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8253(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘its Federal 
buildings so that’’ and all that follows through the 
end and inserting ‘‘the Federal buildings of the 
agency (including each industrial or laboratory facil-
ity) so that the energy consumption per gross square 
foot of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal 
years 2006 through 2015 is reduced, as compared 
with the energy consumption per gross square foot 
of the Federal buildings of the agency in fiscal year 
2003, by the percentage specified in the following 
table: 
‘‘Fiscal Year 
Percentage reduction 
2006 ...................................................................................................
2007 ...................................................................................................
2008 ...................................................................................................
2009 ...................................................................................................
2010 ...................................................................................................
2011 ...................................................................................................
2012 ...................................................................................................
2013 ...................................................................................................
2014 ...................................................................................................
2015 ...................................................................................................
20.’’. 
(2) REPORTING BASELINE.—The energy reduc-
tion goals and baseline established in paragraph (1) 
of section 543(a) of the National Energy Conserva-
tion Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(a)(1)), as amended 
by this subsection, supersede all previous goals and 
baselines under such paragraph, and related report-
ing requirements. 
(b) REVIEW AND REVISION OF ENERGY PERFORM-
ANCE REQUIREMENT.—Section 543(a) of the National
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Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(a)) is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) Not later than December 31, 2014, the Sec-
retary shall review the results of the implementation of 
the energy performance requirement established under 
paragraph (1) and submit to Congress recommendations 
concerning energy performance requirements for fiscal 
years 2016 through 2025.’’. 
(c) EXCLUSIONS.—Section 543(c)(1) of the National 
Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘An agency may exclude’’ and all 
that follows through the end and inserting ‘‘(A) An agency 
may exclude, from the energy performance requirement 
for a fiscal year established under subsection (a) and the 
energy management requirement established under sub-
section (b), any Federal building or collection of Federal 
buildings, if the head of the agency finds that— 
‘‘(i) compliance with those requirements would 
be impracticable; 
‘‘(ii) the agency has completed and submitted 
all federally required energy management reports; 
‘‘(iii) the agency has achieved compliance with 
the energy efficiency requirements of this Act, the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992, Executive orders, and 
other Federal law; and
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‘‘(iv) the agency has implemented all prac-
ticable, life cycle cost-effective projects with respect 
to the Federal building or collection of Federal 
buildings to be excluded. 
‘‘(B) A finding of impracticability under subpara-
graph (A)(i) shall be based on— 
‘‘(i) the energy intensiveness of activities car-
ried out in the Federal building or collection of Fed-
eral buildings; or 
‘‘(ii) the fact that the Federal building or col-
lection of Federal buildings is used in the perform-
ance of a national security function.’’. 
(d) REVIEW BY SECRETARY.—Section 543(c)(2) of 
the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
8253(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘impracticability standards’’ and 
inserting ‘‘standards for exclusion’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘a finding of impracticability’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the exclusion’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘energy consumption require-
ments’’ and inserting ‘‘requirements of subsections 
(a) and (b)(1)’’. 
(e) CRITERIA.—Section 543(c) of the National En-
ergy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(c)) is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: