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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5152 
To save the Federal Government money by reducing duplication and 
increasing efficiency, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2014 
Mr. MURPHY of Florida (for himself, Mr. JOLLY, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. MEADOWS, Ms. 
SINEMA, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. GABBARD, and Mr. 
MATHESON) 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, Ways and 
Means, and Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To save the Federal Government money by reducing 
duplication and increasing efficiency, 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 
‘‘Savings, Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 
2014’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Software license management. 
Sec. 3. United States Postal Service fleet efficiency. 
Sec. 4. Government computer energy optimization. 
Sec. 5. Removal of benefits for Federal employee convicted of certain offenses. 
Sec. 6. Codification of Office of Management and Budget criteria. 
Sec. 7. Increase energy efficiency of Federal buildings. 
Sec. 8. Reduce redundant health payments for seniors. 
Sec. 9. Efficient Medicare billing. 
SEC. 2. SOFTWARE LICENSE MANAGEMENT. 
(a) SOFTWARE LICENSE POLICIES REQUIRED.—Not 
later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall issue software licensing policies for agencies 
to follow that include the following: 
(1) An identification of clear roles, responsibil-
ities, and central oversight authority within each 
agency for managing enterprise software license 
agreements. 
(2) A requirement that each agency establish 
an accurate inventory of enterprise software license 
agreements by identifying and collecting information 
about software license agreements using automated 
discovery and inventory tools. 
(3) A requirement that each agency regularly 
track and maintain software licenses to assist the 
agency in implementing decisions throughout the 
software license management life cycle. 
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(4) A requirement that each agency analyze 
software usage and other data to make cost-effective 
decisions. 
(5) A requirement that each agency provide 
training relevant to software license management. 
(6) A requirement that each agency establish 
goals and objectives to better manage enterprise 
software license agreements. 
(7) A requirement that each agency consider 
the software license management life-cycle phases 
(including requisition, reception, deployment and 
maintenance, retirement, and disposal phases) to im-
plement effective decisionmaking and incorporate ex-
isting standards, processes, and metrics. 
(b) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 551 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE FLEET EFFI-
CIENCY. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are to 
provide for the upgrade of the vehicle fleet of the United 
States Postal Service, to improve mail delivery services to 
benefit customers and the environment, to increase sav-
ings by reducing maintenance or other costs, and to set 
benchmarks to maximize fuel economy and reduce emis-
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sions for the Postal fleet with the goal of making the Post-
al Service a national leader in efficiency and technology 
innovation. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO ENERGY SAVINGS 
PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.—Section 804(4) of the Na-
tional Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
8287c(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) in the case of a contract in which the 
United States Postal Service is a party— 
‘‘(i) the purchase or lease of low emis-
sion and fuel efficient vehicles; 
‘‘(ii) a measure to upgrade a vehicle 
owned, operated, leased, or otherwise con-
trolled by or assigned to the United States 
Postal Service to increase average fuel 
economy and reduce the emissions of car-
bon dioxide of such vehicle; or 
‘‘(iii) the construction of infrastruc-
ture, including electric vehicle charging 
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stations, to support vehicles described in 
clauses (i) and (ii).’’. 
(c) UPGRADE OF POSTAL FLEET.— 
(1) POSTAL FLEET REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) MOTOR
VEHICLE
STANDARDS.—The 
Postmaster General shall develop guidelines for 
contracted vehicles and vehicles purchased or 
leased for use by the Postal Service, that, at a 
minimum, provide— 
(i) for light-duty vehicles— 
(I) that emissions of carbon diox-
ide comply with applicable standards 
developed by the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency under title II of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et 
seq.) and may not exceed, on average, 
250 grams per mile; and 
(II) to meet applicable average 
fuel economy standards developed by 
the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration under chapter 329 of 
title 49, United States Code, of 34.1 
miles per gallon; and 
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(ii) for medium-duty and heavy-duty 
vehicles, that comply with applicable stand-
ards— 
(I) for emissions of carbon diox-
ide developed by the Environmental 
Protection Agency under title II of 
the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et 
seq.); and 
(II) for average fuel economy de-
veloped by the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration under 
chapter 329 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(B) APPLICABILITY.—The standards de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall apply to con-
tracted vehicles and vehicles purchased or 
leased for use by the Postal Service after the 
date that is 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(C) REDUCTION IN CONSUMPTION OF PE-
TROLEUM PRODUCTS.—The Postmaster General 
shall reduce the total consumption of petroleum 
products by vehicles in the Postal fleet by a 
minimum of 2 percent annually through the end 
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