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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. 
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SEC. 6212. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) FINAL AGENCY ACTION.—Any nondiscretionary 
act or duty under this title or any amendment made by 
this title is a final agency action for the purposes of judi-
cial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) VENUE
FOR CERTAIN ACTIONS.—The United 
States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir-
cuit shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any petition for 
review of action of the Administrator in promulgating any 
rule under subtitle A of this title. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—No action under chapter 7 of title 
5, United States Code, may be commenced prior to 60 
days after the date on which the plaintiff has given notice 
to the Federal agency concerned of the alleged violation 
of this title or any amendment made by this title. 
(d) COMMON CLAIMS.—When civil actions arising 
under this title or any amendment made by this title are 
pending in the same court and involve one or more com-
mon questions of fact or common claims regarding the 
same alleged Federal agency failure or failures to act, the 
court may consolidate such claims into a single action for 
judicial review. When civil actions arising under this title 
or any amendment made by this title are pending in dif-
ferent districts and involve one or more common questions 
of fact or common claims regarding the same alleged Fed-
eral agency failure or failures to act, such actions may 
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be consolidated pursuant to section 1407 of title 28, 
United States Code. 
(e) AGGRIEVED PERSONS.—A person shall be consid-
ered aggrieved within the meaning of this title or any 
amendment made by this title for purposes of obtaining 
judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States 
Code, if the person alleges— 
(1) harm attributable to a Federal agency’s 
failure to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in ac-
cordance with the requirements under this title or 
any amendment made by this title, or take other ac-
tions required under this title or any amendment 
made by this title; or 
(2) a Federal agency’s failure to collect and 
provide information to the public as required by this 
title or any amendment made by this title. 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘harm’’ includes 
any effect of global warming, currently occurring or at risk 
of occurring, and the incremental exacerbation of any such 
effect or risk that is associated with relatively small incre-
ments of greenhouse gas emissions, even if the effect or 
risk is widely shared. An effect or risk associated with 
global warming is ‘‘attributable’’ to a Federal agency’s 
failure to act as described in paragraph (1) if the failure 
to act results in larger emissions of greenhouse gases than 
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