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‘‘(ii) EXEMPTIONS.—At the request of 
a Federal agency, the Secretary may ex-
empt specific data for specific buildings 
from disclosure under clause (i) for na-
tional security purposes. 
‘‘(7) BENCHMARKING
OF
FEDERAL
FACILI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The energy manager 
shall enter energy use data for each building or 
facility that meets the criteria established by 
the Secretary under paragraph (1) into a build-
ing energy use benchmarking system, such as 
the Energy Star Portfolio Manager. 
‘‘(B) SYSTEM AND GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) select or develop the building en-
ergy use benchmarking system required 
under this paragraph for each type of 
building; and 
‘‘(ii) issue guidance for use of the sys-
tem. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Each Federal 
agency shall post the benchmarking information 
generated under this subsection, along with 
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each building’s annual energy use per square 
foot and energy costs, on the agency’s website. 
The agency shall update such information each 
year, and shall include in such reporting pre-
vious years’ information to allow changes in 
building performance to be tracked over time. 
‘‘(8) FEDERAL AGENCY SCORECARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall issue 
semiannual scorecards for energy management 
activities carried out by each Federal agency 
that includes— 
‘‘(i) summaries of the status of imple-
menting the various requirements of the 
agency and its energy managers under this 
subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) any other means of measuring 
performance that the Director considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall 
make the scorecards required under this para-
graph available to Congress, other Federal 
agencies, and the public through the Internet. 
‘‘(9) FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
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‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING OPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this 
subsection, a Federal agency may use any 
combination of— 
‘‘(I) appropriated funds made 
available under subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(II) private financing, including 
financing available through energy 
savings performance contracts or util-
ity energy service contracts. 
‘‘(ii) COMBINED FUNDING FOR SAME 
MEASURE.—A Federal agency may use any 
combination of appropriated funds and pri-
vate financing described in clause (i) to 
carry out the same measure under this 
subsection, with proportional allocation for 
any energy and water savings. 
‘‘(iii) 
LACK
OF
APPROPRIATED 
FUNDS.—Since measures may be carried 
out using private financing described in 
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clause (i), a lack of available appropria-
tions shall not be considered a sufficient 
reason for the failure of a Federal agency 
to comply with this subsection. 
‘‘(C) IMPLEMENTATION.—Each Federal 
agency may implement the requirements under 
this subsection itself or may contract out per-
formance of some or all of the requirements. 
‘‘(10) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—This sub-
section shall not be construed either to require or to 
obviate any contractor savings guarantees.’’. 
SEC. 9048. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Director and the 
Commercial Director shall establish guidelines to imple-
ment a demonstration project to contribute to the research 
goals of the Office of Commercial High-Performance 
Green Buildings and the Office of Federal High-Perform-
ance Green Buildings. 
(b) PROJECTS.—In accordance with guidelines estab-
lished by the Federal Director and the Commercial Direc-
tor under subsection (a) and the duties of the Federal Di-
rector and the Commercial Director described in this part, 
the Federal Director or the Commercial Director shall 
carry out— 
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