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trading partners of the United States, including through 
actions that support or facilitate— 
(1) energy diplomacy; 
(2) the delivery of United States assistance, in-
cluding energy resources and technologies, to prevent 
or mitigate an energy security crisis; 
(3) the development of environmentally and com-
mercially sustainable energy resources; 
(4) open, transparent, and competitive energy 
markets; and 
(5) regulatory capacity building. 
(b) ENERGY SECURITY FORUMS.—Not later than one 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Energy, in collaboration with the Secretary of State, 
shall convene not less than 2 forums to promote the collec-
tive energy security of the United States and its allies and 
trading partners. The forums shall include participation by 
the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State. In addi-
tion, an invitation shall be extended to— 
(1) appropriate representatives of foreign govern-
ments that are allies or trading partners of the 
United States; and 
(2) independent experts and industry representa-
tives. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The forums shall— 
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(1) consist of at least one Trans-Atlantic and one 
Trans-Pacific energy security forum; 
(2) be designed to foster dialogue among govern-
ment officials, independent experts, and industry rep-
resentatives regarding— 
(A) the current state of global energy mar-
kets; 
(B) trade and investment issues relevant to 
energy; and 
(C) barriers to more open, competitive, and 
transparent energy markets; and 
(3) be recorded and made publicly available on 
the Department of Energy’s website, including, not 
later than 30 days after each forum, publication on 
the website any significant outcomes. 
(d) NOTIFICATION.—At least 30 days before each of the 
forums referred to in subsection (b), the Secretary of Energy 
shall send a notification regarding the forum to— 
(1) the chair and the ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the chair and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
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SEC. 3005. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE MISSION 
READINESS PLAN. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall conduct a long- 
range strategic review of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
and develop and transmit to Congress a plan that includes 
an analysis and implementation schedule that— 
(1) specifies near-term and long-term roles of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to United States 
energy security and economic goals and objectives; 
(2) describes existing legal authorities governing 
the policies, configuration, and capabilities of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve; 
(3) identifies Strategic Petroleum Reserve con-
figuration and performance capabilities and rec-
ommends an action plan to achieve the optimal— 
(A) capacity, location, and composition of 
petroleum products in the Reserve; and 
(B) storage and distributional capabilities; 
and 
(4) estimates the resources required to attain and 
maintain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’s long-term 
sustainability and operational effectiveness. 
SEC. 3006. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS. 
(a) DECISION DEADLINE.—For proposals that must 
also obtain authorization from the Federal Energy Regu-
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latory Commission or the United States Maritime Adminis-
tration to site, construct, expand, or operate LNG export 
facilities, the Department of Energy shall issue a final deci-
sion on any application for the authorization to export nat-
ural gas under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 
717b) not later than 30 days after the later of— 
(1) the conclusion of the review to site, construct, 
expand, or operate the LNG facilities required by the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); or 
(2) the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) CONCLUSION OF REVIEW.—For purposes of sub-
section (a), review required by the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 shall be considered concluded— 
(1) for a project requiring an Environmental 
Impact Statement, 30 days after publication of a 
Final Environmental Impact Statement; 
(2) for a project for which an Environmental As-
sessment has been prepared, 30 days after publication 
by the Department of Energy of a Finding of No Sig-
nificant Impact; and 
(3) upon a determination by the lead agency 
that an application is eligible for a categorical exclu-
sion pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 implementing regulations. 
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(c) PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
OF
EXPORT
DESTINA-
TIONS.—Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF LNG EXPORT DESTINA-
TIONS.—As a condition for approval of any authorization 
to export LNG, the Secretary of Energy shall require the 
applicant to publicly disclose the specific destination or des-
tinations of any such authorized LNG exports.’’. 
TITLE IV—ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
AND ACCOUNTABILITY 
Subtitle A—Energy Efficiency 
CHAPTER 1—FEDERAL AGENCY ENERGY 
EFFICIENCY 
SEC. 4111. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle C of title V of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 
140; 121 Stat. 1661) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 530. ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING INFOR-
MATION TECHNOLOGIES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
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‘‘(2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘in-
formation technology’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT
OF
IMPLEMENTATION
STRAT-
EGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this section, each Federal agency shall coordinate with 
the Director, the Secretary, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to develop an implemen-
tation strategy (that includes best practices and measure-
ment and verification techniques) for the maintenance, pur-
chase, and use by the Federal agency of energy-efficient and 
energy-saving information technologies, taking into consid-
eration the performance goals established under subsection 
(d). 
