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regionally or for training activities substantially similar 
to locally or regionally available training activities. 
‘‘(i)(1) The Secretary shall work in collaboration with 
the Head Start agencies that carry out migrant and sea-
sonal Head Start programs, State Directors of Head Start 
Collaboration, the migrant and seasonal Head Start 
collatoration director, and other appropriate entities— 
‘‘(A) to accurately determine the number of chil-
dren nationwide who are eligible to participate in 
migrant and seasonal Head Start programs each 
year; 
‘‘(B) to document how many of these children 
are receiving Head Start services each year; and 
‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, to ensure that ac-
cess to migrant and seasonal Head Start programs 
for eligible children is comparable to access to other 
Head Start programs for other eligible children; 
‘‘(2) In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary 
shall consult with the Secretary of Education about the De-
partment of Education’s systems for collecting and report-
ing data about, and maintaining records on, students from 
migrant and seasonal farmworker families. 
‘‘(3) Not later than 9 months after the effective date 
of this subsection, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal 
Register a notice of how the Secretary plans to carry out
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paragraph (1) and shall provide a period for public com-
ment. To the extent practicable, the Secretary shall consider 
comments received before submitting a report to the Con-
gress. 
‘‘(4) Not later than 1 year after the effective date of 
this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, detailing how 
the Department of Health and Human Services plans to 
carry out paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) The Secretary shall submit annually a report to 
the Congress detailing the number of children of migrant 
and seasonal farmworkers, who are eligible to participate 
in Head Start programs and the number of such children 
who are enrolled in Head Start programs. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary shall take appropriate action, con-
sistent with section 444 of the General Education Provi-
sions Act, to ensure the protection of the confidentiality of 
any personally identifiable data, information, and records 
collected or maintained by the Secretary, by Head Start 
agencies that carry out migrant and seasonal Head Start 
programs, by State Directors of Head Start Collaboration, 
by the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Collaboration
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bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit, the receipt of 
which is contingent upon the member’s satisfaction of cer-
tain service or eligibility requirements, shall repay to the 
United States any unearned portion of the bonus, incen-
tive pay, or similar benefit if the member fails to satisfy 
any such service or eligibility requirement. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The regulations prescribed to 
administer this section may specify procedures for deter-
mining the circumstances under which an exception to the 
required repayment may be granted. 
‘‘(c) EFFECT OF BANKRUPTCY.—An obligation to 
repay the United States under this section is, for all pur-
poses, a debt owed the United States. A discharge in bank-
ruptcy under title 11 does not discharge a person from 
such debt if the discharge order is entered less than five 
years after— 
‘‘(1) the date of the termination of the agree-
ment or contract on which the debt is based; or 
‘‘(2) in the absence of such an agreement or 
contract, the date of the termination of the service 
on which the debt is based. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘bonus, incentive pay, or similar 
benefit’ means a bonus, incentive pay, special pay, or 
similar payment, or an educational benefit or sti-
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‘‘(II) the ability of the applicable certifi-
cation organization to collect and reflect public 
comment; 
‘‘(III) the ability of the standard to be de-
veloped and revised through a consensus-based 
process; 
‘‘(IV) an evaluation of the robustness of 
the criteria for a high-performance green build-
ing, which shall give credit for promoting— 
‘‘(aa) efficient and sustainable use of 
water, energy, and other natural resources; 
‘‘(bb) use of renewable energy sources; 
‘‘(cc) improved indoor environmental 
quality through enhanced indoor air qual-
ity, thermal comfort, acoustics, day light-
ing, pollutant source control, and use of 
low-emission materials and building system 
controls; and 
‘‘(dd) such other criteria as the Sec-
retary determines to be appropriate; and 
‘‘(V) national recognition within the build-
ing industry. 
‘‘(iii) At least once every five years, the Admin-
istrator of General Services shall conduct a study to 
evaluate and compare available third-party green
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building certification systems and levels, taking into 
account the criteria listed in clause (ii). 
‘‘(iv) The Secretary may by rule allow Federal 
agencies to develop internal certification processes, 
using certified professionals, in lieu of certification 
by the certification entity identified under clause 
(i)(II). The Secretary shall include in any such rule 
guidelines to ensure that the certification process re-
sults in buildings meeting the applicable certification 
system and level identified under clause (i)(II). An 
agency employing an internal certification process 
must continue to obtain external certification by the 
certification entity identified under clause (i)(II) for 
at least 5 percent of the total number of buildings 
certified annually by the agency. 
