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make funding available to local Weatherization agencies 
from amounts authorized under the amendment made by 
subsection (a) to expand the weatherization assistance 
program for residential buildings to include materials, 
benefits, and renewable and domestic energy technologies 
not currently covered by the program, provided that the 
State Weatherization grantee has certified that the appli-
cant has the capacity to carry out the proposed activities 
and that the grantee will include the project in its finan-
cial oversight of the Weatherization Assistance program. 
(2) In selecting the grants, the program shall give 
priority to— 
(A) the expected effectiveness and benefits of 
the proposed project to low- and moderate income 
energy consumers; 
(B) the potential for replication of successful 
results; 
(C) the impact on the health and safety and en-
ergy costs of those served; and 
(D) the extent of partnerships with other public 
and private entities that contribute to the resources 
and implementation of the program, including finan-
cial partnerships. 
(3) Funding for such projects may equal up to two 
percent of funding in any fiscal year, provided that no 
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funding is utilized for Sustainable Energy Resources for 
Consumers grants in any fiscal year in which Weatheriza-
tion appropriations are less than $275,000,000. 
PART 4—COMMERCIAL AND FEDERAL BUILDING 
EFFICIENCY 
SEC. 9041. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv-
ices. 
(2) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Advi-
sory Committee’’ means the Green Building Advi-
sory 
Committee 
established 
under 
section 
9042(c)(2). 
(3) COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR.—The term Com-
mercial Director means the individual appointed to 
the position established under section 9043(a). 
(4) CONSORTIUM.—The term ‘‘Consortium’’ 
means the High-Performance Green Building Part-
nership Consortium created in response to section 
9042(c)(1) to represent the private sector in a pub-
lic-private partnership to promote high-performance 
green buildings and zero-net-energy commercial 
buildings. 
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(5) FEDERAL DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Federal 
Director’’ means the individual appointed to the po-
sition established under section 9042(a). 
(6) FEDERAL
FACILITY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
facility’’ means any building that is constructed, ren-
ovated, leased, or purchased in part or in whole for 
use by the Federal Government. 
(7) HIGH-PERFORMANCE
GREEN
BUILDING.— 
The term ‘‘high-performance green building’’ means 
a building that, during its life-cycle, as compared 
with similar buildings (as measured by Commercial 
Buildings Energy Consumption Survey or Residen-
tial Energy Consumption Survey data from the En-
ergy Information Agency)— 
(A) reduces energy, water, and material re-
source use; 
(B) improves indoor environmental quality, 
including reducing indoor pollution, improving 
thermal comfort, and improving lighting and 
acoustic environments that affect occupant 
health and productivity; 
(C) reduces negative impacts on the envi-
ronment throughout the life-cycle of the build-
ing, including air and water pollution and waste 
generation; 
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(D) increases the use of environmentally 
preferable products, including biobased, recycled 
content, and nontoxic products with lower life- 
cycle impacts; 
(E) increases reuse and recycling opportu-
nities; 
(F) integrates systems in the building; 
(G) reduces the environmental and energy 
impacts of transportation through building loca-
tion and site design that support a full range 
of transportation choices for users of the build-
ing; and 
(H) considers indoor and outdoor effects of 
the building on human health and the environ-
ment, including— 
(i) improvements in worker produc-
tivity; 
(ii) the life-cycle impacts of building 
materials and operations; and 
(iii) other factors that the Federal Di-
rector or the Commercial Director consider 
to be appropriate. 
(8) LIFE-CYCLE.—The term ‘‘life-cycle’’, with 
respect to a high-performance green building, means 
all stages of the useful life of the building (including 
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