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In developing an implementa-
tion strategy under subsection (b), each Federal agency 
shall consider— 
‘‘(1) advanced metering infrastructure; 
‘‘(2) energy-efficient data center strategies and 
methods of increasing asset and infrastructure utili-
zation; 
‘‘(3) advanced power management tools; 
‘‘(4) building information modeling, including 
building energy management; 
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‘‘(5) secure telework and travel substitution tools; 
and 
‘‘(6) mechanisms to ensure that the agency real-
izes the energy cost savings brought about through in-
creased efficiency and utilization. 
‘‘(d) PERFORMANCE GOALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Direc-
tor, in consultation with the Secretary, shall establish 
performance goals for evaluating the efforts of Federal 
agencies in improving the maintenance, purchase, 
and use of energy-efficient and energy-saving infor-
mation technology. 
‘‘(2) BEST PRACTICES.—The Chief Information 
Officers Council established under section 3603 of title 
44, United States Code, shall recommend best prac-
tices for the attainment of the performance goals, 
which shall include Federal agency consideration of, 
to the extent applicable by law, the use of— 
‘‘(A) energy savings performance con-
tracting; and 
‘‘(B) utility energy services contracting. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY REPORTS.—Each Federal agency 
shall include in the report of the agency under section 
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527 a description of the efforts and results of the 
agency under this section. 
‘‘(2) OMB GOVERNMENT
EFFICIENCY
REPORTS 
AND
SCORECARDS.—Effective beginning not later 
than October 1, 2017, the Director shall include in the 
annual report and scorecard of the Director required 
under section 528 a description of the efforts and re-
sults of Federal agencies under this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is 
amended by adding after the item relating to section 529 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 530. Energy-efficient and energy-saving information technologies.’’. 
SEC. 4112. ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS. 
Section 453 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17112) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(D)(iv), by striking ‘‘de-
termined by the organization’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
posed by the stakeholders’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b)(3); and 
(3) by striking subsections (c) through (g) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT.—The Secretary 
and the Administrator shall carry out subsection (b) in col-
laboration with the information technology industry and 
other key stakeholders, with the goal of producing results 
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that accurately reflect the most relevant and useful informa-
tion available. In such collaboration, the Secretary and the 
Administrator shall pay particular attention to organiza-
tions that— 
‘‘(1) have members with expertise in energy effi-
ciency and in the development, operation, and 
functionality of data centers, information technology 
equipment, and software, such as representatives of 
hardware manufacturers, data center operators, and 
facility managers; 
‘‘(2) obtain and address input from Department 
of Energy National Laboratories or any college, uni-
versity, research institution, industry association, 
company, or public interest group with applicable ex-
pertise; 
‘‘(3) follow— 
‘‘(A) commonly accepted procedures for the 
development of specifications; and 
‘‘(B) 
accredited 
standards 
development 
processes; and 
‘‘(4) have a mission to promote energy efficiency 
for data centers and information technology. 
‘‘(d) MEASUREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.—The Sec-
retary and the Administrator shall consider and assess the 
adequacy of the specifications, measurements, best practices, 
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and benchmarks described in subsection (b) for use by the 
Federal Energy Management Program, the Energy Star 
Program, and other efficiency programs of the Department 
of Energy or the Environmental Protection Agency. 
‘‘(e) STUDY.—The Secretary, in collaboration with the 
Administrator, shall, not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of the North American Energy Security 
and Infrastructure Act of 2015, make available to the public 
an update to the Report to Congress on Server and Data 
Center Energy Efficiency published on August 2, 2007, 
under section 1 of Public Law 109–431 (120 Stat. 2920), 
that provides— 
‘‘(1) a comparison and gap analysis of the esti-
mates and projections contained in the original report 
with new data regarding the period from 2008 
through 2015; 
‘‘(2) an analysis considering the impact of infor-
mation technologies, including virtualization and 
cloud computing, in the public and private sectors; 
‘‘(3) an evaluation of the impact of the combina-
tion of cloud platforms, mobile devices, social media, 
and big data on data center energy usage; 
‘‘(4) an evaluation of water usage in data cen-
ters and recommendations for reductions in such 
water usage; and 
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‘‘(5) updated projections and recommendations 
for best practices through fiscal year 2020. 
‘‘(f) DATA CENTER ENERGY PRACTITIONER PRO-
GRAM.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key stake-
holders and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, shall maintain a data center energy practitioner 
program that leads to the certification of energy practi-
tioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency 
opportunities in Federal data centers. Each Federal agency 
shall consider having the data centers of the agency evalu-
ated every 4 years, in accordance with section 543(f) of the 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253), 
by energy practitioners certified pursuant to such program. 
‘‘(g) OPEN DATA INITIATIVE.—The Secretary, in col-
laboration with key stakeholders and the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, shall establish an open 
data initiative for Federal data center energy usage data, 
with the purpose of making such data available and acces-
sible in a manner that encourages further data center inno-
vation, optimization, and consolidation. In establishing the 
initiative, the Secretary shall consider the use of the online 
Data Center Maturity Model. 