‘‘(v) With respect to privatized military hous-
ing, the Secretary of Defense, after consultation 
with the Secretary may, through rulemaking, develop 
alternative criteria to those established by subclauses 
(I) and (II) of clause (i) that achieve an equivalent 
result in terms of energy savings, sustainable design, 
and green building performance. 
‘‘(vi) In addition to any use of water conserva-
tion technologies otherwise required by this section, 
water conservation technologies shall be applied to
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Project Director, and by other appropriate entities pursu-
ant to this subsection. 
‘‘(7) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to 
authorize the development of a nationwide database of per-
sonally identifiable information on individuals involved in 
studies or other collections of data under this subsection. 
‘‘(j) For purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible enti-
ties’ means an institution of higher education or other enti-
ty with expertise in delivering training in early childhood 
development, family support, and other assistance designed 
to improve the delivery of Head Start services.’’. 
SEC. 19. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) CLASSROOM TEACHERS.—Section 648A(a)(2) of 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843a(a)(2)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that not later than September 30, 2011, at 
least 50 percent of all Head Start teachers na-
tionwide in center-based programs have— 
‘‘(i) a baccalaureate or advanced de-
gree in early childhood education; or 
‘‘(ii) a baccalaureate or advanced de-
gree in a field related to early childhood
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pend, paid to a member of the uniformed services 
under a provision of law that refers to the repay-
ment requirements of this section or section 303a(e) 
of this title. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘service’, as used in subsection 
(c)(2), refers to an obligation willingly undertaken 
by a member of the uniformed services, in exchange 
for a bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit offered 
by the Secretary concerned— 
‘‘(A) to a member in a regular or reserve 
component who remains on active duty or in an 
active status; 
‘‘(B) to perform duty in a specified skill, 
with or without a specified qualification or cre-
dential; 
‘‘(C) to perform duty in a specified assign-
ment, location or unit; or 
‘‘(D) to perform duty for a specified period 
of time. 
‘‘§ 374. Regulations 
‘‘This subchapter and subchapter II shall be adminis-
tered under regulations prescribed by— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to 
the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of Defense;
(D) The feasibility that any specific rem-
edy prescribed can be implemented by such per-
son without substantial deviation from normal 
business practice. 
(E) The costs and burdens the specific 
remedy will have on such person. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
(1) The terms ‘‘credit,’’‘‘creditor,’’ and ‘‘credit 
card’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 
103 of the Truth in Lending Act. 
(2) The term ‘‘designated payment system’’ 
means any system utilized by any creditor, credit 
card issuer, financial institution, operator of a ter-
minal at which an electronic fund transfer may be 
initiated, money transmitting business, or inter-
national, national, regional, or local network utilized 
to effect a credit transaction, electronic fund trans-
fer, or money transmitting service, or any partici-
pant in such network, that the Federal functional 
regulators determine, by regulation or order, could 
be utilized in connection with, or to facilitate, any 
restricted transaction. 
(3) The term ‘‘electronic fund transfer’’—
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education, with experience in teaching pre-
school children. 
‘‘(B) PROGRESS.—Each Head Start agency 
shall provide to the Secretary a report indicating 
the number and percentage of classroom instruc-
tors with child development associate credentials 
and associate, baccalaureate, or advanced de-
grees. The Secretary shall compile all program 
reports and make them available to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce of the 
United States House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
Pensions of the United States Senate. 
‘‘(C) REQUIREMENT FOR NEW HEAD START 
TEACHERS.—Within 3 years after the effective 
date of this subparagraph, the Secretary shall re-
quire that all Head Start teachers nationwide in 
center-based programs hired following the effec-
tive date of this subparagraph— 
‘‘(i) have an associate, baccalaureate, 
or advanced degree in early childhood edu-
cation or a related field; or 
‘‘(ii) be currently enrolled in a pro-
gram of study leading to an associate degree 
in early childhood education and agree to
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complete degree requirements within 3 years 
from the date of hire. 
‘‘(D) SERVICE
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish requirements to ensure that 
individuals who receive financial assistance 
under this subchapter in order to comply with 
the requirements under section 648A(a)(2) shall 
subsequently teach in a Head Start center for a 
period of time equivalent to the period for which 
they received assistance or repay the amount of 
the funds. 
‘‘(E) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall re-
quire that any Federal funds provided directly 
or indirectly to comply with subparagraph (A) 
shall be used toward degrees awarded by an in-
stitution of higher education, as defined by sec-
tions 101 or 102 of the Higher Education Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1001–1002).’’. 
(b) CLASSROOM TEACHERS.—Section 648A of the 
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843a) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PLANS.—Each 
Head Start agency and program shall create, in consulta-
tion with an employee, a professional development plan for
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all full-time employees who provide direct services to chil-
dren.’’. 
