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Union Calendar No. 187 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2635 
[Report No. 110–297, Part I] 
To reduce the Federal Government’s contribution to global warming through 
measures that promote efficiency in the Federal Government’s manage-
ment and operations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Mr. WAXMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Transportation 
and Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Additional sponsors: Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 
HODES, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. VAN 
HOLLEN, Ms. WATSON, Mr. WELCH of Vermont, and Mr. YARMUTH 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AUGUST 3, 2007 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Transportation and 
Infrastructure, Natural Resources, and Agriculture discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 7, 2007] 
A BILL 
To reduce the Federal Government’s contribution to global 
warming through measures that promote efficiency in 
the Federal Government’s management and operations, 
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 
‘‘Carbon-Neutral Government Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
TITLE I—FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INVENTORY AND MANAGEMENT 
OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 
Sec. 101. Inventory of Federal Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions. 
Sec. 102. Management of Federal Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions. 
Sec. 103. Pilot project for purchase of offsets and certificates. 
Sec. 104. Savings Clause. 
Sec. 105. Definitions. 
Sec. 106. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
Sec. 201. Federal vehicle fleets. 
Sec. 202. Agency analyses for mobility acquisitions. 
Sec. 203. Federal procurement of energy efficient products. 
Sec. 204. Federal building energy efficiency performance standards. 
Sec. 205. Management of Federal building efficiency. 
Sec. 206. Leasing. 
Sec. 207. Procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels. 
Sec. 208. Contracts for renewable energy for executive agencies. 
Sec. 209. Government Efficiency Status Reports. 
Sec. 210. OMB Government Efficiency Reports and Scorecards. 
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Sec. 211. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 212. Judicial review. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The harms associated with global warming 
are serious and well recognized. These include the 
global retreat of mountain glaciers, reduction in snow 
cover extent, the earlier spring melting of rivers and 
lakes, the accelerated rate of rise of sea levels during 
the 20th century relative to the past few thousand 
years, and increased intensity of hurricanes and ty-
phoons. 
(2) The risks associated with a global mean sur-
face temperature increase above 2 °C (36 °F) above 
preindustrial temperature are grave. According to the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, such 
temperature increases would increase the severity of 
ongoing alterations of terrestrial and marine environ-
ments, with potentially catastrophic results. Ongoing 
and projected effects include more prevalent droughts 
in dry regions, an increase in the spread of disease, 
a significant reduction in water storage in winter 
snowpack in mountainous regions with direct and 
important economic consequences, a precipitous rise 
in sea levels by the end of the century, the potential 
devastation of coastal communities, severe and irre-
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versible changes to natural ecosystems such as the 
bleaching and destruction of much of the world’s 
coral, and the potential extinction of 30 percent of all 
living species. 
(3) That these climate change risks are widely 
shared does not minimize the adverse effects indi-
vidual persons have suffered and will suffer because of 
global warming. 
(4) To preserve the ability to stabilize atmos-
pheric greenhouse gas concentrations at levels likely to 
protect against a temperature rise above 2 °C (36 °F) 
will require reductions of greenhouse gas emissions of 
50 percent to 85 percent globally. 
(5) Achieving such reductions will require a 
multitude of actions across the global economy that 
may each address a relatively minute quantity of 
emissions, but will be cumulatively significant. 
(6) With only 5 percent of the world population, 
the United States emits approximately 20 percent of 
the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and must 
be a leader in addressing global warming. 
(7) The United States Government is the largest 
energy consumer in the United States and is respon-
sible for roughly 100,000,000 metric tons of CO2- 
equivalent emissions annually. 
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(8) A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 
Federal agencies would slow the increase of global 
emissions and hence of global warming. In addition, 
Federal action would accelerate the pace of develop-
ment and adoption of technologies that will be critical 
to addressing global warming in the United States 
and worldwide. 
(9) A failure by any Federal agency to comply 
with the provisions of this Act requiring reductions in 
its greenhouse gas emissions would exacerbate the 
pace and extent of global warming and the harms 
caused by the agency beyond what would otherwise 
occur. Although the emissions increments involved 
could be relatively small, such a failure allowing in-
crementally greater emissions would injure all United 
States citizens. 
(10) Improved management of Government oper-
ations, including acquisitions and procurement and 
operation of Government facilities, can maximize the 
use of existing energy efficiency and renewable energy 
technologies to reduce global warming pollution, while 
saving taxpayers’ money, reducing our dependence on 
oil, enhancing national security, cleaning the air, and 
protecting pristine places from drilling and mining. 
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