I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4601 
To provide additional funding for the Highway Trust Fund, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2014 
Ms. KUSTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Ways and Means and Agriculture, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide additional funding for the Highway Trust Fund, 
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 
‘‘Deficit Reduction for Infrastructure, Value, and Effi-
ciency Now Act of 2014’’ or the ‘‘DRIVE Now Act of 
2014’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 
Sec. 101. Funding of Highway Trust Fund. 
TITLE II—COST REDUCTION MEASURES 
Subtitle A—Data Center Consolidation 
Sec. 201. Purpose. 
Sec. 202. Definitions. 
Sec. 203. Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative. 
Sec. 204. Performance requirements related to data center consolidation. 
Sec. 205. Cost savings related to data center optimization. 
Sec. 206. Reporting requirements to Congress and the Federal Chief Informa-
tion Officer. 
Sec. 207. Reduction and consolidation of data centers. 
Subtitle B—Repeal of Duplicative Catfish Inspection Program 
Sec. 211. Repeal of duplicative catfish inspection program. 
Subtitle C—Closing Empty Bank Accounts 
Sec. 221. Documenting and closing long-empty Federal bank accounts. 
TITLE I—HIGHWAY TRUST FUND 
SEC. 101. FUNDING OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 
Section 9503(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (6); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) ADDITIONAL SUMS.—Out of money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby 
appropriated $5,000,000,000 to the Highway Ac-
count (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) in the 
Highway Trust Fund.’’. 
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TITLE II—COST REDUCTION 
MEASURES 
Subtitle A—Data Center 
Consolidation 
SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this subtitle is to optimize Federal 
data center usage and efficiency. 
SEC. 202. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) FEDERAL DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION INI-
TIATIVE.—The term ‘‘Federal Data Center Optimi-
zation Initiative’’ or the ‘‘Initiative’’ means the ini-
tiative developed and implemented by the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, through the 
Federal Chief Information Officer, as required under 
section 203. 
(2) COVERED
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 
agency’’ means any agency included in the Federal 
Data Center Optimization Initiative. 
(3) FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.— 
The term ‘‘Federal Chief Information Officer’’ 
means the Administrator of the Office of Electronic 
Government established under section 3602 of title 
44, United States Code. 
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(4) DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘data center’’ 
means a closet, room, floor, or building for the stor-
age, management, and dissemination of data and in-
formation, as defined by the Federal Chief Informa-
tion Officer under guidance issued pursuant to this 
section. 
(5) FEDERAL DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘Fed-
eral data center’’ means any data center of a cov-
ered agency used or operated by a covered agency, 
by a contractor of a covered agency, or by another 
organization on behalf of a covered agency. 
(6) SERVER UTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘server 
utilization’’ refers to the activity level of a server rel-
ative to its maximum activity level, expressed as a 
percentage. 
(7) POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS.—The term 
‘‘power usage effectiveness’’ means the ratio ob-
tained by dividing the total amount of electricity and 
other power consumed in running a data center by 
the power consumed by the information and commu-
nications technology in the data center. 
SEC. 203. FEDERAL DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION INITIA-
TIVE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT FOR INITIATIVE.—The Federal 
Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 
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information officers of covered agencies, shall develop and 
implement an initiative, to be known as the Federal Data 
Center Optimization Initiative, to optimize the usage and 
efficiency of Federal data centers by meeting the require-
ments of this Act and taking additional measures, as ap-
propriate. 
(b) REQUIREMENT
FOR PLAN.—Within 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 
information officers of covered agencies, shall develop and 
submit to Congress a plan for implementation of the Ini-
tiative required by subsection (a) by each covered agency. 
In developing the plan, the Federal Chief Information Of-
ficer shall take into account the findings and recommenda-
tions of the Comptroller General review required by sec-
tion 205(e). 
(c) MATTERS COVERED.—The plan shall include— 
(1) descriptions of how covered agencies will 
use reductions in floor space, energy use, infrastruc-
ture, equipment, applications, personnel, increases in 
multiorganizational use, and other appropriate meth-
ods to meet the requirements of the initiative; and 
(2) appropriate consideration of shifting feder-
ally owned data centers to commercially owned data 
centers. 
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SEC. 204. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 
DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION. 
(a) SERVER UTILIZATION.—Each covered agency 
may use the following methods to achieve the maximum 
server utilization possible as determined by the Federal 
Chief Information Officer: 
(1) The closing of existing data centers that 
lack adequate server utilization, as determined by 
the Federal Chief Information Officer. If the agency 
fails to close such data centers, the agency shall pro-
vide a detailed explanation as to why this data cen-
ter should remain in use as part of the submitted 
plan. The Federal Chief Information Officer shall in-
clude an assessment of the agency explanation in the 
annual report to Congress. 
(2) The consolidation of services within existing 
data centers to increase server utilization rates. 
(3) Any other method that the Federal Chief 
Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 
information officers of covered agencies, determines 
necessary to optimize server utilization. 
(b) POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS.—Each covered 
agency may use the following methods to achieve the max-
imum energy efficiency possible as determined by the Fed-
eral Chief Information Officer: 
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(1) The use of the measurement of power usage 
effectiveness to calculate data center energy effi-
ciency. 
(2) The use of power meters in data centers to 
frequently measure power consumption over time. 
(3) The establishment of power usage effective-
ness goals for each data center. 
(4) The adoption of best practices for man-
aging— 
(A) temperature and airflow in data cen-
ters; and 
(B) power supply efficiency. 
(5) The implementation of any other method 
that the Federal Chief Information Officer, in con-
sultation with the Chief Information Officers of cov-
ered agencies, determines necessary to optimize data 
center energy efficiency. 
SEC. 205. COST SAVINGS RELATED TO DATA CENTER OPTI-
MIZATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK COSTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered agency shall 
track costs resulting from implementation of the 
Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within 
the agency and submit a report on those costs annu-
ally to the Federal Chief Information Officer. Cov-
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ered agencies shall determine the net costs from 
data consolidation on an annual basis. 
(2) FACTORS.—In calculating net costs each 
year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall 
use the following factors: 
(A) Energy costs. 
(B) Personnel costs. 
(C) Real estate costs. 
(D) Capital expense costs. 
(E) Operating system, database, and other 
software license expense costs. 
(F) Other appropriate costs, as determined 
by the agency in consultation with the Federal 
Chief Information Officer. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK SAVINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered agency shall 
track savings resulting from implementation of the 
Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within 
the agency and submit a report on those savings an-
nually to the Federal Chief Information Officer. 
Covered agencies shall determine the net savings 
from data consolidation on an annual basis. 
(2) FACTORS.—In calculating net savings each 
year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall 
use the following factors: 
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