‘‘(h) 
INTERNATIONAL
SPECIFICATIONS
AND 
METRICS.—The Secretary, in collaboration with key stake-
holders, shall actively participate in efforts to harmonize 
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global specifications and metrics for data center energy and 
water efficiency. 
‘‘(i) DATA CENTER UTILIZATION METRIC.—The Sec-
retary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facili-
tate the development of an efficiency metric that measures 
the energy efficiency of a data center (including equipment 
and facilities). 
‘‘(j) PROTECTION OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 
The Secretary and the Administrator shall not disclose any 
proprietary information or trade secrets provided by any 
individual or company for the purposes of carrying out this 
section or the programs and initiatives established under 
this section.’’. 
SEC. 4113. REPORT ON ENERGY AND WATER SAVINGS PO-
TENTIAL FROM THERMAL INSULATION. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consulta-
tion with appropriate Federal agencies and relevant stake-
holders, shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on 
the impact of thermal insulation on both energy and water 
use systems for potable hot and chilled water in Federal 
buildings, and the return on investment of installing such 
insulation. 
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(b) CONTENTS.—The report shall include— 
(1) an analysis based on the cost of municipal 
or regional water for delivered water and the avoided 
cost of new water; and 
(2) a summary of energy and water savings, in-
cluding short-term and long-term (20 years) projec-
tions of such savings. 
SEC. 4114. FEDERAL PURCHASE REQUIREMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 203(b) of the Energy Pol-
icy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b)) is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘renewable 
energy’ means electric energy, or thermal energy if re-
sulting from a thermal energy project placed in serv-
ice after December 31, 2014, generated from, or avoid-
ed by, solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, ocean (in-
cluding tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geo-
thermal, municipal solid waste (in accordance with 
subsection (e)), qualified waste heat resource, or new 
hydroelectric generation capacity achieved from in-
creased efficiency or additions of new capacity at an 
existing hydroelectric project. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFIED WASTE HEAT RESOURCE.—The 
term ‘qualified waste heat resource’ means— 
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‘‘(A) exhaust heat or flared gas from any 
industrial process; 
‘‘(B) waste gas or industrial tail gas that 
would otherwise be flared, incinerated, or vented; 
‘‘(C) a pressure drop in any gas for an in-
dustrial or commercial process; or 
‘‘(D) such other forms of waste heat as the 
Secretary determines appropriate.’’. 
(b) PAPER RECYCLING.—Section 203 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) PAPER RECYCLING.— 
‘‘(1) SEPARATE COLLECTION.—For purposes of 
this section, any Federal agency may consider electric 
energy generation purchased from a facility to be re-
newable energy if the municipal solid waste used by 
the facility to generate the electricity is— 
‘‘(A) separately collected (within the mean-
ing of section 246.101(z) of title 40, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, as in effect on the date of en-
actment of the North American Energy Security 
and Infrastructure Act of 2015) from paper that 
is commonly recycled; and 
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‘‘(B) processed in a way that keeps paper 
that is commonly recycled segregated from non- 
recyclable solid waste. 
‘‘(2) INCIDENTAL
INCLUSION.—Municipal solid 
waste used to generate electric energy that meets the 
conditions described in paragraph (1) shall be consid-
ered renewable energy even if the municipal solid 
waste contains incidental commonly recycled paper. 
‘‘(3) NO
EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
PROCESSES.— 
Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be interpreted to re-
quire a State or political subdivision of a State, di-
rectly or indirectly, to change the systems, processes, 
or equipment it uses to collect, treat, dispose of, or 
otherwise use municipal solid waste, within the 
meaning of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 
6901 et seq.), nor require a change to the regulations 
that implement subtitle D of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
6941 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 4115. ENERGY PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT FOR 
FEDERAL BUILDINGS. 
Section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Pol-
icy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(DD) for other pur-
poses consistent with this 
title; or 
‘‘(bb) if such testing is agreed 
to during the negotiated rule-
making conducted under subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(D) EFFECT
ON
OTHER
AUTHORITY.— 
Nothing in this paragraph limits the authority 
of the Secretary to enforce compliance with any 
law.’’. 
SEC. 4123. FACILITATING CONSENSUS FURNACE STAND-
ARDS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF 
PURPOSE.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(A) acting pursuant to the requirements of 
section 325 of the Energy Policy and Conserva-
tion Act (42 U.S.C. 6295), the Secretary of En-
ergy is considering amending the energy con-
servation standards applicable to residential 
nonweatherized gas furnaces and mobile home 
gas furnaces; 
(B) numerous stakeholders, representing 
manufacturers, distributors, and installers of res-
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