I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1268 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to promote 
energy efficiency via information and computing technologies, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 4, 2015 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. WELCH, Mr. MCKIN-
LEY, and Mr. TONKO) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 
2007 to promote energy efficiency via information and 
computing technologies, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Energy Efficient Gov-
ernment Technology Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
Subtitle C of title V of the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–140; 121 Stat. 
1661) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 530. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.—The term 
‘information technology’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 11101 of title 40, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLEMENTATION STRAT-
EGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this section, each Federal agency shall coordinate with 
the Director, the Secretary, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implemen-
tation strategy (that includes best practices and measure-
ment and verification techniques) for the maintenance, 
purchase, and use by the Federal agency of energy-effi-
cient and energy-saving information technologies, taking 
into consideration the performance goals established under 
subsection (d). 
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‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In developing an implemen-
tation strategy under subsection (b), each Federal agency 
shall consider— 
‘‘(1) advanced metering infrastructure; 
‘‘(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and 
methods of increasing asset and infrastructure utili-
zation; 
‘‘(3) advanced power management tools; 
‘‘(4) building information modeling, including 
building energy management; 
‘‘(5) secure telework and travel substitution 
tools; and 
‘‘(6) mechanisms to ensure that the agency re-
alizes the energy cost savings brought about through 
increased efficiency and utilization. 
‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE GOALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Di-
rector, in consultation with the Secretary, shall es-
tablish performance goals for evaluating the efforts 
of Federal agencies in improving the maintenance, 
purchase, and use of energy-efficient and energy-sav-
ing information technology. 
‘‘(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Chief Information 
Officers Council established under section 3603 of 
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title 44, United States Code, shall recommend best 
practices for the attainment of the performance 
goals, which shall include Federal agency consider-
ation of the use of— 
‘‘(A) energy savings performance con-
tracting; and 
‘‘(B) utility energy services contracting. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY REPORTS.—Each Federal agency 
shall include in the report of the agency under sec-
tion 527 a description of the efforts and results of 
the agency under this section. 
‘‘(2) OMB GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY REPORTS 
AND
SCORECARDS.—Effective beginning not later 
than October 1, 2016, the Director shall include in 
the annual report and scorecard of the Director re-
quired under section 528 a description of the efforts 
and results of Federal agencies under this section.’’. 
SEC. 3. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS. 
Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (b)(3); and 
(2) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and 
inserting the following: 
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‘‘(c) STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator shall carry out subsection (b) in 
collaboration with information technology industry and 
other key stakeholders, with the goal of producing results 
that accurately reflect the best knowledge in the most per-
tinent domains. In such collaboration, the Secretary and 
the Administrator shall pay particular attention to organi-
zations that— 
‘‘(1) have members with expertise in energy ef-
ficiency and in the development, operation, and 
functionality of data centers, information technology 
equipment, and software, such as representatives of 
hardware manufacturers, data center operators, and 
facility managers; 
‘‘(2) obtain and address input from Department 
of Energy National Laboratories or any college, uni-
versity, research institution, industry association, 
company, or public interest group with applicable ex-
pertise; 
‘‘(3) follow— 
‘‘(A) commonly accepted procedures for 
the development of specifications; and 
‘‘(B) accredited standards development 
processes; and 
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‘‘(4) have a mission to promote energy effi-
ciency for data centers and information technology. 
‘‘(d) MEASUREMENTS
AND SPECIFICATIONS.—The 
Secretary and the Administrator shall consider and assess 
the adequacy of the specifications, measurements, and 
benchmarks described in subsection (b) for use by the 
Federal Energy Management Program, the Energy Star 
Program, and other efficiency programs of the Depart-
ment of Energy or the Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(e) STUDY.—The Secretary, in collaboration with 
the Administrator, shall, not later than 12 months after 
the date of enactment of the Energy Efficient Government 
Technology Act, make available to the public an update 
to the Report to Congress on Server and Data Center En-
ergy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007, under sec-
tion 1 of Public Law 109–431 (120 Stat. 2920), that pro-
vides— 
‘‘(1) a comparison and gap analysis of the esti-
mates and projections contained in the original re-
port with new data regarding the period from 2007 
through 2014; 
‘‘(2) an analysis considering the impact of in-
formation technologies, to include virtualization and 
cloud computing, in the public and private sectors; 
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‘‘(3) an evaluation of the impact of the com-
bination of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social 
media, and big data on data center energy usage; 
and 
‘‘(4) updated projections and recommendations 
for best practices through fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(f) DATA CENTER ENERGY PRACTITIONER PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key stake-
holders and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall maintain a data center energy practitioner 
program that leads to the certification of energy practi-
tioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and effi-
ciency opportunities in Federal data centers. Each Federal 
agency shall consider having the data centers of the agen-
cy evaluated every 4 years by energy practitioners certified 
pursuant to such program, whenever practicable using cer-
tified practitioners employed by the agency. 
‘‘(g) OPEN DATA INITIATIVE.—The Secretary, in col-
laboration with key stakeholders and the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, shall establish an open data initia-
tive for Federal data center energy usage data, with the 
purpose of making such data available and accessible in 
a manner that encourages further data center innovation, 
optimization, and consolidation. In establishing the initia-
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tive, the Secretary shall consider the use of the online 
Data Center Maturity Model. 
‘‘(h) 
INTERNATIONAL
SPECIFICATIONS
AND 
METRICS.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key 
stakeholders, shall actively participate in efforts to har-
monize global specifications and metrics for data center 
energy efficiency. 
‘‘(i) DATA CENTER UTILIZATION METRIC.—The Sec-
retary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facili-
tate in the development of an efficiency metric that meas-
ures the energy efficiency of a data center (including 
equipment and facilities). 
‘‘(j) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary and the Administrator shall not disclose 
any proprietary information or trade secrets provided by 
any individual or company for the purposes of carrying 
out this section or the programs and initiatives established 
under this section.’’. 
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