per-Watt rating of 

5 not less than 45. 

6 (3) FEDERAL BUILDING.—The term ‘‘Federal 

7 building’’ means a public building (as defined in sec8 tion 3301(5) of title 40, United States Code). 

9 (4) LOW ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHT BULB.— 

10 The term ‘‘low energy efficient light bulb’’ means a 

11 light bulb with a lumens-per-Watt rating of less than 

12 30. 

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