SEC. 20. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUATION. 
(a) 
NEW
IDEAS
AND
APPROACHES.—Section 
649(a)(1)(B) 
of 
the 
Head 
Start 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9844(a)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) use the Head Start programs to de-
velop, test, and disseminate new ideas and ap-
proaches based on existing scientifically based re-
search, for addressing the needs of low-income 
preschool children (including children with dis-
abilities and children determined to be abused or 
neglected) and their families and communities 
(including demonstrations of innovative non-cen-
ter based program models such as home-based 
and mobile programs), and otherwise to further 
the purposes of this subchapter.’’. 
(b) STUDY.—Section 649(d) of the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9844(d) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (8) by striking the semicolon 
and inserting a period; 
(3) by striking paragraph (9); and 
(4) by striking the last sentence.
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(c) EXPERT PANEL.—Section 649(g) of the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9844(g)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) by striking clause (i); and 
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) 
as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; and 
(2) in paragraph (7)(C)(i) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) Not later than September 30, 
2007, the Secretary shall transmit to the 
committees specified in clause (ii) the final 
report.’’. 
(d) NAS STUDY.—Section 649(h) of the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9844(h)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) NAS STUDY.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
funds allocated in section 640(a)(2)(C)(iii) to con-
tract with the National Academy of Sciences for the 
Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the Na-
tional Research Council to establish an independent 
panel of experts to review and synthesize research, 
theory and applications in the social, behavioral and 
biological sciences and to make recommendations on 
early childhood pedagogy with regard to each of the 
following:
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‘‘(A) Age and developmentally appropriate 
Head Start academic requirements and out-
comes, including the domains in 641A(a)(B). 
‘‘(B) Differences in the type, length, mix 
and intensity of services necessary to ensure that 
children from challenging family and social 
backgrounds including: low-income children, 
children of color, children with special needs, 
and children with limited English proficiency 
enter kindergarten ready to succeed. 
‘‘(C) Appropriate assessments of young chil-
dren (including systematic observation assess-
ment in a child’s natural environment, and par-
ent and provider interviews) for purposes of im-
proving instruction, services, and program qual-
ity, and accommodations for children with dis-
abilities and appropriate assessments for chil-
dren with special needs (including needs related 
to the acquisition of the English language). 
‘‘(D) An evaluation of the current and ap-
propriate uses of the National Reporting System 
developed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The panel shall consist of 
multiple experts in each of the following areas:
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‘‘(A) Child development and education, in-
cluding cognitive, social, emotional, physical, ap-
proaches to learning, and other domains of child 
development and learning. 
‘‘(B) Professional development, including 
teacher preparation, to individuals who teach 
young children in programs. 
‘‘(C) Assessment of young children, includ-
ing screening, diagnostic and classroom-based in-
structional assessment; children with special 
needs, including children with disabilities and 
limited English proficient children. 
‘‘(3) 
TIMING.—The 
National 
Academy 
of 
Sciences and the Board shall establish the panel not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
the School Readiness Act of 2005. The panel shall 
complete its recommendations within 18 months of its 
convening. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION
OF
PANEL
RECOMMENDA-
TIONS.—The recommendations of the panel shall be 
used as guidelines by the Secretary to develop, inform 
and revise, where appropriate, the Head Start edu-
cation performance measures and standards and the 
assessments utilized in the Head Start program.’’.
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(e) STUDY OF STATUS OF LIMITED ENGLISH PRO-
FICIENT CHILDREN.—Section 649 of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9844) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT CHILDREN.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY.— Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the School Readiness Act of 
2005, the Secretary shall conduct a study on the sta-
tus of limited English proficient children and their 
families in Head Start programs and Early Head 
Start programs. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—The Secretary shall prepare and 
submit to Congress, not later than September 2008, a 
report containing the results of such study, including 
information on— 
‘‘(A)(i) the demographics of limited English 
proficient children less than 5 years of age and 
the geographical distribution of such children; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the number of such children receiving 
Head Start services and the number of such chil-
dren receiving Early Head Start services, and 
the geographical distribution of such children re-
ceiving such services;
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the extent that the technologies are life-cycle cost-ef-
fective.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 303(6) of the Energy 
Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6832(6)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘which is not legally subject to State 
or local building codes or similar requirements.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘. Such term shall include buildings built for the 
purpose of being leased by a Federal agency, and 
privatized military housing.’’. 
SEC. 6205. MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL BUILDING EFFI-
CIENCY. 
