I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1616 
To promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and 
industry, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 18, 2013 
Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself and Mr. WELCH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 
addition to the Committees on the Budget, Science, Space, and Tech-
nology, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To promote energy savings in residential and commercial 
buildings and industry, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 
2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. 
TITLE I—BUILDINGS 
Subtitle A—Building Energy Codes 
Sec. 101. Greater energy efficiency in building codes. 
Subtitle B—Worker Training and Capacity Building 
Sec. 111. Building training and assessment centers. 
TITLE II—PRIVATE COMMERCIAL BUILDING EFFICIENCY 
FINANCING 
Sec. 201. Private commercial building efficiency financing. 
TITLE III—INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY AND COMPETITIVENESS 
Subtitle A—Manufacturing Energy Efficiency 
Sec. 301. Purposes. 
Sec. 302. Future of Industry program. 
Sec. 303. Sustainable manufacturing initiative. 
Sec. 304. Conforming amendments. 
Subtitle B—Supply Star 
Sec. 311. Supply Star. 
Subtitle C—Electric Motor Rebate Program 
Sec. 321. Energy saving motor control rebate program. 
Subtitle D—Transformer Rebate Program 
Sec. 331. Energy efficient transformer rebate program. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL AGENCY ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 401. Adoption of information and communications technology power sav-
ings techniques by Federal agencies. 
Sec. 402. Availability of funds for design updates. 
Sec. 403. Natural gas and electric vehicle infrastructure. 
Sec. 404. Federal data center consolidation. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 501. Budgetary effects. 
Sec. 502. Advance appropriations required. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Energy. 
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TITLE I—BUILDINGS 
Subtitle A—Building Energy Codes 
SEC. 101. GREATER ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDING 
CODES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 303 of the Energy Con-
servation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6832) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking paragraph (14) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(14) MODEL BUILDING ENERGY CODE.—The 
term ‘model building energy code’ means a voluntary 
building energy code and standards developed and 
updated through a consensus process among inter-
ested persons, such as the IECC or the code used 
by— 
‘‘(A) the Council of American Building Of-
ficials; 
‘‘(B) the American Society of Heating, Re-
frigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers; or 
‘‘(C) other appropriate organizations.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(17) IECC.—The term ‘IECC’ means the 
International Energy Conservation Code. 
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‘‘(18) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-
termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).’’. 
(b) 
STATE
BUILDING
ENERGY
EFFICIENCY 
CODES.—Section 304 of the Energy Conservation and 
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6833) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 304. UPDATING STATE BUILDING ENERGY EFFI-
CIENCY CODES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) encourage and support the adoption of 
building energy codes by States, Indian tribes, and, 
as appropriate, by local governments that meet or 
exceed the model building energy codes, or achieve 
equivalent or greater energy savings; and 
‘‘(2) support full compliance with the State and 
local codes. 
‘‘(b) STATE AND INDIAN TRIBE CERTIFICATION OF 
BUILDING ENERGY CODE UPDATES.— 
‘‘(1) REVIEW
AND
UPDATING
OF
CODES
BY 
EACH STATE AND INDIAN TRIBE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date on which a model building energy 
code is updated, each State or Indian tribe shall 
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certify whether or not the State or Indian tribe, 
respectively, has reviewed and updated the en-
ergy provisions of the building code of the State 
or Indian tribe, respectively. 
‘‘(B) DEMONSTRATION.—The certification 
shall include a demonstration of whether or not 
the energy savings for the code provisions that 
are in effect throughout the State or Indian 
tribal territory meet or exceed— 
‘‘(i) the energy savings of the updated 
model building energy code; or 
‘‘(ii) the targets established under sec-
tion 307(b)(2). 
‘‘(C) NO MODEL BUILDING ENERGY CODE 
UPDATE.—If a model building energy code is 
not updated by a target date established under 
section 307(b)(2)(D), each State or Indian tribe 
shall, not later than 2 years after the specified 
date, certify whether or not the State or Indian 
tribe, respectively, has reviewed and updated 
the energy provisions of the building code of the 
State or Indian tribe, respectively, to meet or 
exceed the target in section 307(b)(2). 
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‘‘(B) the estimated excess energy use of 
buildings that did not meet the applicable code 
specified in paragraph (1) in the preceding 
year, compared to a baseline of comparable 
buildings that meet this code, is not more than 
5 percent of the estimated energy use of all 
buildings covered by this code during the pre-
ceding year. 