(a) LARGE CAPITAL ENERGY INVESTMENTS.—Sec-
tion 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8253) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) LARGE CAPITAL ENERGY INVESTMENTS.—Each 
Federal agency shall ensure that any large capital energy 
investment in an existing building that is not a major ren-
ovation but involves replacement of installed equipment, 
such as heating and cooling systems, or involves renova-
tion, rehabilitation, expansion, or remodeling of existing 
space, employs the most energy efficient designs, systems, 
equipment, and controls that are life-cycle cost effective. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of 
the Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007, each Fed-
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eral agency shall develop a process for reviewing each such 
large capital energy investment decision to ensure that the 
requirement of this subsection is met, and shall report to 
the Office of Management and Budget on the process es-
tablished. Not later than one year after the date of enact-
ment of the Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007, the 
Office of Management and Budget shall evaluate and re-
port to Congress on each agency’s compliance with this 
subsection.’’. 
(b) METERING.—Section 543(e)(1) of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(e)(1)) 
is amended by inserting ‘‘By October 1, 2016, each agency 
shall also provide for equivalent metering of natural gas, 
steam, chilled water, and water, in accordance with guide-
lines established by the Secretary under paragraph (2).’’ 
after ‘‘buildings of the agency.’’. 
SEC. 6206. LEASING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), effective 3 years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, no Federal agency shall enter into a new contract 
to lease space in a building that has not earned the Energy 
Star label in the most recent year. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—If—
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(1) no space is available in such a building that 
meets an agency’s functional requirements, including 
locational needs; 
(2) the agency is proposing to remain in a 
building that the agency has occupied previously; 
(3) the agency is proposing to lease a building 
of historical, architectural, or cultural significance, 
as defined in section 3306(a)(4) of title 40, United 
States Code, or space in such a building; or 
(4) the lease is for no more than 10,000 gross 
square feet of space, 
the agency may enter into a contract to lease space in 
a building that has not earned the Energy Star label in 
the most recent year if the lease contract includes provi-
sions requiring that, prior to occupancy, or in the case 
of a contract described in paragraph (2) not later than 
6 months after signing the contract, the space will be ren-
ovated for all energy efficiency improvements that would 
be cost effective over the life of the lease, including im-
provements in lighting, windows, and heating, ventilation, 
and air conditioning systems. 
SEC. 6207. PROCUREMENT AND ACQUISITION OF ALTER-
NATIVE FUELS. 
No Federal agency shall enter into a contract for pro-
curement of an alternative or synthetic fuel, including a
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fuel produced from non-conventional petroleum sources, 
for any mobility-related use, other than for research or 
testing, unless the contract specifies that the lifecycle 
greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production 
and combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract 
must, on an ongoing basis, be less than or equal to such 
emissions from the equivalent conventional fuel produced 
from conventional petroleum sources. 
SEC. 6208. CONTRACTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR EX-
ECUTIVE AGENCIES. 
Section 501(b)(1) of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘A con-
tract’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), a contract’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) RENEWABLE ENERGY CONTRACTS.— 
A contract for renewable energy may be made 
for a period of not more than 30 years. For the 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘renew-
able energy’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)(2)), except that en-
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ergy generated from municipal solid waste shall 
not be considered renewable energy.’’. 
SEC. 6209. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY STATUS REPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal agency subject to 
any of the requirements of this title and the amendments 
made by this title shall compile and submit to the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget an annual Gov-
ernment efficiency status report on— 
(1) compliance by the agency with each of the 
requirements of this title and the amendments made 
by this title; 
(2) the status of the implementation by the 
agency of initiatives to improve energy efficiency, re-
duce energy costs, and reduce emissions of green-
house gases; and 
(3) savings to American taxpayers resulting 
from mandated improvements under this title and 
the amendments made by this title 
(b) SUBMISSION.—Such report shall be submitted— 
(1) to the Director at such time as the Director 
requires; 
(2) in electronic, not paper, format; and 
(3) consistent with related reporting require-
ments.
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SEC. 6210. OMB GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REPORTS AND 
SCORECARDS. 
(a) REPORTS.—Not later than April 1 of each year, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall submit an Annual Government Efficiency report to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate, which shall contain— 
(1) a summary of the information reported by 
agencies under section 6209; 
(2) an evaluation of the Government’s overall 
progress toward achieving the goals of this title and 
the amendments made by this title; and 
(3) recommendations for additional actions nec-
essary to meet the goals of this title and the amend-
ments made by this title. 
(b) SCORECARDS.—The Office of Management and 
Budget shall include in any annual energy scorecard it is 
otherwise required to submit a description of each agen-
cy’s compliance with the requirements of this title and the 
amendments made by this title. 
SEC. 6211. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to implement this subtitle.