‘‘(4) 
SIGNIFICANT
PROGRESS
TOWARD 
ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPLIANCE.—A State or Indian 
tribe shall be considered to have made significant 
progress toward achieving compliance for purposes 
of paragraph (1) if the State or Indian tribe— 
‘‘(A) has developed and is implementing a 
plan for achieving compliance during the 8-year 
period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this paragraph, including annual targets for 
compliance and active training and enforcement 
programs; and 
‘‘(B) has met the most recent target under 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(5) VALIDATION
BY
SECRETARY.—Not later 
than 90 days after a State or Indian tribe certifi-
cation under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
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‘‘(A) determine whether the State or In-
dian tribe has demonstrated meeting the cri-
teria of this subsection, including accurate 
measurement of compliance; and 
‘‘(B) if the determination is positive, vali-
date the certification. 
‘‘(d) STATES
OR INDIAN TRIBES THAT DO NOT 
ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) REPORTING.—A State or Indian tribe that 
has not made a certification required under sub-
section (b) or (c) by the applicable deadline shall 
submit to the Secretary a report on— 
‘‘(A) the status of the State or Indian tribe 
with respect to meeting the requirements and 
submitting the certification; and 
‘‘(B) a plan for meeting the requirements 
and submitting the certification. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL SUPPORT.—For any State or In-
dian tribe for which the Secretary has not validated 
a certification by a deadline under subsection (b) or 
(c), the lack of the certification may be a consider-
ation for Federal support authorized under this sec-
tion for code adoption and compliance activities. 
‘‘(3) LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—In any State or 
Indian tribe for which the Secretary has not vali-
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dated a certification under subsection (b) or (c), a 
local government may be eligible for Federal support 
by meeting the certification requirements of sub-
sections (b) and (c). 
‘‘(4) ANNUAL REPORTS BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
annually submit to Congress, and publish in the 
Federal Register, a report on— 
‘‘(i) the status of model building en-
ergy codes; 
‘‘(ii) the status of code adoption and 
compliance in the States and Indian tribes; 
‘‘(iii) implementation of this section; 
and 
‘‘(iv) improvements in energy savings 
over time as result of the targets estab-
lished under section 307(b)(2). 
‘‘(B) IMPACTS.—The report shall include 
estimates of impacts of past action under this 
section, and potential impacts of further action, 
on— 
‘‘(i) upfront financial and construction 
costs, cost benefits and returns (using in-
vestment analysis), and lifetime energy use 
for buildings; 
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‘‘(ii) resulting energy costs to individ-
uals and businesses; and 
‘‘(iii) resulting overall annual building 
ownership and operating costs. 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND IN-
DIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall provide technical as-
sistance to States and Indian tribes to implement the goals 
and requirements of this section, including procedures and 
technical analysis for States and Indian tribes— 
‘‘(1) to improve and implement State residential 
and commercial building energy codes; 
‘‘(2) to demonstrate that the code provisions of 
the States and Indian tribes achieve equivalent or 
greater energy savings than the model building en-
ergy codes and targets; 
‘‘(3) to document the rate of compliance with a 
building energy code; and 
‘‘(4) to otherwise promote the design and con-
struction of energy efficient buildings. 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF INCENTIVE FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
incentive funding to States and Indian tribes— 
‘‘(A) to implement the requirements of this 
section; 
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‘‘(B) to improve and implement residential 
and commercial building energy codes, including 
increasing and verifying compliance with the 
codes and training of State, tribal, and local 
building code officials to implement and enforce 
the codes; and 
‘‘(C) to promote building energy efficiency 
through the use of the codes. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—Additional fund-
ing shall be provided under this subsection for im-
plementation of a plan to achieve and document full 
compliance with residential and commercial building 
energy codes under subsection (c)— 
‘‘(A) to a State or Indian tribe for which 
the Secretary has validated a certification under 
subsection (b) or (c); and 
‘‘(B) in a State or Indian tribe that is not 
eligible under subparagraph (A), to a local gov-
ernment that is eligible under this section. 
‘‘(3) TRAINING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under this subsection, the State may use 
amounts required, but not to exceed $750,000 for a 
State, to train State and local building code officials 
to implement and enforce codes described in para-
graph (2). 
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‘‘(4) LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—States may share 
grants under this subsection with local governments 
that implement and enforce the codes. 
‘‘(g) STRETCH
CODES
AND
ADVANCED
STAND-
ARDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
technical and financial support for the development 
of stretch codes and advanced standards for residen-
tial and commercial buildings for use as— 
‘‘(A) an option for adoption as a building 
energy code by local, tribal, or State govern-
ments; and 
‘‘(B) guidelines for energy-efficient build-
ing design. 
‘‘(2) TARGETS.—The stretch codes and ad-
vanced standards shall be designed— 
‘‘(A) to achieve substantial energy savings 
compared to the model building energy codes; 
and 
‘‘(B) to meet targets under section 307(b), 
if available, at least 3 to 6 years in advance of 
the target years. 
‘‘(h) STUDIES.—The Secretary, in consultation with 
building science experts from the National Laboratories 
and institutions of higher education, designers and build-
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